I've been holding on to this for the last few weeks because I'm still in awe and incredibly humble. I'm so PLEASED to share that I have been awarded TWO
@NASA
AGENCY HONOR AWARDS!!!!
I'm gonna keep working to make
#NASA
an obtainable goal for all in
#STEM
!
#HBCUAlum
#BlackAtNASA
I AM SO INFINITELY BLESSED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN MY DREAM JOB. I WILL BE THE NEWEST THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICIST & DIVERSITY/INCLUSION COMMITTEE MEMBER AT NASA GODDARD AND THE UNIV. OF MD-COLLEGE PARK!!
#BlackInAstro
#BlackInPhysics
#BlackInSTEM
#BlackPhDs
#Blessed
Alright, let me hop on this as an actual BLACK Astrophysicist...
Self-identifying and uplifting my culture as an AFRO-LATINO has provided me nothing but joy and pride whenever I step into white-male dominated spaces within Physics/Astronomy. 🧵1/n
#BlackInSTEM
#BlackAndSTEM
Alright, let’s make this crystal clear…*clears throat* let me introduce you to the new
#STEMPowerCouple
, the Jay-z and Beyoncé of science,
@ravenscimaven
+
@Dr_Gamble21
! This woman right here is exceptionally phenomenal…lawd! 🤩 and yes I really did paint her before we met. 😏
We dreamed of each other, we prayed for each other, and to actually find and experience each other has brought immense joy and completion. A soul mate. Thank you for being magical with me and bringing it wherever we are
@Dr_Gamble21
😘 ❤️
***New Position Alert***
I’m excited to share that as of March I became the new COSMIC ORIGINS SCIENTIST for the Astrophysics Division at
@NASA
headquarters!! I’m thrilled at the opportunity to support Astrophysics nationwide🙌🏽🔥
@BlackInAstro
#NASA
#JWST
#Hubble
#blessed
I SUPREMELY take pride in introducing myself as an "afro-latino theoretical astrophysicist AND HBCU graduate". it would be an extreme disservice to the next generation looking up at me if I had the same mentality as NdT.
#REPRESENTATIONMATTERS
#BlackTwitter
Let me drop some numbers for you: Black ppl only represent a mere ONE PERCENT of professional-level astrophysicists😓. We all we got! 40% of STEM majors actually finish their chosen degree. About 6% of Black STEM majors finish their degree. I repeat:
#REPRESENTATIONMATTERS
As a 3x HBCU GRAD & Pana🇵🇦 working at
@NASA
as an Astrophysicist has been a JOURNEY and a DREAM! I’m soo grateful to have received the
@NASA
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Medal and the Group Achievement Award, member of the SMD Bridge program committee!
#NASA
Black ppl need to keep "being Black". YOUR BLACKNESS IS A POWERFUL ASSET IN STEM. There will always be ppl like NdT that will try to apply a "grayscale" cultural identities in STEM. Ignore them! Continue to be your fully evolved most authentic selves as you grow in STEM.
I have had so many minority students come up to me after I've spoken at conferences/talks/panels/etc. and said 'I didn't know you existed!'. I brings me so much joy to know that I could be that source of inspiration fro them to continue their own dreams of being an astrophysicist
Removing the self-identification is assimilating into anti-blackness and the institutionalized reduction of our own cultural influence in the sciences. A BLACK WOMAN proved that you can extract energy from a black hole! (look up Dr. Reva K Williams, )
If thriving was a couple 😏😍
@ravenscimaven
“What ever she lacks, I'm right over her shoulder
When I'm off track, mami is keepin' me focused
So let's lock this down like it's supposed to be
The '03 Bonnie and Clyde, Hov' and B, holla”
#PowerCouple
I want to make a Black/Latino Astronomy/Physics/Chemistry SUPER GROUP where we publish together, go to conferences, write articles, do interviews, research. ALL DAT!
@ravenscimaven
Im gonna place this here in case yall forgot how this happened. 🤓😏
You can’t play a “game” if there no competition, and I don’t play games about my courtship of this phenomenal woman!
@ravenscimaven
This guy told me I was thick and now he’s shooting his shot with me while trying to calculate the Gaussian curvature of my butt to prove his point 🤣 He’s doing equations for how much I’m distorting spacetime through the mass and curvature of my butt
I’m giving him my number 🤠
So I'm reading the comments in this thread and y'all are in a freakin tizzy because she didn't know who Cromwell was...well here's a thread about BLACK historical figures they probably don't teach you in school 😝
#ThisIsAmericanHistory
#WhatTheyDontTeach
#AmericanHistory
🧵1/n
Y'all I am on an Ancestry dot com rabbit hole tracing my history back and learning who my grandparents are and I'm at this dude named Oliver Cromwell???? And this dude was WILD. Jaw on the floor. Jaw on theeee floor.
I just read some very hateful comments about being hired at
@NASAGoddard
&
@UMDAstronomy
saying “I’m not qualified enough” and that “stronger candidates were denied for the sake of this URM” and the comments go on & on.
