Sigrid Schmitz (born 1961, Aachen, Germany)[1] is a visiting professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin,[2] and was formerly the chair of gender studies[1] and scientific head of the Gender Research Office [Referat Genderforschung] at the University of Vienna.[3] Schmitz is also a member of The NeuroGenderings Network.[4]

Education

Schmitz gained her PhD in behavioral physiology from the Department of Biology, University of Marburg in 1992.[1][5]

Research

Schmitz main areas of research are gender and science technology studies[6] with a particular focus in brain sciences and contemporary neurocultures.[7][8]

Books

  • Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit, eds. (2014). Gendered neurocultures: feminist and queer perspectives on current brain discourses. challenge GENDER, 2. Wien: Zaglossus. ISBN 9783902902122.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dr. Sigrid Schmitz". univie.ac.at. University of Vienna [Universität Wien]. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Dr. Sigrid Schmitz". geschichte.hu-berlin.de. Humboldt University of Berlin. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ Schmitz, Sigrid, ed. (2012–13). "Aktuelles team" [Current team] (PDF). Kehrseiten. 4. Gender Research Office [Referat Genderforschung], University of Vienna: 2. ISSN 2076-9571.
  4. ^ "Members". neurogenderings.wordpress.com. The NeuroGenderings Network. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ^ Schmitz, Sigrid (1992). Influence of domestication on genetically fixed learning dispositions: a comparative analysis of wild Mallard and domesticated Peking ducks [Einfluß der Domestikation auf genetisch fixierte Lerndispositionen. Ein Vergleich der Wildform, der Stockente und ihrer domestizierten Form, der Pekingente] (Ph.D thesis). Department of Biology, University of Marburg.
  6. ^ Schmitz, Sigrid; Nikoleyczik, Katrin (2009). "Transdisciplinary and gender-sensitive teaching: didactical concepts and technical support". International Journal of Innovation in Education. 1 (1). Inderscience: 81. doi:10.1504/IJIIE.2009.030105.
  7. ^ Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit (25 July 2014). "Neurofeminism and feminist neurosciences: a critical review of contemporary brain research". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8 (546). Frontiers: 546. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00546. PMC 4111126. PMID 25120450.
  8. ^ Schmitz, Sigrid (2014), "Feminist approaches to neurocultures", in Wolfe, Charles (ed.), Brain theory: essays in critical neurophilosophy, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 195–216, ISBN 9780230369573.

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