Allucquére Rosanne Stone | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:SandyStone.JPG) Sandy Stone in 2011 | |
| Born | c. 1936 (age 87–88) |
| Alma mater | St. John's College (B.A.) University of California, Santa Cruz (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Media, gender studies, African-American studies |
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Allucquére Rosanne "Sandy" Stone (born c. 1936[1]) is an American academic theorist, media theorist, author, and performance artist. She is an Associate Professor Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin where she was the Founding Director of the Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory (ACTLab) and the New Media Initiative in the department of Radio-TV-Film. Stone has worked in and written about film, music, experimental neurology, writing, engineering, and computer programming. Stone is transgender and is considered a founder of the academic discipline of transgender studies.
Stone was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame on March 5, 2024 in a ceremony in New York City.[2] In Stone's acceptance speech she spoke of "Trans vision: To learn to see, and then to be a light by which others can see."[3]
- ^ Date of birth is disputed. Encyclopedia of New Media gives 1957. In 1995, Stone told Artforum that as of 1988, "I actually have three ages: 12, 30, and 50."
- ^ https://womenofthehall.org [bare URL]
- ^ Baine, Wallace (2024-04-28). "From Hell to the Hall of Fame: The astonishing story of Sandy Stone". Lookout Santa Cruz. Retrieved 2024-11-25.