<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/westmont-news/panel-talk-explore-what-gender.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>09/08/2016</pubDate><title>Panel Talk to Explore ‘What is Gender?’</title><excerpt>Amanda Sparkman, assistant professor of biology, Sameer Yadav, assistant professor of religious studies, and Meredith Whitnah, assistant professor of sociology, examine the ways gender might be defined in their respective disciplines on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. “What is Gender?” co-sponsored by the gender studies program and the Westmont Feminist Society, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact organizer Caryn Reeder, associate professor of religious studies, at (805) 565-7047.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2016/09/Whitnah-Meredith_15-505x758.jpg" alt="Dr. Meredith Whitnah"/>
        </image><caption>Dr. Meredith Whitnah</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Ali...</description></item>