Sherry Turkle is an American sociologist and the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds a BA in social studies from Harvard University and earned a PhD in sociology and personality psychology, also from Harvard. Turkle's research focuses on psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction. Her work examines the psychology of how people relate to technology, with particular attention to computational objects and the ways digital systems shape human relationships and connection. She has written several books exploring these themes. Her memoir, Empathy Diaries, received critical acclaim.