2020 US CENSUS VIDEO STILL
➜ Montoya Whiteman appeared in a public service announcement for the U.S. Census, reminding Indigenous people of the many reasons it’s important to be counted. She also mentioned AISES, where she is the senior director of marketing.
➜ Dr. Evelyn Galban was featured in an article in JAVMA (the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association) on professionals from underrepresented backgrounds creating a space for themselves in the field. Dr. Galban is an associate professor of clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She started the Native American Veterinary Association to provide support and mentoring for Indigenous students and professionals.
➜ Board of Directors member Kristina Halona, pictured, participated on a panel discussing DEI in the aerospace workforce during a webinar hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). See “AISES Collaborates on DEI Webinar for AIAA†in AISES News. Halona is a program manager for Antares Systems Engineering at Northrop Grumman.
➜ “Indigenizing Science and Reasserting Indigeneity in Research,†a session at the 2019 AISES National Conference, has fulfilled its promise of becoming the foundation of a special issue of the journal Human Biology. Session presenters and guest co-editors of the issue, which focuses on Indigenous knowledge and approaches, are Dr. Katrina Claw, a geneticist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Krystal Tsosie, a geneticist and doctoral researcher at Vanderbilt University.
➜ An early member of AISES and lifelong supporter of science education, Floy Agnes “Aggie†Lee, was featured in the article “The Diversity and Greatness of Manhattan Project Alumni†in Inside Science. “Manhattan Project†was the World War II code name for the Allies’ secret attempt to develop an atomic weapon. Upon earning a BS in biology, Dr. Lee worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she drew blood from researchers to check radiation levels (and consistently beat Enrico Fermi at tennis). After the war she worked at Argonne National Laboratory and earned a doctorate in zoology. She went on to study the effects of radiation on living cells.
