Minorities in Shark Sciences (ePub)

Jasmin Graham is a shark scientist and environmental educator who specializes in elasmobranch (shark and ray) ecology and evolution. Her research interests include smalltooth sawfish movement ecology and hammerhead shark phylogeny. She is a member of the American Elasmobranch Society and serves on their Equity and Diversity Committee. She has a passion for science education and making science more accessible to everyone. She is also the Project Coordinator for the Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence (MarSci-LACE) at Mote Marine Laboratory, which is focused on researching and promoting best practices to recruit, support, and retain minority students in marine science. She is also the President and CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) which is dedicated to supporting women of color in shark sciences. Her work encompasses the areas of science communication, social justice, outreach, education, and conservation. I care deeply about protecting endangered and vulnerable marine species, particularly elasmobranchs. I work in collaboration with Havenworth Coastal Conservation to study movements of elasmobranchs in Tampa and Sarasota Bay. Jasmin graduated from the College of Charleston in 2017 with a B.S. in Marine Biology and a B.A. in Spanish. She completed MSc. in Biological Science from Florida State University through the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Camila Caceres is a marine biologist, shark scientist, and educator. She received a degree in Biology (BSc) from Duke University in 2012 and was first introduced to fisheries research when she was a research assistant at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station. She then completed her masters and doctoral studies in the Heithaus Lab at Florida International University. Camila's research focuses on coastal small-scale fishing and coral reef sharks and rays, in the Caribbean Sea. She has met with Colombia's Vice-President to discuss marine research,