MCB DEI Committee Special Seminar: Dr. Anna Marie LaChance
“Why Trans Inclusion Leads to Better Science”
Friday, March 3, 12:20 pm, BPB 130
Dr. Anna Marie LaChance is a chemical engineer (UConn Alum) and STEM educator with numerous professional and creative projects. Through her teaching work, podcast (Rule 63), social media presence (Substack & TikTok), and local political organizing, she is an advocate for abolitionist engineering education and intersectional transfeminism.
Anna transitioned at the age of 22 while earning her PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. As a graduate student, she has mentored dozens of women and gender-diverse people in STEM, empowering them to bring their “full selves” into their engineering work. She has served as a member of several graduate student organizations and has been widely recognized for her research, teaching, and mentorship, including the 2021 Connecticut Women of Innovation® Award in the Inspiring STEM Equitability category by the Connecticut Technology Council—Anna was the first openly transgender or non-binary person to win in any category in the award’s 17-year history.
Dr. LaChance is currently working as a Lecturer for the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she offers courses on chemical engineering process control, polymer processing, and sustainability.
Learn more about Dr. LaChance:
Dr. Anna Marie LaChance (pronunciation)
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Personal website:
https://www.thatannamarie.com/TikTok, Instagram, & Twitter: @ThatAnnaMarie
Mastodon: ThatAnnaMarie@mstdn.social
Newsletter:
https://thatannamarie.substack.com/