Selected Affiliations and Accomplishments
| 2021 | Received National Jewish Book Award (best memoir) and New England Society Book Award (best contemporary nonfiction) for “The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir.” It was also a New York Times Critics’ Best Book of 2021 and a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. |
| 2018 | Named one of “America’s Top 50 Women in Tech” by Forbes |
| 2018 | Named Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2017 | Received Everett M. Rogers Award from University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism |
| 2018 | Named one of “America’s Top 50 Women in Tech” by Forbes |
| 2018 | Named Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2017 | Received Everett M. Rogers Award from University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism |
| 2017 | Received Everett M. Rogers Award from University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism |
| 2016 | Received Kohl Education Prize (Dolores Kohl Education Foundation, Highland Park, Illinois) |
| 2016 | Received honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) |
| 2016 | Won 6th Annual Zócalo Book Prize for “Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age.” Awarded by Zócalo Public Square (Arizona State University) for nonfiction that best enhances understanding of community, human connectedness, and social cohesion. |
| 2015 | Received Samuel I. Hayakawa Book Prize for “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other” (presented by the Institute of General Semantics) |
| 2015 | Received honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, PA) |
| 2015, 2002, 1997 | World Economic Forum Fellow, Davos, Switzerland |
| 2014 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow |
| 2014 | Named one of Boston’s top “visionaries, idealists, and thinkers” by Boston Magazine, as part of their profile of “the power of ideas.” http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/04/29/power-of-ideas/6/ |
| 2013 | Awarded the Centennial Medal from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| 2013 | Named a “Literary Light” by the Associates of the Boston Public Library (Boston, MA) |
| 2012 | Received The Walter Ong Award for “exemplary and groundbreaking scholarship” from The Media Ecology Association |
| 2012 | Received honorary degree of Doctor of Science from The College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) |
| 1987 | Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Graduate and Affiliate Member |
| 1978 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Psychologist |
| 2002 | Named one of the Top Ten Wired Women by ABC News.com |
| 2000 | Named one of Time Magazine’s Innovators of the Internet |
| 1997 | Named one of top 50 Cyber Elite by Time Digital Magazine |
| 1997 | Selected Member of “Computer 200”, an exhibit of the leaders of the computer industry. Exhibited at the Association of Computing Machinery’s 50th Anniversary meeting and exhibited and archived at the Boston Computer Museum. |
| 1985 | Selected Member of Esquire Register “America’s New Leadership Class,” Esquire Magazine |
| 1984 | Selected “Woman of the Year,” Ms. Magazine |
| 1999-2007 | Harvard College Visiting Committee on Information Technology |
| 1998-2003 | AAUW Educational Foundation Co-chair of Commission on Technology, Gender, and Teacher Education |
Other Professional Activities (partial listing)
| 2023- | American Academy of Arts and Sciences Humanities, Arts, and Culture advisory committee |
| 2023- | Get Media Savvy Founding Advisor |
| 2019-2021 | Harvard College Visiting Committee |
| 2018 | Harvard Magazine Incorporator |
| 2017- | Fairplay (formerly Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood) Advisory Board |
| 2017 | EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) Board of Directors |
| 2016 | Common Sense Media Advisory Board |
| 2016 | Boston Children’s Museum Advisory Board |
| 2015 | Society for Responsible Robotics Executive Board |
| 2014-present | Technographies (University of Cambridge series exploring interactions of technology and writing) Advisory Board |
| 2013 | Participated in audiovisual piece that became part of permanent exhibit inaugurating the new headquarters of the Mobile World Capital – Barcelona (Spain) |
| 2012-present | Sgrouples Advisory Board |
| 2012-present | Citizen Schools National Science and Technology Advisory Committee |
| 2011-present | Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Advisory Board |
| 2009-present | Philosophy and Technology Advisory Scientific Board |
| 2007-2012 | Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society Editorial Board |
| 2007-present | The Public Eye Editorial Board |
| 2000-present | The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences |
| 2000-2004 | MacArthur Foundation Committee on Information Technology |
| 1995-present | Massachusetts Women’s Forum |
| 1994-2022 | Science, Technology, and Human Values Editorial Advisory Board |