BRIEF CV

Education

Employment History

Jessica A. Harris, LLC, Founder/Owner, 2020-present
The LockerRoom Hubb, Chief Operating Officer, 2024-present
National Society of Black Physicists, Director of Communications & Conference Programming Liaison, 2024-present
University of Virginia, Program Director of Clark Scholars Program, 2020 –2022
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (UVA), STEAM Education Program Development Officer, 2017-2020
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), 2010-2017

Professional Achievements

2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy to the James Webb Space Telescope team
Invited Speaker to Inclusive Astronomy 2 Conference 2019
Appointed to NRAO’s Observatory Leadership Cohort 2018-2019
2019 UNEION Diversity & Inclusion training
2016 Outstanding Achievement Award Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) Team Award
2015 STScI BRAVO Awards – For help and efforts representing STScI at the NSBP conference

Leadership and Service

Founding Co-chair of Inclusion, Diversity, and Culture Working Group, STScI, 2016-2017
Creator and Facilitator, Concrete Steps to Make Your Workplace More Inclusive
Diversity Advocate, NRAO, 2018-2020
National Astronomy Consortium (NAC), Advisory Board Member, NRAO, 2016-2020
External expert on the National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) Advisory Council, present
VanguardSTEM Conference Crashing Coordinator, 2018-current
Commissioner, Human Rights Commission in Charlottesville, 2020-current

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