Susan Leigh Star | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 1954 |
| Died | 24 March 2010 (aged 55) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Sociologist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Radcliffe College (BA) University of California, San Francisco(PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anselm Strauss |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Information Science |
| Notable works | Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences (with Geoffrey Bowker, 2000) |
Susan Leigh Star (1954–2010) was an American sociologist. She specialized in the study of information in modern society; information worlds; information infrastructure; classification and standardization; sociology of science; sociology of work; and the history of science, medicine, technology, and communication/information systems. She commonly used the qualitative methods methodology and feminist theory approach. She was also known for developing the concept of boundary objects and for contributions to computer-supported cooperative work.[1]