Sisters in Science Conversations With Black Women Scientists About Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science

Diann Jordanis currently an associate professor of Biological Sciences at Alabama State University and an educational consultant. She was the first woman faculty ever hired in the Soil and Atmospheric Sciences Department, first African American woman tenured in a science department at the University of Missouri-Columbia (1996) and the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Soil Science at Michigan State University in 1987. For more than 10 years, she has given seminars and workshops and written articles on the issues facing young women and minorities in science and engineering. Her articles have appeared in the leading journals as well as in magazines and newspapers.Jordan, Diann is the author of 'Sisters in Science Conversations With Black Women Scientists About Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science', published 2006 under ISBN 9781557534453 and ISBN 1557534454.