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{{Infobox Astronaut
| name =Mae Jemison
| image =Mae-jemison.jpg
| type =[[NASA]] Astronaut
| status =Retired
| nationality =[[United States|American]]
| date_birth ={{birth date and age|1956|10|17}}
| place_birth =[[Decatur, Alabama]]
| occupation =[[Medical Doctor]]
| selection =[[List of astronauts by selection#1987|1987 NASA Group]]
| time =190 h 30 min 23 s
| mission =[[STS-47]]
|}}
'''Mae Carol Jemison''' (born [[October 17]], [[1956]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[physician]] and a former [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. She became the first [[Black people|Black]] woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]] on [[September 12]], [[1992]].
==Early life and education==
Mae Carol Jemison was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]] in [[Decatur, Alabama]]<ref name=PCOLDetermined/> Mae Jemsion is the youngest child of Charlie Jemison, a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and Dorothy (Green) Jemison, who worked for most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Beethoven School in Chicago.<ref name=PCOLDetermined>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DB173FF930A2575AC0A964958260 New York Times. " Woman in the News; A Determined Breaker of Boundaries -- Mae Carol Jemison" by Warren E. Leary. September 13, 1992.]</ref><ref>Chicago Sun Times. "Dorothy Mae Green Jemison, Educator" November 3, 1993.</ref> The family moved to [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], when Jemison was 3 to take advantage of better educational opportunities there. Jemison says that as a young girl growing up in Chicago she always assumed she would get into space.<ref name=PCOLNewark /> "I thought, by now, we'd be going into space like you were going to work."<ref name=PCOLNewark /> She said it was easier to apply to be a shuttle astronaut, "rather than waiting around in a cornfield, waiting for ET to pick me up or something."<ref name=PCOLNewark>[http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2023573.html Neward Advocate! "Astronaut talks to DU freshmen" by Charles A. Peterson. September 2, 2004.]</ref>
As a child growing up, Jemison learned to make connections to the math with the help by studying nature.<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday /> "It sounds a little gross, but I was fascinated with pus," Jemison said.<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday /> Once when a splinter infected her thumb as a little girl, Jemison's mother turned it into a learning experience.<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday /> "I ran and showed it to my mother and she was telling me it was pus. I was like, ‘'Well, what is that?' And I ended up doing this whole project, reading about pus. My mother always told me to go find out the information myself. She was very directive, in the sense of ‘'it's your responsibility,' sort of like those people who tell you to go look up a word in the dictionary when you don’t know how to spell it."<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday /> Jemison wouldn't let anyone dissaude her from pursuing a career in science.<ref name=PCOLEbony/> "In kindergarten, my teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I told her a scientist," Jemison says.<ref name=PCOLEbony/> "She said, 'Don't you mean a nurse?' Now, there's nothing wrong with being a nurse, but that's not what I wanted to be."<ref name=PCOLEbony/>
Jemison says she was inspired by Martin Luther King but to her King's dream wasn't an illusive fantasy but a call to action.<ref name=PCOLDetroitfreepress/> "Too often people paint him like Santa -- smiley and inoffensive," says Jemison.<ref name=PCOLDetroitfreepress/> "But when I think of Martin Luther King, I think of attitude and audacity."<ref name=PCOLDetroitfreepress/> Jemison thinks the civil rights movement was all about breaking down the barriers to human potential.<ref name=PCOLDetroitfreepress/> "The best way to make dreams come true is to wake up," says Jemison.<ref name=PCOLDetroitfreepress>[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/COL03/801200559/1001/NEWS&theme=MLK012008 Detroit Free Press. "Stargazer turned astronaut credits the MLK dream" by Desiree Cooper. January 20, 2008.]</ref>
