Anelis Kaiser

Anelis Kaiser
Alma materUniversity of Basel, Switzerland
Known forCo-founder of The NeuroGenderings Network
Scientific career
FieldsGender studies, social psychology and social neuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of Freiburg, Germany
University of Bern, Switzerland
ThesisGeschlecht in der Hirnforschung am Beispiel von fMRI-Sprachexperimenten [Gender in brain research using the example of fMRI language experiments] (2008)
WebsiteOfficial website

Anelis Kaiser is professor of gender studies at MINT, University of Freiburg, Germany.[1] She is also on the lecturer within the social psychology and social neuroscience department at the University of Bern, Switzerland.[2] Along with Isabelle Dussauge, Kaiser was a guest editor of a special issue on Neuroscience and sex/gender of the journal Neuroethics,[3] they also co-founded The NeuroGenderings Network together.[4]

Education

Kaiser gained her PhD from the University of Basel in 2008.[5]

Research

Her work explores the influence of heteronormative notions of sexual orientation and the bias, by some within the scientific community, to demonstrate sex/gender determinism[6] and led her to become a co-founder of The NeuroGenderings Network.[4]

Bibliography

Chapters in books

  • Kaiser, Anelis; Dussauge, Isabelle (2014), "Re-queering the brain", in Bluhm, Robyn; Jaap Jacobson, Anne; Maibom, Heidi Lene (eds.), Neurofeminism: issues at the intersection of feminist theory and cognitive science, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 121–144, ISBN 9781349333929.
  • Kaiser, Anelis (2014), "On the (im)possibility of a feminist and queer neuroexperiment", in Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit (eds.), Gendered neurocultures: feminist and queer perspectives on current brain discourses, challenge GENDER, 2, Wien: Zaglossus, pp. 41–66, ISBN 9783902902122.
  • Kaiser, Anelis; Schmitz, Sigrid (2016), "Neuroscience, brain research, and sexuality", in Naples, Nancy; Hoogland, Renee C.; Wickramasinghe, Maithree; Wong, Wai Ching Angela (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of gender and sexuality studies: volume 4 J–R, Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 1–7, ISBN 9781118663219. doi:10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss233
  • Kaiser, Anelis (2016), "Sex/gender matters and sex/gender materialities in the brain", in Pitts-Taylor, Victoria (ed.), Mattering: feminism, science, and materialism, New York: NYU Press, pp. 122–139, ISBN 9781479845439.
  • Kaiser, Anelis; Schellenberg, Diana (2017), "The sex–gender distinction: beyond F and M", in Travis, Cheryl; White, Jacquelyn W. (eds.), APA handbook of the psychology of women: volume 1: History, theory, and battlegrounds, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, ISBN 9781433827921.

Journal articles

See also: Cahill, Larry (March–April 2014). "Equal ≠ The Same: Sex Differences in the Human Brain". Cerebrum. 2014: 5. PMC 4087190. PMID 25009695. Archived from the original on 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Anelis Kaiser". gmint.informatik.uni-freiburg.de. University of Freiburg. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Dr. Anelis Kaiser". soz.psy.unibe.ch. University of Bern. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ Kaiser, Anelis; Dussauge, Isabelle (December 2012). "Neuroscience and sex/gender". Neuroethics. 5 (3). Springer: 211–216. doi:10.1007/s12152-012-9165-5.
  4. ^ a b Kraus, Cynthia (2016), "What is the feminist critique of neuroscience? A call for dissensus studies", in de Vos, Jan; Pluth, Ed, eds. (2016). Neuroscience and critique: exploring the limits of the neurological turn. London New York: Routledge. p. 100. ISBN 9781138887350.
    See also: Ehnsmyr, Ester (26 November 2009). "CFP NeuroGenderings". genna.gender.uu.se. Uppsala University. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  5. ^ Kaiser, Anelis (2008). Geschlecht in der Hirnforschung am Beispiel von fMRI-Sprachexperimenten [Gender in brain research using the example of fMRI language experiments] (Ph.D thesis). Institute of Psychology, University of Basel. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  6. ^ Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit (25 July 2014). "Neurofeminism and feminist neurosciences: a critical review of contemporary brain research". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8 (546). Frontiers: 546. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00546. PMC 4111126. PMID 25120450.
    Article cites: Kaiser, Anelis; Dussauge, Isabelle (2014), "Re-queering the brain", in Bluhm, Robyn; Jacobson, Anne Jaap; Maibom, Heidi Lene (eds.), Neurofeminism: issues at the intersection of feminist theory and cognitive science, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 121–144, ISBN 9781349333929.