Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

M. Perret. “‘Serpent Invasion’: The Sexual Politics of Hunting Introduced Burmese Pythons in the Florida Everglades.” In Preparation.

M. Perret. “‘Migration Is Natural’: Monarch Butterflies as Symbols of Environmental Justice and Queer Migrant Identity in Art-Activism.” Environmental Humanities. Forthcoming.  

M. Perret. “‘Transgender Frogs Turn Your Son Gay’: Estrogenic Pollution, Endangered Frogs & Environmental Justice.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies. 44, no. 1 (2023): 27-52.

M. Perret. “Immigrants, Scientists, & Butterflies: Depicting Cultural and Biological Diversity in Conservation Photography of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.” Special Issue: Bioscience, Borders, & Borderlands. SITES: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies 18, no. 2 (November 3, 2022): 1–26.

Books In Progress

M. Perret. The Sex Lives of Endangered Species: Gender and Sexuality in Representations of Biodiversity Loss. (Solicited by Duke University Press)

M. Perret. Migration Is Natural: Conservation Biologists and the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall, 1993-2021. (National Science Foundation Funded)

M. Perret. The Future Is Species-Queer: World-Making in the Age of Extinction. (Future research)

Chapters in Edited Volumes

M. Perret. “Chemical Castration: ‘White Genocide’ and Male Extinction in the Rhetoric of Endocrine Disruption.” In Succession: Queering the Environment, edited by Jessica DeWitt.Online. Toronto: Network in Canadian History and Environment, June 9, 2020. (Most-viewed article on their website since 2004.)

M. Perret. “Queering the Dinner Table.” In Defiant Daughters: 21 Women on Art, Activism, Animals and the Sexual Politics of Meat, edited by Kara Davis and Wendy Lee, 131–42. New York: Lantern Publishing & Media, 2014.

Collaborative Research 

H. Zhao, M. DiMarco, K. Ichikawa, M. Boulicault, M. Perret, et al. “Making a Hallmark Sex-Difference Fact: Ambien Dosing at the Interface of Policy, Regulation, Women’s Health, and Sex Difference Science.” Social Studies of Science 53, no.4 (August 2023): 475-494.

M. Perret, M. H. Trinh, D. Zubizarreta, K. Jillson, A. C. Danielson, L. Z. DuBois. “Start Collecting COVID-19 Public Health Data on Trans & Gender-Expansive People Now.” Health Affairs (May 12, 2021).

M. Boulicault, M. Perret, J. Galka, A. Borsa, A. Gompers, M. Reiches, S. Richardson. “The Future of Sperm: A Biovariability Framework for Understanding Global Sperm Count Trends.” Human Fertility (May 10, 2021): 1–15.

S. Richardson, A. Borsa, M. Boulicault, J. Galka, N. Ghosh, A. Gompers, N. Noll, M. Perret, et al. “Genome Studies Must Account for History.” Science 366, no. 6472 (December 20, 2019): 1461.

D. Sarna, M. Perret, M. V. Eitzel, and L. Fortmann. “Where Are the Missing Co-authors?: Co-authorship and Acknowledgement Practices in Participatory Research.” Rural Sociology 82, no. 4 (March 29, 2017): 713–46.

Op-Ed Articles 

M. Perret. “Monarch Butterflies Become a Powerful Symbol of Justice at the U.S.-Mexico Border.” Mongabay. March 31, 2023.

M. Perret and H. Zhao. “The Search for Gay Genes: Should Queer People Support It?” Ms. Magazine. November 14, 2021.

Selected Public Humanities

M. Perret and A. Wesner, curators. Climate Justice Activism and the Future of Ecofeminism. Digital Humanities Exhibition. www.queerclimatefutures.com. In Progress. (Created with 6 community organizations)

A. Chandni, J. Hamilton, M. Perret, D. Marizet, and K. Kazemi. Ecofeminism as a Tool for Environmental Liberation. Ebook. November 22, 2023. (Created with the community organization, Intersectional Environmentalist.)

M. Perret, curator. Our Climate Stories: Queer and Feminist Approaches to Climate Justice. Digital Exhibition of Oral Histories. 2020-2022. (Created with the community organization, Our Climate Voices.)

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