Jemison loved science growing up but she also loved the arts.<ref name=PCOLGleaner /> Jemison began dancing at the age of 9.<ref name=PCOLChronicle>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7D81730F935A2575AC0A964958260 New York Times. "Chronicle" by Nadine Brozan. September 16, 1992.]</ref> "I love dancing! I took all kinds of dance — African dancing, ballet, jazz, modern — even Japanese dancing. I wanted to become a professional dancer," said Jemison.<ref>[http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/mae_jemison/interview.htm Scholastic. "Interview with Mae." March 15, 2001.]</ref> During high school she auditioned for the leading role of "Maria" in ''[[West Side Story]].''<ref name=PCOLGleaner /> She didn't get the part but Jemison's dancing skills did get her into the line up as a background dancer.<ref name=PCOLGleaner>[http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030317/flair/flair1.html Jamaica Gleaner. "Earth lover, space voyager Dr. Mae Jemison" by Michelle Barrett. March 17, 2003.]</ref> "I had a problem with the singing but I danced and acted pretty well enough for them to choose me. I think that people sometimes limit themselves and so rob themselves of the opportunity to realise their dreams. For me, I love the sciences and I also love the arts," says Jemison.<ref name=PCOLGleaner /> "I saw the theatre as an outlet for this passion and so I decided to pursue this dream."<ref name=PCOLGleaner /> Later during her senior year in college, she was trying to decide whether to go to New York to medical school or become a professional dancer.<ref name=PCOLWhatwas /> Her mother told her, "You can always dance if you're a doctor, but you can't doctor if you're a dancer."<ref name=PCOLWhatwas>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E3D61139F931A35751C0A9659C8B63 New York Times. "Executive Life: The Boss; 'What was Space Like?" by Mae C. Jemison written with Patricia R. Olsen. February 2, 2003.]</ref>
Jemison graduated from Chicago's [[Morgan Park High School]] in 1973<ref name=PCOLEbony>Haynes, Karima A. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n2_v48/ai_12972271 "Mae Jemison: coming in from outer space"], ''[[Ebony (magazine)]]'', December 1992. Accessed [[September 6]], [[2007]]. "Perhaps the most moving tribute came during a homecoming rally at Morgan Park High School, where Jemison graduated in 1973"</ref> and entered [[Stanford University]] at age 16.<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday /> "I was naive and stubborn enough that it didn’t faze me," Jemison said.<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday /> "It’s not until recently that I realized that 16 was particularly young or that there were even any issues associated with my parents having enough confidence in me to [allow me to] go that far away from home."<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday /> Jemison graduated from Stanford in 1977, receiving a B.S. in chemical engineering and fulfilling the requirements for a B.A. in African and Afro-American Studies.<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday />
Jemison obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1981 from Cornell Medical College (now Weill Medical College of Cornell University).<ref name=PCOLAbout2 /> She interned at [[Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center]] and later worked as a general practitioner.<ref name=PCOLAbout2 /> During medical school Jemison traveled to Cuba, Kenya and Thailand, to provide primary medical care to people living there.<ref name=PCOLAbout2 /> During her years at Cornell Medical College, Jemison took lessons in modern dance at the Alvin Ailey school.<ref name=PCOLChronicle /> Jemison later built a dance studio in her home<ref name=PCOLWhatwas /> and has choreographed and produced several shows of modern jazz and African dance.<ref name=PCOLDetermined />
==Peace Corps service==
After completing her medical internship, Jemison joined the staff of the [[Peace Corps]] and served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer from 1983 to 1985 responsible for the health of Peace Corps Volunteers serving in [[Liberia]] and [[Sierra Leone]].<ref name=PCOLWhatwas /> Jemison's work in the Peace Corps included supervising the pharmacy, laboratory, medical staff as well as providing medical care, writing self-care manuals, and developing and implementing guidelines for health and safety issues.<ref name=PCOLAbout2 /> Jemison also worked with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) helping with research for various vaccines.<ref name=PCOLAbout2>[http://space.about.com/cs/formerastronauts/a/jemisonbio.htm About.com: Space/Astronomy "Not Limited By The Imagination of Others" by Nick Greene.]</ref>
==NASA career==
[[Image:Mae Jemison Mission Specialist.jpg|thumb|left|Jemison is shown aboard Space Shuttle Endeavor during STS-47 preparing to deploy the lower body negative pressure (LBNP) apparatus.<ref name=PCOLAboutspace>[http://space.about.com/od/nasapictures/ig/Mae-Jemison-Pictures-Gallery/Female-Astronauts.htm About.com "Pictures of Mae Jemison - Female Astronauts"]</ref>]]
