Deja Perkins is an American urban ecologist. She has spoken out vocally against racism in STEM fields,[1] is a co-organizer of Black Birders Week,[2] and is president of the BlackAFinSTEM collective.[3][4] She graduatated from the North Carolina State University and now is a PhD student at the NC State's Center for Geospatial Analytics, where she examines the spatial data gaps in environmental participatory projects to better understand conservation and nature gaps in urban neighborhoods.[5][6][7] Some of her current interests are in the intersection of environmental justice and conservation where she aims to study and take a closer look to how human culture and bias have impacted avian habitat destruction in cities.[8] Some of her latest projects and work are conservation efforts that aim to target climate change in a urbanized cities and metropolitan areas. [1].
Deja Perkins | |
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| Occupation | Ecologist, science communicator, bird watcher  |
Awards and honors edit
In 2022, Perkins received the National Wildlife Federation's National Conservation Young Leader Award[9] and was honored by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper as a Black STEM Leader.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science". Science News. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "#BlackBirdersWeek 2021: Celebrating The Joy Of Birds : Short Wave". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science". December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Black scientists call out racism in the field and counter it". Los Angeles Times. September 15, 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Chicagoan Who's Working to Change the Face of Urban Ecology". WTTW News.
- ^ "First up on Young, Gifted, and Wild About Birds — #BlackBirdersWeek: The hashtag that started a movement". December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Triangle Bird Count to shed light on urban wildlife". phys.org.
- ^ Perkins, Deja. "Deja Perkins: The Geospatial Urban birder". djperskins9012.com. Wix. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "Deja Perkins Honored with National Conservation Young Leader Award". National Wildlife Federation. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Governor Cooper Honors North Carolina's Black STEM Leaders During Black History Month". governor.nc.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
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