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Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Time: 11:15 a.m.
Location: Student Center Theater, Mack Student Center

I Was Born a Baby: The Dynamic Development of Gender Variability

Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling, Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita, Brown University, is a leading expert in biology and gender development that challenges entrenched scientific beliefs. Dr. Fausto-Sterling’s current research on parent-infant interactions and the embodiment of gender demonstrates how cultural difference becomes bodily difference. A frequent commentator for media outlets such as The New York Times and PBS, her ambition is to restructure dichotomous conversations–inside the academy, in public discourse, and ultimately in the framing of social policy–in order to enable an understanding of the inseparability of nature/nurture.

For more information, please visit hofstra.edu/culture or contact the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669.

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