Ashanti Johnson

Happy Hump Day Obots! Today's Scientist of the Sea is Ashanti Johnson. From TheGrio: As an African-American girl growing up in Dallas, Texas, Ashanti Johnson wanted to be like a famous French man: Jacques Cousteau. “My first exposure [to oceanography] was watching him on TV,” says Johnson, 39. “The ocean for me represented the unknown… I think because it was so vast and … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African Americans in Oceanography/Marine Biology