Jesse Shanahan

Jesse Shanahan is an American disability activist and astrophysicist. She co-founded the American Astronomical Society's Working Group on Accessibility and Disability.[1]

Jesse Shanahan
EducationUniversity of Virginia, Wesleyan University
OrganizationAmerican Astronomical Society
Known fordisability activism, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Education and research

Shanahan was an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia, where she studied Arabic linguistics and philosophy.[2]

Later in her undergraduate education, she switched to astrophysics and decided to pursue graduate school. She spent two years at Wesleyan University before leaving the program due to her health and ongoing harassment.[2][3][4] She continues to do research in astrophysics, working with Brooke Simmons at the University of California, San Diego and Chris Lintott of Zooniverse.[5] Her main research focuses on the spectroscopic signatures of active galactic nuclei and their host galaxies.[6] She currently works as a data scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton, specializing in humanitarian applications of artificial intelligence and ethics.[7]

Disability

Shanahan has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disease that causes pain and impacts her ability to move.[2]

She was interviewed by the Science History Institute as part of their oral history project related to disabled scientists.[8]

Writing

Shanahan contributes to Forbes, writing about linguistics and astrophysics,[6][8] and on her personal Medium page.[9] Her social media posts are sometimes included in articles about disability or ableism.[10][11] Shanahan created the hashtag "#DisabledAndSTEM" which is used to discuss experiences with disability in science.[1]

References
  1. "Meet the Creator of #DisabledandSTEM". 500 Women Scientists. May 7, 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  2. Alaina G. Levine (May 2018). "Profiles in Versatility". APS News. ISSN 1058-8132.
  3. Pain, Elisabeth (2016). "How to (seriously) read a scientific paper". Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.a1600047. ISSN 0036-8075.
  4. Institute, Science History (2018-09-19). "When we interviewed @Enceladosaurus for our Scientists with Disabilities #OralHistory project, she described some of the microaggressions she encountered while working on her PhD. #MarginSci #DisabledandSTEMpic.twitter.com/9WBPFvEQCw". @SciHistoryOrg. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  5. "Jesse Shanahan". Jesse Shanahan. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  6. "Jesse Shanahan". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  7. "Jesse Shanahan". LinkedIn.
  8. Torres, Roberto (2018-09-06). "This project is tracking the oral history of STEM researchers with disabilities". Technical.ly Philly. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  9. "Jesse Shanahan". Medium. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  10. Romano, Andrea (2015-11-11). "Target's on the Naughty List this year for insensitive 'OCD' Christmas sweater". Mashable. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  11. Barasch, Alex (2018-03-14). "Stephen Hawking's Disability Activism Was As Invaluable As his Science". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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