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The CSMA has compiled this list of AAS members who have identified themselves as members of underrepresented ethnic minority groups. The list is entirely volunatary; the CSMA lists only AAS members who wish to be listed.

Minority Listings of Other Organizations
These listings may be of value for locating minorities in astronomy or related disciplines.

List of Minority AAS Members
We encourage minority AAS members to add themselves to the list using the online form or by sending email to csma-info@vanderbilt.edu.

  • Agueros, Marcel (webpage)
    NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
    Research: High energy astrophysics; neutron stars; supernova remnants
    Education/Outreach: GK-12 fellow at Thurgood Marshall elementary school, Seattle
  • Arce, Hector (webpage)
    Postdoc, American Museum of Natural History
    Research: Star Formation; Molecular Clouds; Interstellar Medium
    Education/Outreach: Improving science education for minorities and low-income students
  • Basri, Gibor (webpage)
    Professor, Astronomy Dept., UC Berkeley
    Research: stellar activity, star formation, substellar objects
    Education/Outreach: Science Centers, Outreach programs
  • Bates, Bernard (webpage)
    Instructor, University of Puget Sound
    Research: Planetary Astronomy; Astrobiology
    Education/Outreach: Project ASTRO (Seattle)
  • Brown, Beth (webpage)
    Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard
    Research: X-ray astronomy; Early-type galaxies
    Education/Outreach: Multiwavelength Milky Way; Minority and public outreach
  • Cruz, Kelle (webpage)
    NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History
    Research: low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
    Education/Outreach: women in science
  • Deustua, Susana (webpage)
    Director of Education, American Astronomical Society
    Research: Observational cosmology; supernovae; dark energy; precision spectrophotometry
    Education/Outreach: distance learning; astronomy education research; accessibility; astronomy careers
  • Gomez Martin, Cynthia (webpage)
    Graduate student, University of Florida
    Research: cosmology, AGN, planet formation, helioseismology, evolution at all levels Education/Outreach: K - 12 education, science public outreach & SETI
  • Guedes, Javiera (webpage)
    Graduate student, University of California, Santa Cruz
    Research: Black hole dynamics
    Education/Outreach: Public Talks on Cosmology and Black Holes
  • Guerra, Eddie (webpage)
    Assistant Professor, Rowan University
    Research: Radio Astronomy; Active Galaxies; Cosmology; Cosmic Microwave Foregrounds
    Education/Outreach: Director of Rowan Observatory and Planetarium; Math and Science Literacy; Gender Bias in Science
  • Hawkins, Isabel (webpage)
    Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Science Education, Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley
    Research:
    Education/Outreach:
  • Holbrook, Jarita
    Faculty (tenure), University of Arizona
    Research: Cultural Astronomy
    Education/Outreach: Recruiting Minority Scientists; Encouraging Minority Women to go into STEM fields; Promoting Cultural Astronomy Research
  • Huerta, Marcos
    Postdoc, University of Florida
    Research: young stellar objects; binary stars; star formation
    Education/Outreach: k-5 public school talks; observatory public viewings; k-12 mentoring
  • Kao, Lancelot (webpage)
    Department Chair, City College of San Francisco
    Research: observational cosmology, extragalactic astrononmy
    Education/Outreach: minority involvement in astronomy and sciences; undergraduate curriculum
  • Knauth, David (webpage)
    Researcher, Northwestern University
    Research: Abundance studies of the interstellar medium: light element nucleosynthesis
    Education/Outreach:
  • Knez, Claudia
    Postdoc, University of Maryland
    Research: star formation; chemistry in ISM
    Education/Outreach:
  • Lamenti, Dennis James (webpage)
    Graduate student, Indiana University
    Research: Supernovae, stellar evolution
    Education/Outreach: AGEP (Indiana University, Midwest Crossroads), Native American Outreach
  • Little, Edward (webpage)
    Undergraduate, University of Arizona
    Research: instrumentation; classical novae; gamma-ray bursts; supernovae; stellar spectroscopy
    Education/Outreach: media relations; science reporting
  • Levy, Lorenza
    Graduate student, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Research: Extragalactic; Effects of cluster environment on spiral galaxies.
    Education/Outreach:
  • Lopez, Laura (webpage)
    Graduate student, University of California, Santa Cruz
    Research: Multiwavelength Observations of Jets, Supernovae, and Gamma-ray bursts
    Education/Outreach: Minority, Women in Science, and Public Outreach; Mentoring
  • Marchis, Franck (webpage)
    Faculty (non-permanent), UC Berkeley
    Research: Volcanism of Io; binary asteroid; high angular resolution, infrared imaging, adaptive optics
    Education/Outreach: talk, courses, radio and TV broadcast
  • McLin, Kevin (webpage)
    Other, NASA E/PO Group, Sonoma State University
    Research: Science Education; Cosmology; AGN
    Education/Outreach: Small telescopes in education; research experiences for undergraduates and pre-college students
  • Montez, Rodolfo
    Undergraduate, University of Texas - Austin
    Research: Planetary Nebulae, Galatic Dynamics
    Education/Outreach: hosting star parties, interactive web design, education
  • Morgan, Windsor
    Assistant Professor, Dickinson College
    Research: X-ray binaries; Astronomy Education
    Education/Outreach: Elementary/Middle School talks; Public Talks
  • Norman, Dara (webpage)
    Postdoc, National Optical Astronomy Observatories
    Research: AGN; Gravitational Lensing; Large-Scale Structure
    Education/Outreach: K-12 education; Minority and public outreach; bilingual astronomy education and materials (English/Spanish)
  • Oluseyi, Hakeem
    Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, Huntsville
    Research: Cosmology; Supernovae; Solar Physics; Instrumentation Development; History of Astronomy; Semiconductor Manufacturing
    Education/Outreach: Underrepresented Minority Outreach; Bringing Science to the Public
  • Stassun, Keivan (webpage)
    Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
    Research: Star formation; Angular momentum evolution of young low-mass stars; Young binary stars; Empirical tests of pre-main-sequence stellar evolution theory; Modeling of protostellar environments
    Education/Outreach: Equity and diversity issues; Intro astronomy for non-majors; Lab experiences for majors; Pre-service and inservice teacher training; K-12 inquiry-based curriculum development
  • Wilcots, Eric
    Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Research: evolution of galaxies
    Education/Outreach: teacher training; minority outreach; public outreach
  • Zavala, Bob (webpage)
    Astronomer, US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station
    Research: AGN, close binaries, interferometry
    Education/Outreach: undergraduate research with small telescopes