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Studied at The Colorado College
Haraway studied zoology and philosophy at The Colorado College and graduated in 1966. She received a Boettcher Foundation scholarship, which is awarded to "dynamic thinkers, doers, and difference makers" to encourage them to stay in Colorado. -
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Taught at the University of Hawaii
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PhD in Biology
Haraway completed her PhD in Biology at Yale. Her dissertation, entitled "The Search for Organizing Relations: An Organismic Paradigm in 20th-Century Developmental Biology", focused on three major embryologists of the time, Ross G. Harrison, Joseph Needham, and J.H.Woodger. -
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Taught at Johns Hopkins University
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Joined the History of Consciousness Program
The History of Consciousness is a graduate program at UC Santa Cruz that focuses on the humanities, but touches on social sciences, physical and biological sciences, and the arts. The program emphasizes topics based on "race, sexuality, and gender, global capitalism and cultural processes, psychoanalytic and semiotic theories of the image, science and technology studies, theories and histories of religion, social movements, and literary studies and poetics." -
"A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s"
In her 'Cyborg Manifesto', Haraway breaks down the differences between nature and non-nature, directly confronting the myth of women being "natural" and men being "knowledgable". She argues that women do not naturally take on the jobs of cooking, cleaning, and child-raising, but is engrained to do these jobs by society and some overarching power. In her manifesto, she postulates whether women would take on the same jobs if the society geared women more towards "manly" jobs, and men to "womanly". -
"Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science
Haraway mainly focuses on primatology. In a previously male-dominated field, clues were missed which hinted towards female primates having more diverse sexual tendencies than male primates. However, Haraway notes that once feminism was introduced to the field, new facts became apparent that showed these clues were missed. The main reason male scientists hadn't seen these behaviors was that they believed that the female's only role, in all species, was to bear and raise children, "nature". -
"Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature"
Essays written between 1978 to 1989. Haraway contains to liken women to cyborgs, as well as simians, noting that they are all "creatures who have had a great destabilizing place in Western evolutionary technology and biology". -
"Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium. FemaleMan_Meets_OncoMouse: Feminism and Technoscience"
Written by Donna Haraway and Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, the 'FemaleMan' trope is related to the OncoMouse, a type of lab mouse that has been genetically modified to develop tumors. The book received the Ludwik Fleck Prize in 1999, which recognizes outstanding books in science and technology. -
J.D. Bernal Prize
Awarded for lifetime contributions to the field of social sciences. -
"The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness"
This book focuses on the co-species relation between humans and the dogs that they live with. It goes into a history of domestication and co-dependence, and why these relationships work. -
"When Species Meet"
Similar to the 'Companion Species Manifesto', 'When Species Meet' dives into the relationships we have with our pets. She talks about why 69 million U.S. households had pets, and why 38 billion dollars of revenue are made yearly by companies targeting pet owners. The book highlights working relationships, herding dogs, service animals, and biological test subjects. She also highlights why animal-human associations work against human exceptionalism. -
"Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene"
In 'Staying with the Trouble', Haraway advocates new ways to reconfigure human relations with animals and our planet to prevent ecological disaster. -
"Making Kin not Population: Reconceiving Generations"
In her most recent book, Haraway delves into our generalization that "that's not happening here". She focuses on declining birth rates in East Asian countries, increasing income inequality, and reproduction issues in third world countries. The highlight is on creating a sense of kinship between us and those struggling to assist in our want to change, or to help, being that we are all humans. It tries to close the gap we have between belief that other countries' problems shouldn't concern us. -
Haraway Major Works Cited Pt. 1
Clarke, Adele E., and Donna Jeanne Haraway. Making Kin Not Population. Prickly Paradigm Press, 2018. Haraway, Donna Jeanne. A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s. Center for Social Research and Education, 1985. Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. Routledge, 2015.
Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. Routledge, 2015. -
Haraway Major Works Cited Pt. 2
Haraway, Donna Jeanne. Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press, 2016. Haraway, Donna Jeanne. The Search for Organizing Relations: An Organismic Paradigm in Twentieth Century Developmental Biology. Yale, 1972. Haraway, Donna. Modest Witness@Second Millenium.femaleman Meets Oncomousetm: Feminism and Technoscience. Routledge, 1997. -
My Sources
“Basics.” Colorado College, https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/aftercc/notable-alumni/.
“Colorado Scholarships, Scholarship Overview.” Boettcher Foundation, https://boettcherfoundation.org/colorado-scholarships/.
“Donna Haraway.” The European Graduate School, https://egs.edu/biography/donna-haraway/.
History of Consciousness, https://registrar.ucsc.edu/catalog/archive/11-12/programs-courses/program-statements/hiscps.html.