Shirley Ann Jackson

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1946 · age 80

Shirley Ann Jackson is an African American physicist and the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics.

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2021Clark Kerr MedalAwardOersted MedalAward2019Joseph A. Burton Forum AwardAward2014National Medal of ScienceAward2011Philip Hauge Abelson PrizeAward2007Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAwardVannevar Bush AwardAward2006Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAwardHonorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAward2001Richtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardAward2000Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAwardWomen in Technology Hall of FameAward1998National Women's Hall of FameAward1982Candace AwardAward1946Born5 August 1946

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We need to go back to the discovery, to posing a question, to having a hypothesis and having kids know that they can discover the answers and can peel away a layer.
Charlie Rose Science Series: The Imperative of Science, Own words
I am interested in the electronic, optical, magnetic, and transport properties of novel semiconductor systems.
phycists of the african diapora, Own words
Never let academics falter; you have to be successful to have authority to champion change
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