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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, Antiracist Animal Studies, Critical Public Health, Food and Environmental Justice

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interviewed

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, was interviewed by Amy Martin of Threshold Conversations (podcast) on Feb. 17.

Submitted on: Mar. 26

interviewed

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, was interviewed by Kyle Johannsen of New Books Network on Jan. 13.

Submitted on: Jan. 14

published

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, co-authored the article "Let's Talk About Sex *and* Race" in "This View of Life," published on Dec. 2 by ProSocial World.

Submitted on: Dec. 3, 2025

published

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, co-authored the article "The Queer Lives of Frogs" , published on Sept. 22 by Nautilus | Science Connected.

Submitted on: Sept. 23, 2025

published

Melina Packer, Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, co-authored the article "Op-Ed: Science could enable a fascist future. Especially if we don’t learn from the past" in The Guardian published on Sunday, July 27 by The Guardian US edition.

Submitted on: July 27, 2025