Jedidah Isler

ůJedidah Isler is an American astrophysicist, educator, and an active advocate for diversity in STEM. She became the first African-American woman to complete her PhD in astrophysics at Yale in 2014. She is currently an assistant professor of astrophysics at Dartmouth College. Her research explores the physics of blazars (hyperactive supermassive black holes) and examines the jet streams emanating from them. Quotes I love space, period. Hands down, I think the night sky is one of the most beautiful things in the universe. Learning about space was sort of the thing that I did when I was a kid. And then I found black holes, and life was different. Jedidah Isler shares her brief but spectacular take on why inclusivity is so important in science, technology, engineering and math. I think one of the biggest problems we have yet to solve is how to truly make sure that the science and technology ecosystem is open, welcoming, and accessible to all When I came home from school as a girl and said I wanted to study astrophysics, my mother convinced me it was not a ludicrous goal, that in fact I could do it, and she would help me get there. External links Category:American astrophysicists Category:American women astrophysicists Category:21st-century African-American scientists Category:American science communicators Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Norfolk State University alumni Category:Yale University alumni Category:Fisk University alumni Category:Dartmouth College faculty Category:TED Fellows Category:Scientists from Virginia Beach, Virginia Category:People from Niagara Falls, New York Category:21st-century American physicists Category:20th-century American women scientists Category:African-American activists Category:20th-century American painters Category:21st-century American painters Category:21st-century American women scientists Category:Women academics from the United States Category:20th-century African-American women Category:20th-century African-American painters Category:21st-century African-American women Category:21st-century African-American artists Category:African-American physicists Category:21st-century African-American academics Category:21st-century American academics Category:Graduate Women in Science members