Dr. Aomawa Shields Featured in The Root Article

Dr. Aomawa Shields is featured in The Root’s article, “July 2023 Books by Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read”, for her memoir, Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding my Place in the Universe.

Excerpt from article, credit to The Root:

“Life on Other Planets” is a memoir from astronomer and astrobiologist Aomawa Shields, PhD. In the book, she writes about her journey as a Black woman in STEM and how she overcame self-doubt and negativity from others to find her place at the top of her field.”