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2025 Moe Visiting Lecturer: Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

The Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program is thrilled to welcome Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to campus as the 2025 Moe Visiting Lecturer. Her talk will take place on Wednesday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall and is free and open to the public.

Dr. Prescod-Weinstein is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women鈥檚 and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. A trailblazer in both theoretical physics and Black feminist science studies, her research spans cosmology, neutron stars, and dark matter, while also addressing equity and inclusion in STEM. She is a columnist for New Scientist and Physics World and a nationally recognized science communicator.

Named one of Nature鈥檚 10 people who shaped science in 2020 and one of Essence's 鈥15 Black Women Paving the Way in STEM,鈥 she is the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred. Her second book, The Edge of Space-Time, is forthcoming from Pantheon Books.

The Moe Visiting Lectureship, established by Karin and Robert Moe in honor of their daughter, Kris Burke Moe 鈥84, brings influential feminist scholars to 麻豆视频. This annual event highlights the interdisciplinary and intersectional values at the heart of the GWSS program, with past lectures spanning fields such as anthropology, literature, science, philosophy, and cultural studies.

Join us for an evening of insight, inspiration, and community as we explore science, identity, and justice with one of today's most compelling voices.

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