Anne Fausto Sterling

Anne Fausto-Sterling is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies and Chair of the Program in Science and Technology Studies at Brown University. Her books include Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men and Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality.
In addition to having served on the Brown faculty for more than 40 years, she 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 research grants and fellowships in both the sciences and the humanities.

Author of scientific publications in developmental genetics, gender studies and science studies, Professor. Fausto-Sterling has achieved recognition for works that challenge entrenched scientific beliefs while engaging with the general public. Her past laboratory work has included studies of the genetics of development in fruit flies and the developmental ecology of flatworms. Her current work applies dynamic systems theory to the study of human development. Especially relevant for readers of Psychology Today is her experimental work on the emergence of sex differences in behavior in infants and her theoretical analyses of the emergence of human sexuality. This new work applies dynamic systems theory to the study of human development. A dynamic systems approach permits us to understand how cultural experience turns into bodily difference. For more on her work go to http://annefaustosterling.com/