In 1985 Jemison returned to the United States, entered private practice in Los Angeles as a general practitioner with CIGNA Health Plans of California<ref name=PCOLAbout2 /> and began taking graduate engineering courses.<ref name=PCOLDetermined /> After the flight of [[Sally Ride]] in 1983, Jemison felt the astronaut program had opened up enough for her to apply.<ref name=PCOLDetermined /> Jemison's inspiration for joining NASA was African-American actress [[Nichelle Nichols]], who portrayed Commander [[Uhura]] on [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]].<ref name=PCOLStanfordtoday>[http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/stanfordtoday/ed/9607/pdf/ST9607mjemison.pdf Stanford Today. "Shooting Star: Former Astronaut Mae Jemison Brings her Message Down to Earth" by Jesse Katz. July/August 1996.]</ref> Jemsion was turned down on her first application to NASA, but in 1987 Jemison was accepted on her second application and became one of the fifteen candidates accepted from over 2,000 applicants.<ref name=PCOLAbout2 /> "I got a call saying 'Are you still interested?' and I said 'Yeah'," says Jemison.<ref name=PCOLGlobalsecurity/>
Her work with NASA before her shuttle launch included launch support activities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and verification of Shuttle computer software in the [[Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory]] (SAIL).<ref>[http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html Official NASA biography]</ref><ref>[http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2021262.html Peace Corps biography]</ref><ref>[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Mae_Jemison Mae Jemison - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki]</ref><ref>[http://www.jemisonfoundation.org/ The Dorothy F. Jemison Foundation]</ref> "My task while I was with NASA was not to immediately start training for space flight, because it takes a while before you are assigned to a mission, but I did things like help to support the launch of vehicles at Kennedy Space Center," said Jemison.<ref name=PCOLGlobalsecurity/> "I was in the first class of astronauts selected after the Challenger accident back in 1986, and the very first assignment I had was working at Kennedy Space Center. I saw the launch and in fact actually worked the launch of the first flight after the Challenger accident. I worked at the shuttle avionics integration laboratory, which is where all the software that flies the space shuttle is tested."<ref name=PCOLGlobalsecurity>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/news/2003/space-030224-271877eb.htm Global Security. "African-Americans in Space." February 24, 2003.]</ref>
Jemison flew her only space mission from September 12 to 20, 1992 as a [[Mission Specialist]] on [[STS-47]].<ref name=PCOLWhatwas /> "The first thing I saw from space was Chicago, my hometown," said Jemison.<ref name=PCOLWhatwas /> "I was working on the middeck where there aren't many windows, and as we passed over Chicago, the commander called me up to the flight deck. It was such a significant moment because since I was a little girl I had always assumed I would go into space," Jemison added.<ref name=PCOLWhatwas /> "When I grew up in the 1960s the only American astronauts were men. Looking out the window of that space shuttle, I thought if that little girl growing up in Chicago could see her older self now, she would have a huge grin on her face."<ref name=PCOLWhatwas />
Because of her love of dance and as a salute to creativity,<ref name=PCOLDetermined /> Jemison took a poster from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company along with her on the flight.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DE163BF931A25751C1A964958260 New York Times. "An Ailey Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie" by Anna Kisselgoff. December 12, 1992.]</ref> "Many people do not see a connection between science and dance," says Jemison.<ref name=PCOLChronicle /> "but I consider them both to be expressions of the boundless creativity that people have to share with one another."<ref name=PCOLChronicle /> Jemison also took several small art objects from West African countries to symbolize that space belongs to all nations.<ref name=PCOLDetermined />
STS-47 was a cooperative mission between the United States and Japan that included 44 Japanese and United States life science and materials processing experiments. The international crew was divided into red and blue teams for around the clock operations. Jemison was the co-investigator for the bone cell research experiment that investigated how space flight causes changes in bone cell function to better understand why bones become weaker during space flight. Jemison logged 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds in space.<ref name=PCOLAbout2 />
Jemison resigned from NASA in March 1993.<ref name=PCOLWhatwas /> "I left NASA because I'm very interested in how social sciences interact with technologies," says Jemison.<ref name=PCOLGraduating /> "People always think of technology as something having silicon in it. But a pencil is technology. Any language is technology. Technology is a tool we use to accomplish a particular task and when one talks about appropriate technology in developing countries, appropriate may mean anything from fire to solar electricity."<ref name=PCOLGraduating>[http://www.graduatingengineer.com/articles/women/9-29-99.html Graduating Engineer. "Former astronaut Mae Jemison shares her philosophy on education, technology and achieving success" by Paula Lipp.
