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Melina Packer

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Race/Gender/Sexuality Studies University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Melina Packer Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Assistant Professor

Race/Gender/Sexuality Studies

Specialty area(s)

Queer Feminist and Postcolonial Science Studies, Critical Public Health, Food and Environmental Justice, Antiracist Animal Studies

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published

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, co-authored the book "Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior" and was accepted for publication by MIT Press. Forthcoming in March 2025, "Feminism in the Wild" shows how dominant culture — from sexism and homophobia to racism, capitalism, ableism, and more —has limited the science of animal behavior, and how we can free ourselves from these limited perspectives. The book has already been named one of Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of 2025. Packer co-authored the book with Dr. Ambika Kamath, behavioral ecologist and evolutionary biologist at University of Colorado Boulder.

Submitted on: Jan. 22

interviewed

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, was interviewed by faculti.net on Tuesday, Aug. 20. The interview covered Packer's forthcoming book "Toxic Sexual Politics" (NYU Press, 2025).

Submitted on: Aug. 26, 2024

published

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, authored the book "Toxic Sexual Politics: Toxicology, Environmental Poisons, and Queer Feminist Futures" that was accepted for publication by NYU Press. The books will be published in January 2025.

Submitted on: June 18, 2024

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