Degree(s): Physics
Undergraduate Institution: MIT
Graduate Institution: MIT
Photo Credit: World Economic Forum (Wikimedia Commons)
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is the first Black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT and the second Black woman to earn a doctorate in physics in this country. She is currently the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, serving as the first woman and first Black president in the university’s history.
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