The Edge of Space-Time: A Conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

On April 9, 2026, Dr. Roxane Gay, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, hosted Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein for a conversation about "The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie." Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an associate professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. She conducts award-winning theoretical physics research on dark matter, the early universe, and neutron stars, while also researching Black feminist science studies. Her first book, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, won the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology, the 2022 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, and a 2022 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award. A columnist for New Scientist and Physics World, she is originally from East L.A. and now divides her time between the New Hampshire Seacoast and Cambridge, Massachusetts. An introduction was given by IWL Leadership Scholar, Samantha Muller. The Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair represents a collaboration between the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, Institute for Women’s Leadership, and Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. To learn more about the chair, visit https://iwl.rutgers.edu/gloria-steine...