Biography:Jasmin Graham

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Short description: Conservation biologist and social justice activist

Jasmin Graham is an American marine biologist known for her work in conservation and social justice, with a special focus on shark science. She is a co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences.

Early life and education

Graham grew up in South Carolina[1] and was first introduced to marine science in high school and encountered shark research in college.[2] Graham has a B.S. in Marine Biology and a B.A. in Spanish from the College of Charleston.[3] Graham received a Masters of Science (M.Sc.) in 2020 working with Dean Grubbs at Florida State University[4] with a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship.[5]

Career

Graham describes her work as a combination of conservation, shark science, communication, and social justice.[6] Her research focused on smalltooth sawfish movement and hammerhead shark phylogeny.[7] In 2021, The New York Times wrote an article[8] that covered her research on the spatial extent of sawfish in the southeastern United States.[9] She has received funding from the Save Our Seas Foundation for her work teaching the public about sharks. As of 2021, she is working at Mote Marine Laboratory as project coordinator for the Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence.[10]

Impact

Graham has spoken to the media on multiple aspects of shark research, including The Guardian , where she discusses the role of sharks as keystone predators in marine ecosystems.[11] In 2020, Graham talked with The New York Times about the use of squalene from sharks and noted that researchers should not be harangued as they create vaccines for the COVID-19 disease using this compound.[12] She has also talked with The New York Times about the bad reputation earned by sharks,[13] and the possibility that an opportunity to bet on shark migrations will bring increased visibility to shark research.[14] Her conversations with The Washington Post were on the importance of shark nursery areas was a comment related to research from the University of Miami,[15] and with National Geographic she talks about helping kids overcome their fear of sharks.[16]

Graham works in social justice and seeks to increase diversity in the field of marine science.[17] In 2020, with help from the Field School Foundation, Graham and Amani Webber-Schultz, Carlee Jackson, and Jaida Elcock hosted a meeting that led to the foundation of Minorities in Shark Sciences, an organization that aims to help people overcome the challenges associated with entering marine science.[18][19][20] Graham has talked with NBC News about the lack of diversity in Shark Week,[21] and its portrayal of white men as the only people working on shark research.[22] Subsequently it was announced that National Geographic will collaborate with Minorities in Shark Sciences during the 2022 Shark Week to encourage diversity and inclusion in the field.[23] During a 2020 interview with Sylvia Earle with the Ocean Elders group where Graham talked about her work engaging the public about endangered sawfish, hammerhead sharks, and making an impact in marine sciences.[24] Graham was a panelist in the 2021 panel on women and girls in the Ocean Decade hosted by UNESCO, where she discussed her work broadening the diversity of voices being heard in marine science.[25][26]

Graham has been interviewed about her work by multiple people, including interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson on his StarTalk show,[27][28] National Public Radio,[29] Skype a Scientist,[30] the Ologies podcast,[31] Science on Tap,[32] Sharks4Kids,[33] other podcasts,[34][35][36] and interviews.[37] She has also been a judge for a photo contest hosted by the Ocean Conservancy.[38][39]

