Lucy Suchman

Who is Lucy Suchman?

Lucy Suchman, Ph.D. is a Professor of Anthropology of Science and Technology in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University, in the United Kingdom. She has taught several courses including Virtual Cultures, Anthropology of Cybercultures, and Gender, Sexuality and Society. These courses included instruction on new forms of information and communications media, the quality of digital artifacts, and issues concerning feminists in media research. Before coming to Lancaster, she worked for 22 years at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, where she held the positions of Principal Scientist and Manager of the Work Practice and Technology laboratory. Suchman is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, obtaining her BA in 1972, MA in 1977 and a Doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology in 1984.