Early life and education Sherry Turkle was born in Brooklyn on June 18, 1948. After she graduated as a valedictorian from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1965, she began her studies at Radcliffe College, graduating in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in Social Studies. She then obtained a master's degree in sociology in 1973 and a doctorate in Sociology and Personality Psychology in 1976, both from Harvard University. Inspired by her time in France during her undergraduate years, she did her dissertation research in France, "writing about the relationship between Freudian thought and the modern French revolutionary movements." This relationship was also the subject of her first book, Psychoanalytic Politics: Jacques Lacan and Freud's French Revolution. Turkle has been married twice, first to MIT researcher Seymour Papert, and then to consultant Ralph Willard. Both marriages ended in divorce.
Early life and education Sherry Turkle was born in Brooklyn on June 18 1948 After she graduated as a valedictorian from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1965 she began her studies at Radcliffe College graduating in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in Social Studies She then obtained a master's degree in sociology in 1973 and a doctorate in Sociology and Personality Psychology in 1976 both from Harvard University Inspired by her time in France during her undergraduate years she did her dissertation research in France "writing about the relationship between Freudian thought and the modern French revolutionary movements" This relationship was also the subject of her first book Psychoanalytic Politics Jacques Lacan and Freud's French Revolution Turkle has been married twice first to MIT researcher Seymour Papert and then to consultant Ralph Willard Both marriages ended in divorce