Awards and honors

Graham won the World Wildlife Federation's 2021 conservation leadership award.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Meet Jasmin Graham" (in en). https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/meet-jasmin-graham-wwf-s-2021-conservation-leadership-award-winner. 
  2. ↑ "My Journey to Shark Science" (in en-US). https://www.womeninoceanscience.com/blog/2020/8/12/my-journey-to-shark-science. 
  3. ↑ "Marine Biology - College of Charleston". https://cofc.edu/academics/majorsandminors/marine-biology.php. 
  4. ↑ "Graham - M.I.S.S | Coastal and Marine Laboratory". https://marinelab.fsu.edu/people/students/alums/graham-miss/. 
  5. ↑ "Shark Hero Talks: Jasmin Graham" (in en-US). 2020-11-13. https://www.sharkophile.com/2020/11/13/shark-hero-talks-jasmin-graham/. 
  6. ↑ "Women Doing Science: Jasmin Graham ~ Shark Scientist" (in en-US). https://azuraco.com/jasmin-graham-shark-scientist/. 
  7. ↑ "About Jasmin" (in en-US). https://www.safinacenter.org/aboutjasmin. 
  8. ↑ Ogden, Lesley Evans (2021-02-10). "Can These Hedge Trimmers With Fins Avoid a Brush With Extinction?" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/science/sawfish-extinction-conservation.html. 
  9. ↑ Graham, Jasmin; Kroetz, Andrea M.; Poulakis, Gregg R.; Scharer, Rachel M.; Carlson, John K.; Lowerre-Barbieri, Susan; Morley, Danielle; Reyier, Eric A. et al. (2021-01-28). "Large-scale space use of large juvenile and adult smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata: implications for management" (in en). Endangered Species Research 44: 45–59. doi:10.3354/esr01088. ISSN 1863-5407. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v44/p45-59/. 
  10. ↑ "Welcome | LSAMP MarSci-LACE". https://www.marscilace.org/. 
  11. ↑ Scales, Helen (2020-07-06). "Why we need sharks: the true nature of the ocean's 'monstrous villains'" (in en). http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/06/why-we-need-sharks-the-true-nature-of-the-oceans-monstrous-villains. 
  12. ↑ Wu, Katherine J. (2020-10-13). "Coronavirus Vaccine Makers Are Not Mass-Slaughtering Sharks" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/science/sharks-vaccines-covid-squalene.html. 
  13. ↑ Yuhas, Alan (2021-07-20). "Don't Call Them 'Shark Attacks,' Scientists Say" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/science/shark-attacks.html. 
  14. ↑ Wu, Katherine J. (2020-06-23). "They Wanted You to Bet on Sharks. The Odds Were Not in Their Favor." (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/science/sharks-online-gambling.html. 
  15. ↑ Ogden, Lesley Evans (August 9, 2021). "Recreational hot spot off Florida coast may have hammerhead shark nursery" (in en-US). The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/recreational-hot-spot-off-florida-coast-may-have-hammerhead-shark-nursery/2021/08/06/e33e4068-f548-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html. 
  16. ↑ Bittel, Jason (2020-07-28). "Helping kids overcome their fear of sharks and other 'scary' animals" (in en-gb). https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/family/2020/07/helping-kids-overcome-their-fear-of-sharks-and-other-scary-animals. 
  17. ↑ Duong, Tiffany (2020-07-20). "Black Women Shark Scientists Create Network to Encourage People of Color" (in en). https://www.ecowatch.com/black-women-shark-science-network-2646438007.html. 
  18. ↑ "Meet the Founders of MISS" (in en). https://www.discovery.com/science/meet-the-founders-of-miss. 
  19. ↑ Norton, Kara (July 30, 2021). "Meet the women diversifying shark science" (in en-US). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/shark-week-marine-science-diversity/. 
  20. ↑ "Mote Biologist Jasmin Graham on the Need for Diversity in Science" (in en-US). Sarasota Magazine. https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2020/11/mote-biologist-jasmin-graham. 
  21. ↑ Michaelson, Rob (August 6, 2021). "Scientists Watched 32 Years of Shark Week — and Didn't Like What They Saw" (in en-US). https://www.nbcboston.com/news/sharks/scientists-watched-32-years-of-shark-week-and-didnt-like-what-they-saw/2454894/. 
  22. ↑ Andy Dehnart (2020-08-04). "Shark Week and Sharkfest's experts are mostly white men. Why? And does it matter?" (in en-US). https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2020/08/shark-week-shark-fest-2020-diversity/. 
  23. ↑ "National Geographic and Nat Geo WILD Partner With Minorities in Shark Science (MISS) to Make Waves for SHARKFEST 2022" (in en). 2021-05-18. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210518006025/en/National-Geographic-and-Nat-Geo-WILD-Partner-With-Minorities-in-Shark-Science-MISS-to-Make-Waves-for-SHARKFEST-2022. 
  24. ↑ Sylvia Earle, Liz Taylor, Jasmin Graham, Amani Webber-Schultz, Carlee Jackson, and Jaida Elcock (October 30, 2020). Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) Founders Dive In. Ocean Elders. Event occurs at 34:45. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  25. ↑ "Jasmin Graham participates in UNESCO's "Making Waves for Ocean Science: Empowering Women and Girls in the Ocean Decade" online event" (in en-US). https://www.safinacenter.org/events/jasmin-graham-participates-in-unescos-making-waves-for-the-ocean-science-empowering-women-and-girls-in-the-ocean-decade-online-event. 
  26. ↑ Jasmin Graham (February 12, 2021). Making waves for ocean science: Empowering women and girls in the Ocean Decade. UNESCO. Event occurs at 25:32. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  27. ↑ "Cosmic Queries - Sharks". StarTalk (podcast) (Podcast). August 17, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  28. ↑ "Monday, Neil deGrasse Tyson Answers Shark Questions with Shark Scientist Jasmin Graham" (in en-US). 2020-08-17. https://www.startalkradio.net/monday-neil-degrasse-tyson-answers-shark-questions-with-shark-scientist-jasmin-graham/. 
  29. ↑ "Building A Shark Science Community For Women Of Color : Short Wave" (in en). NPR.org. July 19, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1016089180/building-a-shark-science-community-for-women-of-color. 
  30. ↑ "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Bizarre Chondrichthyans with Jasmin Graham". Skype a Scientist (Podcast). April 22, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  31. ↑ "Elasmobranchology (MORE NEW SHARK STORIES) with MISS_Elasmo Shark Scientists". Ologies (podcast) (Podcast). July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  32. ↑ "Episode 49 – Barstool Chat with Jasmin Graham, Marine Biologist" (in en-US). https://www.scienceontaporwa.org/podcast/episode-49-graham/. 
  33. ↑ "My Journey in Shark Science with Jasmin Graham" (in en). Shark Kids. August 18, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vaa9gmn0_M. 
  34. ↑ "34. Jasmin Graham: Hammerhead Sharks, Critically Endangered Sawfish, and Equality in Marine Sciences" (Podcast). So you want to be a marine biologist. August 12, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  35. ↑ "Small Tooth Sawfish Movement Patterns with Jasmin Graham". Sharkpedia (Podcast). July 19, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  36. ↑ "E. 42 with Jasmin Graham for Minorities in Shark Sciences". Conservation Cast (Podcast). October 15, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  37. ↑ "Women Doing Science: Jasmin Graham ~ Shark Scientist" (in en-US). https://azuraco.com/jasmin-graham-shark-scientist/. 
  38. ↑ "Meet the Judges - Ocean Conservancy Annual Photo Contest" (in en). 2017-06-15. https://oceanconservancy.org/photocontest/photo-contest-judge-bios/. 
  39. ↑ DiLonardo, Mary Jo (July 15, 2021). "Marine Life Shines in Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest" (in en). https://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservancy-photo-contest-2021-winners-5192336. 

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