==After NASA==
[[Image:Mae Jemison in Space.jpg|thumb|right|300 px|STS-47 Mission Specialist Mae Jemison appears to be clicking her heels in zero gravity in the center aisle of the Spacelab Japan (SLJ) science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Making her only flight in space, Jemison was joined by five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist for eight days of research in support of the SLJ mission, a joint effort between Japan and United States.<ref name=PCOLAboutspace/>]]
In 1993 Jemison started her own company, the Jemison Group that researches, markets, and develops science and technology for daily life.<ref name=PCOLWhatwas />
In 1994, Jemison founded the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence and named the foundation in honor of her mother.<ref name=PCOLExcellence/> "My parents were the best scientists I knew," Jemison said, "because they were always asking questions."<ref name=PCOLExcellence/> One of the projects of Jemison's foundation is ''The Earth We Share'' (TEWS), an international science camp where students, ages 12 to 16, work to solve current global problems, like "How Many People Can the Earth Hold" and "Predict the Hot Public Stocks of The Year 2030."<ref name=PCOLBayer/> The four-week residential program helps students build critical thinking skills and learn to solve solving problems through an experiential curriculum.<ref name=PCOLBayer/> Camps have been held at Dartmouth College, Colorado School of Mines, Choate Rosemary Hall and other sites around the United States.<ref name=PCOLExcellence>[http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July05/Jemison.TEWS.lxg.html Cornell University. "Former shuttle Endeavour astronaut Mae C. Jemison encourages students to think like scientists" by Lauren Gold. July 11, 2005]</ref> TEWS was introduced internationally to high school students in day programs in South Africa and Tunisia.<ref name=PCOLTews/> In 1999, TEWS was expanded overseas to adults at the Zermatt Creativity and Leadership Symposium held in Switzerland.<ref name=PCOLTews>[http://www.jemisonfoundation.org/moretews.htm Jamison Foundation. "More TEWS Projects."]</ref>
In 1999 Jemison founded BioSentient Corp and has been working to develop a portable device that allows mobile monitoring of the involuntary nervous system.<ref name=PCOLBayer/> Biosentient has obtained the license to commercialize NASA's space-age technology known as Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE), a patented technique that uses biofeedback and autogenic therapy to allow patients to monitor and control their physiology as a possible treatment for anxiety and stress related disorders.<ref name=PCOLBayer>[http://www.bayerus.com/msms/about/spokesperson/bio.html Bayer. "About Dr. Mae Jemison."]</ref> "BioSentient is examining AFTE as a treatment for anxiety, nausea, migraine and tension headaches, chronic pain, hypertension and hypotension, and stress-related disorders," says Jemison.<ref>[http://ipp.nasa.gov/innovation/innovation112/3-techtrans2.html NASA Innovation. "NASA Contributes to Improving Health." Summer 2003.]</ref>
In 2006, Jemison participated in [[African American Lives]], a [[PBS]] television miniseries hosted by [[Henry Louis Gates, Jr.]], that traced the family history of eight famous African Americans using historical research and genetic techniques.<ref name=PCOLGenetic/> Jemison found to her surprise that she is 13% [[East Asia]]n in her genetic makeup.<ref name=PCOLGenetic>Ryan, Suzanne C. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/31/DDGQ2GVQUL1.DTL "'African American Lives' traces roots around the world"], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', [[January 31]], [[2006]]. Accessed [[October 1]], [[2007]].</ref>
