{"id":349,"date":"2021-10-28T17:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/?p=349"},"modified":"2021-10-28T17:03:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:03:06","slug":"jaida-elcock-minorities-in-shark-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/2021\/10\/28\/jaida-elcock-minorities-in-shark-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaida Elcock: Minorities in Shark Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jaida Elcock, a marine scientist studying sharks, is a phD student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program. In this interview with Oceanus she talks a bit about her experience as a Black woman in the field of marine science and her journey to help start<a href=\"https:\/\/www.misselasmo.org\"> <em>Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS)<\/em><\/a>, a program that aims to provide inclusive opportunities for women of color in her field. You can check out the interview in the link below and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.misselasmo.org\">find out more about MISS here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vhrfOF0GLF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/jaida-elcock-diversity-is-essential-in-the-marine-ecosystem-and-in-science\/\">Jaida Elcock: diversity is essential\u2013in the marine ecosystem and in science<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Jaida Elcock: diversity is essential\u2013in the marine ecosystem and in science&#8221; &#8212; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/jaida-elcock-diversity-is-essential-in-the-marine-ecosystem-and-in-science\/embed\/#?secret=jomIGNBPzZ#?secret=vhrfOF0GLF\" data-secret=\"vhrfOF0GLF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: If you have articles you&#8217;d like featured or scientists you want to spotlight, please email us at grandchallenges@vassar.edu. We&#8217;d love to have your input!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Credits:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oceanus\/Woods Hole Institute of Oceanography:\u00a0https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/oceanus\/feature\/jaida-elcock-diversity-is-essential-in-the-marine-ecosystem-and-in-science\/<\/p>\n<p>Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS):\u00a0https:\/\/www.misselasmo.org<\/p>\n<p>Jaida Elcock: For being a rockin&#8217; woman in STEM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaida Elcock, a marine scientist studying sharks, is a phD student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program. In this interview with Oceanus she talks a bit about her experience as a Black woman in the field of marine science and her journey to help start Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS), a program that aims to provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7955,"featured_media":351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188947],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/studentcatalysts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}