Salem State Professor Earns Science & Technology Fellowship

SALEM, MA — A Salem State University professor from Salem will spend a year at the National Science Foundation working with the Hispanic Serving Institutions Program after earning a prestigious science and technology policy fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Crow was one of 276 professionals selected for this national fellowship.

"My policy interests are the lack of diversity in STEM fields and the use of data in decision-making," Crow said. "These interests are of use to most government agencies, making me a natural fit for many positions."

Crow said she is looking forward to bringing back to Salem State the insight she gains from the experience.

"I'm honored to spend this year serving the government and the STEM communities at HSIs and delighted that I will be bringing the skills and knowledge I gain this year back to the Salem State community," she said. "This fellowship provides an opportunity to apply my data skills to help
advance STEM initiatives at HSIs while learning more about the HSI landscape and deepening my knowledge of various data systems used in industry."

Crow has spent the last 13 years teaching at Salem State after previously teaching at universities in Egypt and Indonesia. She also served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Jordan.

A Holy Cross alumna, she earned her doctorate in noncommutative ring theory at the University of California-Santa Barbara.

She started the North Shore Undergraduate Math Conference in 2010.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)