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Seny Kamara is a Senegalese-French-American computer scientist best known for his work on cryptography. He has delivered multiple congressional testimonies about the potential harms and opportunities with technology. He leads or co-leads numerous centers…
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Shari Frilot (born June 18, 1965) is an artist, filmmaker, and chief curator of the New Frontier program at the Sundance Film Festival. She is the director of two short films (Fly Boy, 1989 and Strange & Charmed, 2003), and one documentary feature (Black…
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Sharlene D. Newman is an American cognitive neuroscientist, executive director of the Alabama Life Research Institute at the University of Alabama (UA), Professor in the Department of Psychology at UA, and an adjunct professor in the Department of…
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Sharon Delores Clarke is an English actress and singer. She is a three-time Olivier Award winner, and is best known for her television roles as Lola Griffin in the medical drama Holby City, and as Grace O'Brien in Doctor Who. Clarke has also appeared in…
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Sharon Duncan-Brewster (born 8 February 1976) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Liet-Kynes in the 2021 film Dune, and before that as Crystal Gordon in Bad Girls during the first four series (1999–2002); her role as Trina Johnson on…
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Sharon K. Davis is an American social epidemiologist. She was a senior scientist and head of the Social Epidemiology Research Unit at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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Sharon M. Lewis is a Canadian television personality, actress, writer and director from Toronto, Ontario. She studied political science at the University of Toronto. She began her career in theatre, collaborating with Maxine Bailey on the play Sistahs in 1994.
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Sharon Wright Austin (née Sharon D. Wright) is an American political scientist, currently a professor of political science at the University of Florida, where she was also a longtime Director of the African-American Studies Program. Austin is a prominent…
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Shaun Sharif Bailey, Baron Bailey of Paddington (born 30 May 1971), is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been a member of the London Assembly since 2016 and the House of Lords since July 2023. Born in North Kensington to a…
1979–
Shaundra Bryant Daily (born May 29, 1979) is an American professor and author known for her work in the field of human-centered computing and broadening participation in STEM. She is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and…
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Shawn Christian Porter (born October 27, 1987) is an American sports commentator and former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2021. He was a two-time welterweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2013 to 2014 and the WBC title from…
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Shekinah Elmore (c. 1982 – July 24, 2024) was an assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. As both a cancer doctor and a self-described "cancer person", she was known for her work in…
1937–2022
Shelby B. Jacobs (April 27, 1935 – September 5, 2022) was an American engineer known for adapting camera technology that shot the iconic film of the separation between the first and second stages of the Saturn V rocket.
1970–
Sheldon D. Fields is a Registered Professional Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, educator, researcher, health policy analyst, and nurse entrepreneur who is known for his work in the field of behavioral health research specializing in the area of HIV/AIDS…
1968–
Shelia Marie Goss (born September 16, 1968) is an American author, freelance writer, and screenwriter. Shelia Goss was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and grew up with two brothers. Her parents expressed the importance of education, so after four years at…
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Shelia Nash-Stevenson is an American physicist and engineer. Nash-Stevenson was the first Black woman in Alabama to earn a PhD in physics.
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Shelly Johnson is an American academic administrator specializing in nursing programs. She was dean of the Florida A&M University school of nursing from 2020 to 2023. Johnson previously served as the founding director and chair of nursing and health…
1964–
Shelly Monica Jones (born November 2, 1964) is an American mathematics educator. She is an associate professor of mathematics education at Central Connecticut State University.
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Sherilynn Black is an American neuroscientist and associate vice provost for faculty advancement, as well as an assistant professor of the practice of medical education at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Her research focuses on social…
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Sherine O. Obare is the dean of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She works on nanomaterials for sensing and drug delivery.
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Sherita T. Ceasar is the Senior Vice President of Technology Environment and Strategy for Comcast Communications and has worked in the telecommunications industry since 1988. She was the first African American president of the Society of Women Engineers, a…
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Sherita Hill Golden is an American physician-scientist who is the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University. She holds joint appointments in the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical…
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Shiriki K. Kumanyika is an Emeritus Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and co-chair of the International Association for the Study of Obesity International Obesity Task Force.…
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Jackson was the first Black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT and led major scientific and academic institutions.
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