Banu Subramaniam

Banumathi Subramaniam[2][1]
Born
India
Alma materUniversity of Madras, Duke University
AwardsMichelle Kendrick Prize (2020), Ludwik Fleck Prize (2016), Outstanding Academic Title (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsPlant biology, feminist science studies[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
Doctoral advisorMark D. Rausher
External videos
video icon “Life (Un) Ltd: Banu Subramaniam”, UCLA Center for the Study of Women

Banu Subramaniam is a professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.[3] Originally trained as a plant evolutionary biologist, she writes about social and cultural aspects of science as they relate to experimental biology.[4] She advocates for activist science that creates knowledge about the natural world while being aware of its embeddedness in society and culture.[5] She co-edited Making Threats: Biofears and Environmental Anxieties (2005) and Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation (2001).[6][7] Her book Ghost Stories for Darwin: The Science of Variation and the Politics of Diversity (2014) was chosen as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2015 and won the Society for Social Studies of Science Ludwik Fleck Prize for science and technology studies in 2016.[8][9] Her most recent book, Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism (2019),[10] won the Michelle Kendrick Prize for the best book from the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts in 2020.[11]

  1. ^ a b "Feminist Perspectives on Science". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2018.
  2. ^ "Rausher Lab". Duke University. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Banu Subramaniam". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. ^ "4S Prizes | Society for Social Studies of Science". www.4sonline.org. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. ^ "Banu Subramaniam". UCLA Center for the Study of Women. October 16, 2014.
  6. ^ Hartmann, Betsy; Subramaniam, Banu; Zerner, Charles (2005-11-01). Making Threats: Biofears and Environmental Anxieties. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4616-6574-8.
  7. ^ Mayberry, Maralee; Subramaniam, Banu; Weasel, Lisa H. (2001). Feminist Science Studies: A New Generation. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-92696-6.
  8. ^ "4S Prizes | Society for Social Studies of Science". www.4sonline.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. ^ "Ghost Stories for Darwin awarded Fleck Prize". Illinois Press Blog. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  10. ^ Subramaniam, Banu (2019). Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-74558-9.
  11. ^ "Award Winners | Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts". Retrieved 2022-04-22.