  donna j. haraway (born september 6, 1944) is a distinguished professor emerita in the history of consciousness department and feminist studies department at the university of california, santa cruz, united states. haraway, a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology studies, was described in the early 1990s as a "postgenderist, rather loosely a neo-marxist and a postmodernist".young, robert m, "science, ideology & donna haraway", in science as culture, 15.3 (1992): 165-207. she is the author of numerous books and essays that bring together questions of science and feminism, such as a cyborg manifesto: science, technology, and socialist-feminism in the late twentieth century (1985) and situated knowledges: the science question in feminism and the privilege of partial perspective (1988). haraway has taught women's studies and the history of science at the university of hawaii and johns hopkins university. in september 2000, haraway was awarded the highest honor given by the society for social studies of science (4s), the j. d. bernal award, for lifetime contributions to the field. haraway has also lectured in feminist theory and technoscience at the european graduate school in saas-fee, switzerland.donna haraway faculty website at european graduate school haraway's works have contributed the study of both human-machine and human-animal relations. her works have sparked debate in primatology, philosophy, and developmental biology.kunzru, hari. "you are cyborg", in wired magazine, 5:2 (1997) 1-7. haraway participated in a collaborative exchange with the eminent feminist theorist lynn randolph from 1990 to 1996. their engagement with specific ideas relating to feminism, technoscience, political consciousness, and other social issues, formed the images and narrative of haraway's book. http://www.lynnrandolph.com/ ==early life== donna jeanne haraway was born in 1944 in denver, colorado. haraway's father was a sportswriter for the denver post and her mother, who came from a heavily irish catholic background, died when harraway was 16 years old.haraway, donna j., how like a leaf: donna j. haraway an interview with thyrza nichols goodeve. routledge, 2000, p.6-7. haraway attended high school at st. maryâs academy in cherry hills village, colorado. after high school, haraway mov
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