Donna Haraway

  • Born

    Donna was born in Denver, Colorado.
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    University of Hawaii

    Donna taught women's studies and history of science.
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    John Hopkins

    Donna taught at John Hopkins University.
  • Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields: Metaphors of Organicism in Twentieth-Century Developmental Biology

    This was based on Donna's dissertation that she completed at Yale in 1972. Haraway, Donna. Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields: Metaphors of Organicism in Twentieth-Century Developmental Biology, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976.
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    University of California Santa Cruz

    Donna is still at the university as an American Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness department and Feminist Studies department.
  • A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the 1980s

    This was Donna's most famous essay, and it addressed how feminists needed to recognize their situation within "informatics of domination". Haraway, Donna. A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the 1980s. Socialist Review, 1985.
  • Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science

    In this book, Donna looks at primatology and how feminists can provide a different perspective on primate behavior. Haraway, Donna. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science, Routledge: New York and London, 1989.
  • J. D. Bernal Award

    Donna was awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science's the J. D. Bernal Award for her contributions to the field.
  • The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness

    This book looks at the relationships between species, particularly those that cohabit, such as dogs and humans. Haraway, Donna. The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness, Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2003.