On [[February 17]], [[2008]] Jemison was the featured speaker for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the [[Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority]].<ref name=PCOLAlpha/> Jemison paid tribute to Alpha Kappa Alpha by carrying the sorority's banner with her on her shuttle flight.<ref name=PCOLAlpha/> Jemison's space suit is a part of the sorority's national traveling Centennial Exhibit.<ref name=PCOLAlpha/> Jemison is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a sorority founded in 1908 at Howard University to address the social issues of the time and promote scholarship among black women.<ref name=PCOLAlpha>[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/397431.html Miami Herald. "Black sorority to celebrate 100 years: Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will host a luncheon to mark the centennial anniversary of the founding of the chapter. Former astronaut Mae Jemison will be the featured speaker." January 31, 2008.]</ref>
Jemsion appears at charity events.<ref name=PCOLCharity /> In 2007, Jemison walked the runway, wearing [[Lyn Devon]], at the Red Dress Heart Truth fashion show during Fashion Week in New York to help raise money to fight heart disease.<ref name=PCOLCharity>Canada.com "Celeb models wear red for charity as NY fashion week opens 8 days of previews" February 2, 2007. Note: The original story is a [http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=5ccc7fdf-4a85-4afc-824d-ef40591b11c3&k=60036 dead link]. An archive copy of the story [http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2083587.html is available]</ref> Jemison is an active public speaker who appears before private and public groups promoting science and technology as well as providing an inspirational and educational message for young people.<ref name=PCOLPhysorg/> "Having been an astronaut gives me a platform," says Jemison,<ref name=PCOLPhysorg/> "but I'd blow it if I just talked about the shuttle."<ref name=PCOLPhysorg/> Jemison uses her platform to speak out on disparities in the quality of health-care in the United States and Third World nations.<ref name=PCOLPhysorg>[http://www.physorg.com/news9939.html Physorg. "Astronaut Mae Jemison moves to new career." January 17, 2006.]</ref> We talk about taking proper care of people, but we don't do it," Jemison says.<ref name=PCOLPhysorg/> "We lack the commitment. Martin Luther King was about doing things. He didn't just have a dream, he got things done. My message is about seeing possibilities and having the courage to work toward them."<ref name=PCOLPhysorg/>
Jemison is a Professor-at-Large at Cornell University<ref name=PCOLBayer/> and was a professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College from 1995 to 2002.<ref name=PCOLBayer/> Jemison continues to advocate strongly in favor of science education and getting minority students interested in science.<ref name=PCOLGlobalsecurity/> "Science and technology; how we understand the world, and the tools we create, has always been a part of every society," says Jemison.<ref name=PCOLGlobalsecurity/> "And what we have to do now is make sure that people are not fooled into thinking, 'oh, it's just the purview of someone else.' The most amazing thing to me about technological advancement and design is that African-Americans have continued to be right in the middle and the heart of the center of U-S technological development since we came over."<ref name=PCOLGlobalsecurity/>
==Publications==
* {{cite book |last=Jemison |first=Mae |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Find where the wind goes: moments from my life |origdate= |origyear=2001 |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Scholastic |location=New York |language= |isbn=9780439131964 |oclc=44548911 |doi= |id= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= }}
* {{cite book |last=Jemison |first=Mae |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=S.E.E.ing the Future: Science, Engineering and Education |origdate= |origyear=2001 |origmonth= |url=http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED464816 |format=PDF |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |date= |year= |month= |publisher=Dartmouth College |location=Hanover, NH |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id=[[ERIC]] ED464816 |pages=56 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= }}
==Filmography==
