# Sarah S. Richardson Professor of the History of Science & Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality ![Richardson](/sites/g/files/omnuum10616/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/mbb/files/s_richardson_0.png?itok=IL_1QCnC) smartphone [(617) 495-2173]() email laptop\_windows [Personal Website](https://scholar.harvard.edu/srichard) *Areas of Research: History of Biology, Philosophy of Science, Science & Race, Women & Gender Studies* Sarah S. Richardson is Professor of the History of Science and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. A historian and philosopher of science, Richardson is a leading scholar of gender and science whose work argues for conceptual rigor and social responsibility in scientific research on sex, gender, sexuality, and reproduction. She directs the *[Harvard GenderSci Lab](https://www.genderscilab.org/)*, a collaborative, interdisciplinary research lab dedicated to generating concepts, methods, and theories for biomedical research on sex and gender. Richardson serves on the Standing Committees for Degrees in Social Studies and for the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Interfaculty Initiative at Harvard. Richardson 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*. She has published two edited volumes, *Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age* and *Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology After the Genome*, articles in *Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society*, *Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, BioSocieties,* the *Hastings Report*, and *Biology and Philosophy*, and commentaries in *Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,* and the *Journal of Neuroscience*. Her work has also appeared in popular forums such as *Slate*, the *New York Times,* and the *Boston Globe*. Richardson's research has been supported by the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the American Association of University Women. She has served on the Governing Board of the International Association for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology and is a member of the editorial boards of *Signs* and *Bulletin of the History of Medicine*. **Education** Stanford University. M.A., Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature. Columbia University. B.A., Philosophy. [**Complete List of Publications**](http://scholar.harvard.edu/srichard/publications) - ## Profile Type [Faculty](/profile-type/faculty)