history

Dr. Andrea Lawrence

Dr. Andrea Lawrence is the first Black person to earn a Ph.D. in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Dr. Asher Williams

Dr. Asher Williams is currently the first Black Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University.

Mx. Erika Jefferson

Mx. Erika Jefferson is the President and Founder of Black Women in Science and Engineering (BWISE).
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Dr. May Edward Chinn

Dr. May Edward Chinn was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree from Bellevue Hospital Medical College (now NYU Medical School).
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Dr. Lilia Ann Abron

Dr. Lilia Ann Abron is the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemical engineering (1972).