*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1993) - Lieutenant Palmer, episode "[[Second Chances (TNG episode)|Second Chances]]"
*''World of Wonder'' (1994-5) - host, technical adviser
*''Susan B. Anthony Slept Here'' (1995) - herself
*''Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond'' (1996) - herself
*''The New Explorers'' (1998) - herself, episode "Endeavor"
*''[[How William Shatner Changed the World]]'' (2005) - herself
*''[[African American Lives]]'' (2006) - herself
==Awards==
*''Essence'' Science and Technology Award (1988);
*Gamma Sigma Gamma Women of the Year (1989);
*Honorary Doctorate of Science, [[Lincoln College]], PA (1991);
*Honorary Doctor of Letters, Winston Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC (1991);
*''McCall's'' 10 Outstanding Women for the 90s (1991);
*Pumpkin Magazine's (a Japanese Monthly) One of the Women for the Coming New Century (1991);
*Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailblazers Award (1992);
*''Ebony'''s 50 Most Influential women (1993);
*Turner Trumpet Award (1993);
*Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth (1993);
*Kilby Science Award (1993);
*[[National Women's Hall of Fame]] inductee (1993);
*''People'' magazine's 1993 "50 Most Beautiful People in the World";
*CORE Outstanding Achievement Award;
*National Medical Association Hall of Fame;
*Honorary Doctorate of Humanities, Princeton University (2000) <ref>"Commencements; Remember Ethics, Graduates Are Told". ''The New York Times'', May 31, 2000.</ref>;
*Intrepid Award by the [[National Organization for Women]]<ref>[http://www.now.org/organization/gala/2003/jemison.html OW's First Annual Intrepid Awards Gala: Dr. Mae C. Jemison] July 10, 2003</ref>
*[[List of inductees in the International Space Hall of Fame|International Space Hall of Fame]] inductee (2004)
*Honorary Doctorate of Science, [[Wilson College]] (2005) <ref>Jessee, Willa. "[http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2005/05/23/news/news05.txt Kids join moms in graduation line]". Carlisle, PA: ''The Sentinel''. May 23, 2005.</ref>;
*Honorary Doctorate of Science, Dartmouth College (2006) <ref>"[http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/summer06/html/vs_worthy_of_note.php Worthy of note: Honors, awards, appointments, etc.]". ''Dartmouth Medicine''. Summer 2006.</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, [[Harvey Mudd College]] (2007)<ref>[http://www.hmc.edu/newsandevents/commencement2007.html HMC Honors Grads at 49th Commencement] May 17, 2007</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] (2007)<ref>[http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2159 Honorary degrees bestowed upon distinguished guests] May 19, 2007</ref>
* Honorary Doctorate of Humanities, [[DePaul University]] (2008)<ref>
[http://sherman.depaul.edu/media/webapp/mrNews2.asp?NID=1785&ln=true DePaul to Welcome Array of Luminaries at 2008 Commencements] June 13, 2008</ref>
Institutions named in her honor:
*Mae C. Jemison Science and Space Museum, [[Wilbur Wright College]], Chicago, (dedicated 1992);
*Mae C. Jemison Academy, an alternative public school in [[Detroit]] (established 1992).
*Mae Jemison School, an elementary public school (http://www.phsd144.net) in Hazel Crest, IL established 2001.
==Further reading==
* Blue, Rose J. ''Mae Jeminson: Out of this World'', Millbrook Press, 2003 - ISBN 0761325700
* Burby, Liza N. ''Mae Jemison: The First African American Woman Astronaut'', The Rosen Publishing Group, 1997 - ISBN 0823950271
* Canizares, Susan. ''Voyage of Mae Jemison'', Sagebrush Education Resources, 1999 - ISBN 0613225775
* Ceaser, Ebraska D. ''Mae C. Jemison: 1st Black Female Astronaut'', New Day Press, 1992.
* Polette, Nancy. ''Mae Jemison'', Scholastic Library Pub., 2003 - ISBN 0516277839
* Raum, Elizabeth. ''Mae Jemison, Heinemann Library'', 2005 - ISBN 1403469423
* Sakurai, Gail. ''Mae Jemison: Space Scientist'', Scholastic Library Publishing, 1996 - ISBN 0516441949
* Yannuzzi, Della A. ''Mae Jemison: A Space Biography'', Enslow Publishers, 1998 - ISBN 0894908138
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