How can we define, measure, and make sense of gender/sex and sexuality in ways that take lived experience and bioscience seriously? In this talk, Dr. van Anders discusses methods, theories, and results from her interdisciplinary, feminist and queer science research program, focusing on gender/sex and sexual diversity, as well as hormones and bioscience. Dr. van Anders highlights how these approaches can contribute to research in bioscience and beyond for understandings of gender/sex and sexual diversity that are dynamic and multifaceted, as well as more accurate, empirical, and just.

About the speaker: After a decade at the University of Michigan in Psychology and Women’s Studies, Dr. Sari van Anders joined Queen’s University as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Social Neuroendocrinology, Sexuality, and Gender/Sex, and Professor of Psychology, Gender Studies, and Neuroscience. Her work and lab has been recognized with over 80 awards, including the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation & Gender Diversity, the APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions, as well as election to the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. van Anders is committed to progressive transformation efforts for academic spaces and beyond.

* Note that due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. van Anders will no longer be presenting in person. The lecture will be held as a Zoom watch party in 4448 East Hall, followed by an in-person presentation of awards. The event will not be recorded. To build community and support our Diversity Awards recipients, in-person attendance is strongly preferred. But if you truly cannot make it to East Hall, please reach out to psych.admin@umich.edu for the Zoom link. Light refreshments will be provided for those in attendance.