Dr. Shelbi Meissner named National Science Foundation Ocean Champion

October 10, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Shelbi Nawhilet Meissner and the logos of National Science Foundation, Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation, and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

WGSS professor and Director of the Indigenous Futures Lab honors by the National Science Foundation and Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation

On September 27, 2023, Dr. Shelbi Nawhilet Meissner was named a NSF-KADF Ocean Decade Champion. This year, the National Science Foundation and Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation empowered 31 women scientsits associated with the NSF Coastlines and People program. Each champion receives funding through the program and becomes an active participant in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

For more information about the award and its recipients, check out the NSF's post here.

Shelbi Nawhilet Meissner's NSF-KADF Profile; You can view this profile and others as a PDF at https://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/pubs/Kaleta%20Ocean%20Champions%20web.pdf