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Gordene MacKenzie's Capsule Bio
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 Dr. Gordene MacKenzie is an award-winning feminist professor and gender activist dedicated to social and environmental justice. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. MacKenzie has taught and lectured wildly on sex and gender, media politics, popular culture, film, and women's studies, and has been formally recognized for her teaching, research, and service to the transgender community. In 2006 Dr. MacKenzie received the Trinity Award for people who have performed extraordinary acts of courage and love in service to the Transgender Community. She authored the visionary book "Transgender Nation," as well as articles, including "50 Billion Galaxies of Gender: Transgendering the Millennium," and a soon to be published article with Mary Marcel, "From Sensationalism to Education: Media Coverage of the Murder of US Transgender Women of Color 1995-2005" in Local Violence, Global Media: Feminist Analyses of Gendered Representations, edited by Lisa Cuklanz and Sujata Moorti, from Routledge. She is the former producer and co-host of GenderTalk Radio and currently, with her partner Nancy Nangeroni, is the producer and co-host of GenderVision. She is also an associate professor and the director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Merrimack College in North Andover.
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