Lecture: Queer Ecology
Date & Time
Thursday, June 25, 2026
6:30 p.m.
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Learn more about the incredible range and diversity of sex, sex-development, gender, and sexuality in the natural world and the many purposes of sex and sexuality for building strong and vibrant communities in the natural world.
- Engage with expansive and accurate data and case studies that highlight the full range and diversity of sex, sex-development, gender, and sexuality of the natural world.
- Consider the purposes of sex, sex-linked behaviors, and development beyond reproduction.
- Examine the connections between social and political contexts and emergent and dominant theories about sex, gender, and sexuality in the natural sciences.
About the Speaker
Dr. Veronica Cassone McGowan is an ecologist and learning scientist. She is the director of the UW Bothell Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement at the Environmental Education and Research Center at St. Edward State Park and concurrently a senior research scientist at the Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal. Her research situates science and engineering-related phenomena within larger socioecological and sociotechnical systems, with a focus on how patterns of decision-making can be used to support socio-ecological thriving for all. Her projects also focus on centering racial justice and gender equity as a part of STEM teaching and learning across K–16 and professional learning contexts.
