Jedidah Isler

Biography

Dr. Jedidah Isler is an astrophysicist, educator, futurist, policy-maker, and strategist dedicated to using science and technology as a tool for social justice. A proud double-HBCU graduate (NSU & Fisk!), she became the first African American woman to complete her Ph.D. in astrophysics at Yale University. She continued her award-winning research on hyperactive supermassive black holes on the faculty at Dartmouth College before turning her attention to science policy and joining the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP).