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Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender
Faculty member Beans Velocci

Beans Velocci, a faculty member in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, studies the complex and conflicting ways gender and sex have been investigated and represented by scientists and medical professionals.

Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender

Beans Velocci of the School of Arts & Sciences explores how sex and gender have been shaped and categorized through history—and the consequences of those constructions taking on the guise of scientific and medical fact.

Katherine Unger Baillie

‘Citizenship on the Edge’
A book cover depicting a woman wearing a striped top and face and body paint. She is holding a rainbow flag. The book cover reads: Citizenship on the Edge: Sex/Gender/Race

A new book by anthropologist Deborah A. Thomas and political scientist Nancy J. Hirschmann compiles a series of essays examining citizenship from an interdisciplinary lens. 

‘Citizenship on the Edge’

In a new book, anthropologist Deborah A. Thomas and political scientist Nancy J. Hirschmann look at who’s kept out of social governance and belonging.

Kristina García