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Dine and Learn: “Race, Sex, and Science”

September 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Viterbo University, Nursing Building Room 101
10th St
La Crosse, WI 54601

Dr. Melina Packer will introduce herself and her engaged scholarship in the field of research called “critical feminist science studies.”

Attendees will learn about what it means to be a scientist feminist, do feminist science, and why it matters.

Dr. Melina PackerDr. Melina Packer is Assistant Professor of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.

She received her PhD in Society and Environment, with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, from the University of California, Berkeley, on Ohlone land. She is author of Toxic Sexual Politics: Toxicology, Environmental Poisons, and Queer Feminist Futures (NYU Press, 2025) and co-author of Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior (MIT Press, 2025).

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