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The Rock Ethics Institute engages in research about the dimensions of human gender and sexual identity and the ethical issues that impact gender and sexual minorities. 

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Panel discusses Sherwin Early Career Professor Pamela VanHaitsma’s new book 'Queering Romantic Engagement in the Postal Age'

Topic(s): Gender and Sexuality, Public Life
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Daily Collegian: Rock Ethics Institute panel discusses new book 'Trans Care' by Penn State professor

Topic(s): Gender and Sexuality, General, Global Issues, Public Life
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Rock Ethics Institute welcomes Douglass, VanHaitsma as Sherwin Early Career Professors

Topic(s): Fellowships and Awards, Gender and Sexuality, Sustainability

Related Publications

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“Cattle as Technological Interventions: The Gender Effects of Water Demand in Dairy Production in Uganda”

Elizabeth Ransom (co-authored with Carmen Bain, Harleen Bal, and Natasha Shannon)
(FACETS, 
2017)
Topic(s): Food and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Global Issues
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“‘Weak Winners’ of Women’s Empowerment: The Gendered Effects of Dairy Livestock Assets on Time Poverty in Uganda”

Elizabeth Ransom (co-authored with Carmen Bain and Iim Halimatusa'diyaha)
(Journal of Rural Studies, 
2018)
Topic(s): Food and Agriculture, Gender and Sexuality, Global Issues
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“Queer Embodiment: Monstrosity, Medical Violence, and Intersex Experience”

Hil Malatino
(University of Nebraska Press, 
2019)
Topic(s): Gender and Sexuality, Health

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