Shobita Parthasarathy
American academic and scholar of Science, Technology, and Society / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shobita Parthasarathy is an American academic, author, and contributor to the field of Science and Technology Studies based at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is the director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, a research, education, and policy engagement center concerned with questions at the intersection of science, technology, policy, and society.[1] She has received numerous prominent awards and grants for her work and has provided expert advice on technology, equity, and policy to civil society groups, international organizations, and governments around the world, including testimony to the U.S. Congress.
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Shobita Parthasarathy | |
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Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Known for | Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property, Sociology of Technology, Politics of Expertise |
Awards | Robert K. Merton award American Council of Learned Societies Fellow Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Fellow Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellow |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Chicago (BA) Cornell University (MA) Cornell University (PhD) |
Thesis | A global genome? Comparing the development of genetic testing for breast cancer in the United States and Britain (2003, PhD) |
Doctoral advisor | Sheila Jasanoff, Stephen Hilgartner |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Michigan |
Website | https://shobitap.org/ |
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