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11/13/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/13/2024 16:44
ECU women science leaders selected for prestigious recognition
ECU women science leaders selected for prestigious recognition
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (11/04/2024) - East Carolina University faculty members in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and Integrated Coastal Programs have been selected for a prestigious national recognition.
Dr. Rebecca Asch
Associate professor
Department of Biology
[email protected]
Dr. Rebecca Asch, associate professor in the Department of Biology, and Dr. Cynthia A. Grace-McCaskey, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and research associate at the Coastal Studies Institute, are two of 22 women science leaders selected as 2024 NSF-EPF Ocean Decade Champions.
Champions are awarded by the National Science Foundation in collaboration with the Every Page Foundation. Each champion is associated with a project funded by the NSF Coastlines and People program, which focuses on coastline and community research that integrates natural and social processes and creates new or adapts existing technologies to bolster coastal resilience.
"It is exciting to see such an honor for our faculty," said Dr. Reide Corbett, dean of Integrated Coastal Programs and executive director of the Coastal Studies Institute.
Awardees receive a monetary award, ranging from $20,000 to $50,000, that supports leadership activities, networking opportunities, technical and communications training, and cross-disciplinary and intercultural scientific endeavors.
Asch is a fisheries oceanographer researching interactions between fish reproduction, fish early life history, plankton ecology, climate change and climate variability.
Grace-McCaskey is an applied environmental anthropologist with expertise in the human dimensions of marine and coastal resource management issues. She examines the ways social and natural systems interact with and influence one another and what that means for equitable resource management, adaptation and governance.
To learn more about all 2024 awardees, visit the NSF website.
Dr. Cynthia A. Grace-McCaskey
Associate professor
Department of Anthropology
[email protected]
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Dr. Rebecca Asch
Associate professor
Department of Biology
[email protected]
252-328-6307
Dr. Cynthia A. Grace-McCaskey
Associate professor
Department of Anthropology
[email protected]
252-328-9443