Sarah S. Richardson

Professor of history of science and gender studies

Sarah S. Richardson
Sarah Richardson, May 2021
Title	Professor of the History of Science & Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Awards	Adele E. Clarke Book Award (2024)^[1]

Academic background
Education	Columbia University (BA) Stanford University (PhD)
Thesis	Gendering the Genome: Sex Chromosomes in Twentieth Century Genetics (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Helen Longino
Academic work
Discipline	Philosopher and Historian of Science
Sub-discipline	Feminist Science Studies, Science of Sex
Notable works	The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome

Website	https://scholar.harvard.edu/srichard

Sarah S. Richardson is an American philosopher and historian who is a professor at the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University.^[2] She is the author of The Maternal Imprint: The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects and Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome.

Career

Richardson earned her B.A. in philosophy from Columbia University in 2002, and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2009. She was the Five College Assistant Professor of Feminist Science Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2009 until 2010. In 2010 she would join the faculty of Harvard University, where she has remained since, earning tenure in 2017.^[3]

Research

Richardson is a historian and philosopher of science, and her research and scholastic work has largely centered on feminist science studies as well as more general intersections of gender and science. Her 2013 book Sex Itself, examined cultural norms around gender.^[4]

Selected publications

Revisiting race in a genomic age. Barbara A. Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Sarah S. Richardson. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-8135-4323-9. OCLC 173299300.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)^[5]
Richardson, Sarah S. (2013), "Sex Itself", Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome, University of Chicago Press, pp. 1–22, doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226084718.003.0001, ISBN 978-0-226-32561-3, retrieved 2023-05-04^[6]
Richardson, Sarah S.; Daniels, Cynthia R.; Gillman, Matthew W.; Golden, Janet; Kukla, Rebecca; Kuzawa, Christopher; Rich-Edwards, Janet (2014). "Society: Don't blame the mothers". Nature. 512 (7513): 131–132. Bibcode:2014Natur.512..131R. doi:10.1038/512131a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 25119222.
Richardson, Sarah S.; Reiches, Meredith; Shattuck-Heidorn, Heather; LaBonte, Michelle Lynne; Consoli, Theresa (2015-11-03). "Focus on preclinical sex differences will not address women's and men's health disparities". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (44): 13419–13420. doi:10.1073/pnas.1516958112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4640753. PMID 26534989.
Richardson, Sarah S.; Stevens, Hallam, eds. (2015). Postgenomics: Perspectives on biology after the genome. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7544-9. OCLC 1186332435.^[7]
Richardson, Sarah S. (2021). The maternal imprint : the contested science of maternal-fetal effects. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-54477-9. OCLC 1240772044.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^[8]

References

^ https://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/news/richardson-receive-2024-adele-e-clarke-book-award
^ "Department of History of Science". Harvard University.
^ "Sarah S. Richardson". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
^ M'charek, A. (2014-02-14). "YseX Is a Matter of Concern Rather Than a Matter of Fact". Science. 343 (6172): 731–732. Bibcode:2014Sci...343..731M. doi:10.1126/science.1249293. ISSN 0036-8075. S2CID 51600444.
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Reviews of Revisiting race in a genomic age
- Randall, Vernellia (2012). "Review of Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age". Journal of American Ethnic History. 31 (4): 126–127. doi:10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.4.0126. ISSN 0278-5927. JSTOR 10.5406/jamerethnhist.31.4.0126.
- Duster, Troy (2009). Koenig, Barbara A.; Lee, Sandra Soo Jin; Richardson, Sarah S. (eds.). "Debating Reality and Relevance". Science. 324 (5931): 1144–1145. Bibcode:2009Sci...324.1144D. doi:10.1126/science.1174523. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 20494027. S2CID 154228509.
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Reviews of Sex Itself
- Milam, Erika Lorraine (2014). "Review of Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome". Journal of the History of Biology. 47 (2): 329–331. doi:10.1007/s10739-014-9380-5. ISSN 0022-5010. JSTOR 43863380. S2CID 88236842.
- Richmond, Marsha L. (2015). "Review of Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome". Isis. 106 (2): 496–497. doi:10.1086/682817. ISSN 0021-1753. JSTOR 10.1086/682817.
- Haig, David (2014). "Review of Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 89 (4): 399–400. doi:10.1086/678648. ISSN 0033-5770. JSTOR 10.1086/678648.
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Reviews of Postgenomics
- Schnittker, Jason (2016). "Review of Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology after the Genome". Contemporary Sociology. 45 (4): 497–498. doi:10.1177/0094306116653953aaa. ISSN 0094-3061. JSTOR 43996627. S2CID 89309139.
- Link, Adrianna (2018). "Review of Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology after the Genome". Journal of the History of Biology. 51 (4): 891–895. doi:10.1007/s10739-018-9545-8. ISSN 0022-5010. JSTOR 44980455. S2CID 246619218.
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Reviews for The Maternal Imprint
- Lagerwey, M D (August 2022). "The maternal imprint: the contested science of maternal-fetal effects". Choice (Middletown). 59 (12): 1449.
- Schmidt, Susanne (2023-03-01). "The Prenatal Gaze". Isis. 114 (1): 189–192. doi:10.1086/723593. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 257051256.
- "Mutters Beitrag, keiner sonst?: Sarah Richardson wirft einen kritischen Blick auf die Forschungen zu den Effekten mütterlicher Prägung des heranwachsenden Fötus". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Frankfurt [Frankfurt]. (in German). 7 January 2022. p. 10 – via ProQuest.