Sherry Turkle received her Bachelors of Arts summa cum laude in Social Studies from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Sociology and Personality Psychology from Harvard University.

ACTIVITIES

Selected Affiliations and Accomplishments

2012                   Named Boston Literary Light
Associates of the Boston Public Library  (Boston, MA)

2012                   Received The Walter Ong Award for “exemplary and groundbreaking scholarship” from The Media Ecology Association

2012                   Received honorary degree of Doctor of Science
                              from The College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)  

1987 -present           Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
                                        Graduate and Affiliate Member  

1978-present            Commonwealth of Massachusetts
                                        Licensed Clinical Psychologist 

2002, 1997             World Economic Forum Fellow  

2002                 Named one of the Top Ten Wired Women by ABC News.com

2000                 Named one of Time Magazine's Innovators of the Internet

1997                 Named one of top 50 Cyber Elite by Time Digital Magazine

1997                  Selected member of "Computer 200," an exhibit of the leaders of the computer
                             industry. Exhibited at the Association of Computing Machinery's 50th Anniversary meeting and exhibited and archived at the Boston Computer Museum.  

1985                    Selected member of Esquire Register "America's New Leadership Class,"
                               Esquire Magazine

1984                    Selected "Woman of the Year,"  Ms. Magazine

1999-2007              Harvard College Visiting Committee on Information Technology

1998-2003              AAUW Educational Foundation
                                      Co-chair of Commission on Technology, Gender, and Teacher Education

Other Professional Activities (partial listing)

2012 -present          Sgrouples
                                       Advisory Board  

2012 -present           Citizen Schools
                                        National Science and Technology Advisory Committee  

2011-present            Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
                                        Advisory Board 

2009-present            Philosophy and Technology
                                         Advisory Scientific Board

2007-2012              Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
                                          Editorial Board

2007-present              The Public Eye
                                           Editorial Board

2000-present              The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

2000-2004                MacArthur Foundation
                                           Committee on Information Technology 

1995-present                Massachusetts Women's Forum

1994-present                Science, Technology, and Human Values
                                            Editorial Advisory Board