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Shirley Ann Jackson, FREng (born August 5, 1946) is an American physicist, and was the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.She is the first African American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, [1] and the first African American woman to have earned a doctorate at MIT in any field. [2]
The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
1999 saw the arrival of President Shirley Ann Jackson. A graduate of MIT, Jackson had held physics research positions at Bell Laboratories and Rutgers University, and had most recently served as chairperson for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She instituted the "Rensselaer Plan", an ambitious plan to revitalize the institute. That same year ...
On International Women’s Day, here’s a look at some of the most important inventions created by women
“I am Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson!” she intoned after another student (a fifth grader!) made it clear she wanted to hear her story. Johnson went on. “I am one of the first African American women ...
While the national unemployment rate remains at a steep 9.7%, the U.S. still has an alarming shortage of science and technology professionals, warns noted physicist and college president Shirley ...
Invention & Technology relaunched in 2020 with grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Charles Koch Institute and donations from 700 subscribers. [6] Its first new issue included profiles of 50 women inventors with articles by Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson , President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Sylvia Acevedo , CEO of the Girl ...
Dr. Jennie S. Hwang, first woman to receive Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University's Materials Science and Engineering; expert in surface-mount technology [33] Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson (1946–), president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. American physicist.