Mareena Robinson Snowden Explained

Mareena Katherine Robinson Snowden is the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Education

Snowden enrolled at Florida A&M University as a business major.[2]

In Spring 2011, Snowden was graduated from Florida A&M University as Mareena Robinson, with a B.S. Degree in Physics.[3]

In 2017, Snowden was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D., nuclear science and engineering, as Mareena K. Robinson-Snowden,[4] 30 years old, becoming the first self-identified[5] American black woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the MIT,[2] walking across the commencement stage on 8 June 2018, after 11 years of post-secondary study.[6] .

Career

Snowden worked as a National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellow in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the US Department of Energy before serving as a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Connley. Courtney. 2018-07-20. 30-year-old Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first black woman to earn a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT. 2021-09-21. CNBC.
  2. Web site: Morell . Nicole . Alumna Pushes Boundaries in PhD Pursuit . MIT Alumni Association . 7 August 2023 . en . 12 October 2018.
  3. Book: response to governor Rick Scott . November 9, 2011 . . Tallahassee, Florida . https://www.famu.edu/administration/strategic-planning-analysis-and-institutional-effectiveness/institutional-effectiveness/pdf/response-to-the-governor/A4.4.10%20Physics_Main.pdf . 7 August 2023 . Appendix A4.4.10 Physics . B.S. Degree Program in Physics College of Arts and Sciences Number of M.S. Graduated...Mareena Robinson Spring 2011 Female Black.
  4. Web site: MIT PhDs, 2018 . Black History MIT .edu . 7 August 2023 . en.
  5. Self-identified ethnicity and racial identity were first recorded as part of MIT student records in 1980
  6. News: Connley . Courtney . 30-year-old Mareena Robinson Snowden is the first black woman to earn a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT . 7 August 2023 . CNBC . 20 July 2018 . en.
  7. Web site: Millennial to Watch: Mareena Robinson Snowden. 2021-09-21. Energy.gov.
  8. Web site: MIT NSE: Spotlight: 2019: Mareena Robinson Snowden: Plotting new paths to a nuclear "yes". 2021-09-21. MIT.
  9. Web site: Plotting new paths to a nuclear "yes". 2021-09-21. MIT News. 28 May 2019 .

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