“Artistic practice is equally rigorous, equally scientific, and equally worthy of airtime as, you know, a scientific graph or chart,” Professor Clarissa Chevalier said. Chevalier is the newest faculty member of Smith’s Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, which completed the hiring process for a feminist science and technology studies (STS) professor in the spring of 2026. Clarissa Chevalier. Courtesy of Clarissa Chevalier. Feminist STS is a multidisciplinary