This is the trauma I deal with and why DEI is so important
#ShoutoutBlackInSpace
I’m a Visiting Assistant Research Scientist
@NASAGoddard
and
@UMDAstronomy
focusing on the physics of high-energy relativistic jet emission from supermassive black holes in curved Spacetime. And DEIA lead for the Astrophysics Science division
#BlackSpaceWeek
In my 1st year at
@NASAGoddard
I’ve already won 2 awards! 2022 Peer Award in the Astrophysics Science Division: “For your significant achievements in research, education and outreach, DEIA, and advocacy” it’s something that’s important to me & my
@BlackInAstro
Fam 🙌🏽
#NASASocial
‼️‼️‼️‼️MAJOR NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT: OUR
@NatureAstronomy
ARTICLE IS NOW PUBLISHED!! Spread the word and read it to learn about the motivation behind
@BlackInAstro
@ravenscimaven
Oh you said flex on em real quick! Bet!
This NASA Theoretical Astrophysicist studies black holes and high energy galaxies while also being the director of the NASA Cosmic Pathfinders Program for early-careers and students 😎🤓
@ravenscimaven
It’s truly a privilege to have your existence interwoven with someone that completes your “constellation” in the sky when you look up. 😘😏
PhD rejections:
Princeton (wait listed b/c of funding 😑)
Cal Tech
Columbia
NYU
UC Berkeley
WashU St. Louis
Yale
Univ. of Maryland (PhD & BS)
PhD Acceptances:
THE NC A&T STATE UNIV.
And now the school that rejected me TWICE pays my salary! 🙌🏽
#NeverGiveUp
@ravenscimaven
Most of the scientists ppl are listing are creeps and/or trash people. So I’ll offer Dr. Abebe Kebede, Ethiopian Physicist who worked on High-temperature Superconductors and has made excellent contributions to Physics education in academia!
Astrophysicist Dr. Ronald Gamble explores the mysteries of the universe through math, science, and art. As a Cosmic Origins Scientist at NASA, he studies black hole physics, high-energy theory, and relativity — and in his spare time, he is a talented painter. 🧵
@omweekes
Dear older faculty,
Stop sending emails about your TEAMS messages you sent at 6am. We got the pop up notification 4x already. We get it. You’re logged in early, we’re NOT. Leave us alone til 9:59a.
Sincerely Youthfully and still napping,
Your 30yr old colleague
I am officially organizing a special session at
#AAS239
in January titled: “Diversification In Astronomy & Astrophysics At NASA”! 🙌🏽 I am looking for unique stories of perseverance from minorities in Astronomy/Astrophysics! If interested please message me.
#BlackInAstro
What trickery? She’s not deceiving anyone, it’s her face… I know her in real life she looks exactly like this. Stop hating. So many ppl have so many comments on women’s appearances, it’s disgusting. Her beauty isn’t defined by your basic opinions.
So basically, someone can try to steal my work and publish it overnight. Then when I try to publish the ORIGINAL work…it gets rejected on the basis that it “has no substantial value”.
This field is trash.
Join us today for a special social takeover with Dr. Ronald Gamble as he talks about the work he does as an astrophysicist and artist! Stay tuned while he introduces himself and the cool work he does.
THIS. IS. 35!!!! 😝
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BIRTHDAY LOVE TODAY! I feel blessed. I feel accomplished. I’m humble to make it this far and share all the work I’ve done in my life. There’s a lot more life to come! ¡GRACIAS Y BENDICIONES! 🫶🏽🫶🏽
#ItsMyBirthday
It’s
#BlackHoleWeek
and I’m on
@nasagoddard
IG stories answering some of your burning questions about black holes!! Go check out their IG story and hear some cool stuff about Black holes!!
Maaaaaaaaan! Miss me with all this! I can’t wait to have kids of my own to teach and nurture! I’m showing up and showing out at EVERYTHING they’re involved in and my kids will love and remember their father’s presence in their lives. 🙌🏽✊🏽
#Akon
#Fathers
Akon defends Nick Cannon having numerous kids with multiple women, says events with children like dance recitals aren't important:
"That's a White man's thing. Who gives a f*ck about a recital?"
HUGE S/O to my friend
@raventhesciencemaven
on her visit and participation in celebrating the accomplishments of these two NASA Astronauts! I’m sure the the conversations were great and they better know. Who. You. Are! 🙌🏽✊🏽
#BlackandSTEM
#blackscientists
Follow me if you want to keep learning about what Black & Latino people are revolutionizing the field of Physics and Astronomy! I'm
@Dr_Gamble21
on all my socials.
@ravenscimaven
Yoooo! What is his problem with identifying as being BLACK?? and to call it "Ghettofied"? I'm actually infuriated at the moment. We do so much work to ensure that we as Black scientists have a place at the table. Why would I censor my own culture.
Then I thought 🤔 what fault lines are near the NY/NJ area??
There’s actually FOUR fault lines that junction in that area to create the RAMAPO FUALT SYSTEM 😲
🫨Ramapo Fault
🫨Hopewell Fault
🫨Flemington-Furlong Fault
🫨Chalfont Fault
the more you know. Science for the win!!
