BRIEF CV

Education

• Fisk University MA Physics 

• Grambling State University BS Physics, Cum Laude

Employment History

• University of Virginia, Program Director of Clark Scholars Program, 2020 – present 

• National Radio Astronomy Observatory (UVA), STEAM Education Program Development Officer, 2017-2020

• Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), 2010-2017

Professional Achievements

• 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

Media

• Inclusive Astronomy 2 presentation, “A Model Policy for Supporting Gender Transition in the Workplace”

• Mentor and Facilitator for ESTEAM for Girls 2018

• Invited Speaker “Coloring & Coding the Universe with NASA & Black Girls Code” 2018

• Mentor and Role Model for She Started It 2017 ESTEAM For Girls

• VanguardSTEM #WCWinSTEM: Jessica Harris, M.A.

• NASA Women’s History Month Feature

• Keynote presenter for the 2022 Astronomical Society of the Pacific Summer Symposium

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