Sharks don't sink : adventures of a rogue shark scientist / Jasmin Graham, with Makeba Rasin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Jasmin, author.

Rasin, Makeba, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Graham, Jasmin.

Women marine biologists--United States--Biography.

Women marine biologists.

African American scientists--United States--Biography.

African American scientists.

Sharks--Research.

Sharks.

Genre:

autobiographies (literary works)

Biographies

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

211 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Sharks do not sink

Adventures of a rogue shark scientist

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2024]

Summary:

"From a marine biologist and co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences, a powerful debut memoir: the uplifting story of a young Black scientist's challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature's most misunderstood animal-the shark. You never forget your first shark. For Jasmin Graham, it was a little bonnethead, a type of hammerhead shark: three feet long, gray with a white underbelly, rough-skinned, strongly muscled, and beautiful. Jasmin fell in love: with sharks, and with science. Though she tried to follow the traditional path to becoming a marine biologist, she soon found that, in a field where it was harder to find other young women of color than the elusive elasmobranchii (sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish) she sought, navigating the choppy waters of traditional academic study was no longer worth it. So Jasmin quit. But that didn't mean abandoning her passion: rather, Jasmin sought to pursue it in another way, joining with three other Black women to form Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS), an organization dedicated to providing support and opportunities for other young women of color pursuing the fascinating and environmentally essential work of marine studies. Jasmin became an independent researcher: a rogue shark scientist, learning how to keep those endangered but precious sharks swimming free-just like her. Sharks Don't Sink is a riveting, moving, and ultimately triumphant memoir at the intersection of science and social justice: a guidebook to how we can all learn to respect and protect some of nature's most misunderstood and vulnerable creatures-and grant the same grace to ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Graham, Jasmin. Sharks don't sink

ISBN:

9780593685259

0593685253

OCLC:

1402200695

Publisher Number:

99996695834