Cry with me: I'm at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
@NMAAHC
where I saw myself on a huge display, representing the future of science- with an image from my show Nerdy Jobs
@nerdyjobsshow
that I executive produce and host. I made history 😭😭
Excited about my talk on "General Relativity Decoded: Black Hole Physics Deciphered Using High-Lorentz Relativistic Jets", and visit with the West Virginia University Department of Physics and Astronomy
@WestVirginiaU
this week!
#astrophysics
#STEM
#NASA
#AcademicTwitter
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
2023 ANNIE MAUNDER MEDAL WINNER GOES TO
@BlackInAstro
!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!! THANK YOU! We still have a lot of work to do, but we’re grateful for the support everyone has shown us!
#BlackInAstro
#RAS
#BuffaloNY
! We're giving 100 NEW telescopes and astronomy education to 100 students. We are struggling to pull in applications from the Buffalo area. Applications are due on February 1st! Students apply by going to . PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!!
@TheScienceHaven
¡Qué Pasa! I’m a Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical/Mathematical Physics working on Nuclear technology effects at the National Strategic Research Institute. I also research Nonlinear Gravitational Wave Theory & Black Hole Dynamics!
#BlackInPhysicsRollCall
#BlackInPhysics
#Gravity
Last night was a HUGE SUCCESS for our
#StellarDreams
program at
@TheScienceHaven
!!! The kids were so ecstatic for these telescopes. Now their dreams feel even more tangible 🔭
'I can achieve my dream': Telescopes helping WNY students shoot for the stars
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
2023 ANNIE MAUNDER MEDAL WINNER GOES TO
@BlackInAstro
!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!! THANK YOU! We still have a lot of work to do, but we’re grateful for the support everyone has shown us!
#BlackInAstro
#RAS
The 2023 Annie Maunder Medal is awarded to
@BlackInAstro
, a grassroots organisation and community that was founded after the police violence upon Black people within the USA. It focuses on inspiring, developing, and enriching Black space scientists.
Raven Baxter, '14, '16,—“Dr. Raven the Science Maven”—is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning educator and molecular biologist renowned for her aptitude in merging scientific concepts and pop culture.
@ravenscimaven
will give the 5pm School of Arts & Sciences Address.
So apparently there’s magic on twitter now if you like a tweet with the hashtag
#DoctorStrange
Go ahead and like this tweet, I’m trying to see somethin…👀
1. I’m the newest Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard & UMD-College Park (dream job secured!!)
2. I Illustrated a children’s journal:
3. Every single student I’ve mentored in the past 8yrs has salary-employment or full scholarship for school!!
#NothingButGOD
I’ve been sent that Terrance Howard JRE podcast episode too many times so I had to SAY SOMETHING 🙄. Go watch and subscribe on my YouTube channel! I’m splitting this up into 3 parts because someone has to debunk this craziness. Let me know of any others!
DUDE!...I just found and followed a bunch of Afrofuturists, Blerds, and Comic Book artists/writers on twitter! I'm literally about to explode from geeking out in my NASA office right now. 🤯🤩🤓
#BlerdTwitter
#afrofuturism
Look what I found in the airport!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🔥🔥
#AAS243
@AAS_Office
IM HERE!!
If you’re still traveling, please get here safely! We’ll have fun when we’re all together in one piece! 😝
#ShoutoutBlackInSpace
I’m an Afro-Latino Theoretical Astrophysicist, Artist, STEM Educator, & Science Communicator. I earned my B.S. Physics (Fine Arts minor), M.S. Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, and Ph.D. Theoretical Astrophysics from North Carolina A&T State University.
My
#AAS239
special session on DIVERSIFICATION OF ASTRONOMY/ASTROPHYSICS AT NASA is coming up soon in January!! I’m still looking for your stories to be told! Just fill out the google form here:
#BlackInAstro
#BlackInPhysics
Fam help spread this around!
Dr. Ronald S. Gamble Jr. is a theoretical astrophysicist. He researches relativistic jets, black hole rotations, and is developing new theories of general relativity. He is devoted to increasing diversity in representation of astronomers and astrophysicists.
I feel fired up to be on this team constructing programs and initiatives that tackle issues that gatekeep black and brown people in
#STEMCareers
, especially
#physics
&
#Astronomy
. There’s ALOT of work to be done; we can’t wait for someone else to make these solutions for us! 🙌🏽
Our Director of Programs, Dr. Ronald Gamble oversees our special projects such as
#StellarDreams
.
@Dr_Gamble21
is a theoretical astrophysicist at NASA who studies gravity and the nature of black holes. Read more about Dr. Gamble!
I'm so proud of
@BlackInAstro
, what we've accomplished so far, the growth, & the future. Right now we're under construction 🚧🏗️. However, there will be a reveal in a few weeks ✨🚀🔭🌏. Don't forget
#BlackSpaceWeek
#BlackInAstroWeek22
will be Juneteenth 6/19 through the 25th.
Physics, B.S.
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics , M.S.
Theoretical Astrophysics, Ph.D.
All from THE North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University 🙌🏽
@ncatsuaggies
@NCATalumni
#AggiePride