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Anne
Fausto-Sterling is Professor of
Biology and Gender Studies in the Department of Molecular and
Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Brown University. She is Chair
of the Faculty Committee on Science
& Technology Studies.
In
addition to having served on the Brown faculty for more than
30 years, Anne Fausto-Sterling has been a visiting professor
at a number of institutions in the US and abroad in departments
of Biology, Medical Science, Gender Studies and Science Studies.
A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, she has received grants and fellowships in both the
sciences and the humanities.
Author
of scientific publications in developmental genetics and developmental
ecology, Pr. Fausto-Sterling has achieved recognition for works
that challenge entrenched scientific beliefs while engaging
with the general public.
Until recently Professor Fausto-Sterling's laboratory work has
focused on the evolution of regeneration and sexual reproduction
in a group of flatworms known as Planaria. Her new work
applies dynamic systems theory to the study of human development.
Dynamic systems theory permits us to understand how cultural
difference becomes bodily difference. Professor Fausto-Sterling's
current case studies in this area examine sex differences in
bone development and the emergence of gender differences in
behavior in early childhood.
For additional biographical information see: Ambrose, Susan
A., Dunkle, Kristin L., Lazarus, Barbara B., Nair, Indira, and
Harkus, Deborah A. (1997) Journeys of Women in Science
and Engineering: No Universal Constants. Temple University Press pp.159-163. Or Current Biography, H. W. Wilson Co., Vol: 66, Num. 9, 2005, pp.30-35.
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