Hall of Fame Inductee
Dr. Shelia K. Nash Stevenson
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
About
Dr. Shelia K. Nash-Stevenson is a three-time Alabama A&M University magna cum laude graduate and NASA engineer-physicist at Marshall Space Flight Center. In 1994 she became the first African American woman in Alabama to earn a Ph.D. in physics.
Accomplishments
First African American woman in Alabama to earn a physics doctorate; among the first AAMU physics Ph.D.s.
NASA Marshall engineer and science-projects manager; patent holder for an optical-fiber holder.
Mentors AAMU physics students. Inducted into the NBCA Hall of Fame in 2022 in Science.
Year of award
2022
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Science.