Sharon Anderson-Gold


Sharon Anderson-Gold was a professor and chair at the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Biography

Prior to becoming chair of the STS department in 2004, Anderson-Gold served as acting and associate dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Department.
She was chair of the H&SS curriculum committee, and was the director of the First-Year Studies program. In 1999, she became an STS faculty member, specialized in applied ethics and social and political philosophy. She also showed interest in the history of modern philosophy, Kantian ethics, bioethics, or human rights.

Death

Sharon Anderson-Gold died from cancer on September 26, 2011, aged 63. She was survived by her husband Howard Gold and their sons, Jason Harris Gold and Jordan Benjamin Gold.

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