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BWIG is a running list of all Black or African American women who have earned (or are in the process of earning) their PhDs in the Geosciences in the US.
If you believe that you or someone you know should be included on this list, if you have a correction or update, or if you’d like to be removed, please contact me using the google form on this page. Also, if you think this whole endeavor is problematic, let me know that too.
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A bit more info
BWIG was inspired by the existence of African American Women in Physics (AAWIP), a list conceived by Dr. Jami Valentine Miller when she was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University. Having spoken to several Black physicists, I know just how important the existence of this list has been for them, as they navigate a largely white and male discipline. This nice 2022 article by Katrina Miller in WIRED gives one such perspective: https://www.wired.com/story/the-unwritten-laws-of-physics/
As of now I’m trying to only include Black women (including Black trans women) that have earned their PhD in specifically these topics: Geoscience (“geo-” anything), Earth/Planetary Science, Ocean/Marine Science, Atmospheric Sciences.
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