The Origins of Black History Month: Carter G. Woodson’s Act to Remember, State Senator Lena Taylor, Feb 11, 2019 Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Carl Sagan, Carter G. Woodson, Democracy, Diversity in Science, Existentialism, Women in Science “If you can control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his action. WhenContinue reading “Dr. Carter G. Woodson…”
Category Archives: Women in Science
Katharine Johnson…
Born: Aug. 26, 1918Died: Feb. 24, 2020Hometown: White Sulphur Springs, WVEducation: B.S., Mathematics and French, West Virginia State College, 1937Hired by NACA: June 1953Retired from NASA: 1986Actress Playing Role in Hidden Figures: Taraji P. Henson Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Diversity in Science, Mathematics, NASA, Spaceflight, STEM, Women in Science Being handpicked to be one of three black students toContinue reading “Katharine Johnson…”
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson…
Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Diversity in Science, Particle Physics, STEM, Theoretical Physics, Women in Science Renowned physicist and university president Shirley Ann Jackson was born on August 5, 1946, in Washington, D.C., to George Hiter Jackson and Beatrice Cosby Jackson. When Jackson was a child, her mother read her the biography of BenjaminContinue reading “Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson…”
Dr. Dannellia Gladden-Green…
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdannig/ Topics: African Americans, Applied Physics, Black History Month, Business Consulting, Cybersecurity, Diversity in Science, Economics, Physics, Semiconductor Technology, STEM, Women in Science IMPACT areas and EXPERTISEo Training & EDU: Cyber Security – Block Chain – Artificial Intelligenceo Business Strategy & Competitive Intelligenceo Sales & Strategic Relationship Managemento New Market Development & New ProductContinue reading “Dr. Dannellia Gladden-Green…”
Dr. Alexa Irene Canady…
Topics: African Americans, Black History Month, Civics, Civil Rights, Diaspora, Diversity in Science, Women in Science Dr. Alexa Canady was the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon. I attended a summer program for minority students at the University of Michigan after my junior year. I worked in Dr. Bloom’sContinue reading “Dr. Alexa Irene Canady…”
Willie Hobbs Moore…
Willie Hobbs Moore (left) with her daughter, Dorian, in the 1980s. (Courtesy of the Ronald E. Mickens Collection on African-American Physicists, AIP Niels Bohr Library and Archives.) Topics: African Americans, Civil Rights, Diversity in Science, Education, History, Theoretical Physics, Women in Science The first African American woman to earn a PhD in physics remains littleContinue reading “Willie Hobbs Moore…”
Megalomania…
You’re going to have to pay me… One Billion Dollars! … Sorry, One Hundred Billion Dollars! Photo: Warner Bros; Getty Images, Jonathan Chait, NY Mag, March 8, 2018 Topics: Civics, Civil Rights, Civilization, Climate Change, Democracy, Diversity in Science, Existentialism, Fascism, Human Rights, Women in Science Megalomania: a mania for great or grandiose performance; a delusionalContinue reading “Megalomania…”
Valentina Tereshkova…
Valentina Tereshkova. Credit: ESA Topics: Astronautics, ESA, History, NASA, Space Exploration, Spaceflight, Women in Science The first female cosmonaut flew years before NASA put a man on the Moon and decades before any other country would send a woman into orbit. On a drab Sunday in Moscow in November 1963, a dark-suited man stood besideContinue reading “Valentina Tereshkova…”
Juneteenth and Equitable Science…
Figure 1 Overcoming scientific racism as a Community. (Top) This figure depicts the barriers Black scientists face in academia. (Bottom) The bottom part of the figure depicts Black scientists overcoming those challenges. Topics: Civil Rights, Diversity, Diversity in Science, Women in Science We are 52 Black scientists. Here, we establish the context of Juneteenth in STEMMContinue reading “Juneteenth and Equitable Science…”
To Infinity and Beyond…
Topics: African Americans, Diversity in Science, Women in Science NASA Engineer, Concha Reid Many people can reflect on their childhoods and identify the one moment that sparked their passion, ultimately illuminating their path to reach their career goals. For Concha Reid, the absence of light in her Virgin Islands hometown ignited her interest in powerContinue reading “To Infinity and Beyond…”
Physics and Nano 