A Biologist Moves Past The Nature Vs. Nurture Debate
By Anne Fausto-Sterling, Brown University
Over her four-decade career, Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling has blended biology and social science to change the way we understand gender.
Anne Fausto-Sterling
Disciplines:
Biology & Gender Sexuality StudiesDr. Anne Fausto-Sterling is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology and Gender Studies in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Brown University. She served on the Brown faculty for over 40 years and was the founding director of the university’s Science & Technology Studies Program.
She has achieved recognition for works that challenge entrenched scientific beliefs while engaging with the general public. She is the author of several acclaimed books that are referenced widely in feminist and scientific inquiry, as well as scientific publications in developmental genetics and developmental biology.
Dr. Fausto-Sterling is currently focused on applying dynamic systems theory to the study of gender differentiation in early childhood. Her ambition is to restructure dichotomous conversations — inside the academy, in public discourse, and ultimately in the framing of social policy — in order to enable an understanding of the inseparability of “nature” and “nurture”.
