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SUMMARY:Moe Visiting Lecture by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:The Gender\, Women\, and Sexuality Studies Program is delighted
  to welcome Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to campus for the 2025 Moe Visitin
 g lecture.\nDr. Prescod-Weinstein is presenting a lecture on Wednesday\, Ma
 rch 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall.The lecture is free and open to the publ
 ic.\nDr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an assistant professor of physics and 
 astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the Universit
 y of New Hampshire. She is also a columnist for New Scientist and Physics W
 orld. \nHer research in theoretical physics focuses on cosmology\, neutron 
 stars\, and dark matter. She also does research in Black feminist science\,
  technology\, and society studies. \nNature recognized her as one of 10 peo
 ple who shaped science in 2020\, and Essence magazine has recognized her as
  one of “15 Black Women Who Are Paving the Way in STEM and Breaking Barri
 ers.” A cofounder of Particles for Justice\, she received the 2017 LGBT+ 
 Physicists Acknowledgement of Excellence Award for her contributions to imp
 roving conditions for marginalized people in physics and the 2021 American 
 Physical Society Edward A. Bouchet Award for her contributions to particle 
 cosmology. \nOriginally from East L.A.\, she divides her time between the N
 ew Hampshire Seacoast and Cambridge\, Massachusetts. Her first book\, The D
 isordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter\, Spacetime\, and Dreams Defer
 red\, is forthcoming on March 9\, 2021 from Bold Type Books.\nThe Moe Visit
 ing Lectureship is endowed by Karin and Robert Moe in honor of their daug
 hter\, Kris Burke Moe\, class of 1984. Since its inaugural year in 2000\, t
 he Moe Lectureship has allowed GWSS to bring top feminist scholars to the
  Â鶹ĘÓƵ community. The Moe Lectures represent the interdisciplinary and 
 intersectional nature of the Gender\, Women\, and Sexuality Studies program
 \, bringing expertise from various field including anthropology\, cultural
  studies\, biology\, literature\, philosophy\, history\, and law.
LOCATION:Alumni Hall
CATEGORIES:general
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ORGANIZER;CN=Barb Larson Taylor ’93:MAILTO:btaylor@gustavus.edu
CONTACT:Barb Larson Taylor ’93\, btaylor@gustavus.edu\, 507-933-7515
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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