Alice Dreger

Alice Dreger
Born Alice Domurat Dreger
United States
Nationality American
Fields Bioethics, humanities
Institutions Northwestern University
Alma mater Indiana University Bloomington, PhD, History and Philosophy of Science, 1995[1]
Known for Conjoined twinning, intersex or disorders of sex development, social justice
Notable awards Fellowship recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Alice Domurat Dreger is an American bioethicist, author, and former professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

Career

External media
Audio
“Episode 205: Sex and Gender: What We Know and Don't Know” (includes interview with Alice Dreger), Chemical Heritage Foundation
Video
“Is anatomy destiny”, Alice Dreger, TED Talk

She is widely known for her academic work and activism in support of individuals born with atypical sex characteristics (intersex or disorders of sex development) and individuals born as conjoined twins. Dreger has been a featured speaker at TED Talks.[3] She is also known for her support of J. Michael Bailey in the face of controversy[4] over his book The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003)[5][6] and about which she first published in 2008.[7]

In 2015, Dreger published Galileo's Middle Finger[8], which covered her observations and experiences with controversies in academic medicine, especially those surrounding human sexuality.[9] The book received positive reviews from the Chicago Tribune,[10] The New York Times Sunday Book Review,[11] Chronicle of Higher Education,[5] Salon,[12] and activist and author Dan Savage,[13] but was removed from consideration for a Lambda Literary Award following controversy over its treatment of transgender issues. Dreger protested the removal in an open letter[14] to Lambda Literary Foundation. In a commentary Brynn Tannehill wrote that the book promoted the idea that trans people are "just self-hating homosexual men who believe they could have guilt-free sex if they were female and heterosexual men with an out-of-control fetish (autogynephilia)".[15] Since the book's publication, Dreger clarified[16] her articulation of the ideas relevant to trans women in her book.

Dreger resigned from Northwestern University in August, 2015, citing censorship issues.[17] The school had ordered her and other editors of Atrium, a bioethics journal, to take down an article about consensual oral sex between a nurse and patient.[18] Although the article was eventually reposted, the university established its own editorial committee to approve future issues of the journal.[19][20]

Selected bibliography

Books

Journal articles

References

  1. ↑ "Who Studies Philosophy? - The American Philosophical Association". American Philosophical Association. Retrieved 9 September 2015. Alice Domurat Dreger, professor, activist, and author Ph.D. (History and Philosophy of Science), Indiana University Bloomington, 1995
  2. ↑ "Alice Dreger Bio". Northwestern University. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014. Retrieved Apr 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Speakers Alice Dreger: Historian". TED. Retrieved Feb 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Michael Bailey, Book Controversy Question & Answer". faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  5. 1 2 Bartlett, Tom (March 10, 2015). "Reluctant Crusader: Why Alice Dreger’s writing on sex and science makes liberals so angry". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ David Dobbs (April 17, 2015). "‘Galileo’s Middle Finger,’ by Alice Dreger". New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Dreger, Alice D. (2008-04-23). "The Controversy Surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen: A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age". Archives of Sexual Behavior 37 (3): 366–421. doi:10.1007/s10508-007-9301-1. ISSN 0004-0002. PMC 3170124. PMID 18431641.
  8. ↑ "Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science". Penguin Press. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  9. ↑ Dreger, Alice Domurat (2015). Galileo's middle finger: heretics, activists, and the search for justice in science. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN 9781594206085.
  10. ↑ Tribune, Chicago. "Review: 'Galileo's Middle Finger' by Alice Dreger". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  11. ↑ Dobbs, David (2015-04-17). "‘Galileo’s Middle Finger,’ by Alice Dreger". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  12. ↑ Miller, Laura (March 7, 2015). ""Galileo’s Middle Finger": When scholars and activists clash over controversial research, we all lose. A feminist historian investigates the high price paid by scholars whose research is politically unpopular.". Salon.
  13. ↑ "Galileo's Middle Finger: Editorial Reviews". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  14. ↑ "An Open Letter to the Lambda Literary Foundation - Alice Domurat Dreger". alicedreger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  15. ↑ Tannehill, Brynn (March 25, 2016). "Lambda Literary Foundation Snuffs Out Anti-Trans Scandal". The Advocate. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Answers to Some Questions about Autogynephilia - Alice Domurat Dreger (June 2015)". alicedreger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  17. ↑ "FAQ on my resignation from Northwestern University - Alice Domurat Dreger". alicedreger.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  18. ↑ Peace, William. "Head Nurses". Atrium. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  19. ↑ Grant, Bob (August 27, 2015). "Censored Professor Quits". The Scientist.
  20. ↑ Kingkade, Tyler (September 25, 2015). "Noted Author Resigns From Northwestern In Censorship Protest". Huffington Post.

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