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Kerrick graduated second in her class from [[Hanks High School]] in El Paso, Texas and was named El Paso Female Athlete of the Year.<ref name="freep.com" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.greatmindsinstem.org/professionals/role-model-of-the-week|title=Ginger Kerrick|last=GreatMindsInSTEM|website=www.greatmindsinstem.org|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> She started her college degree at the [[University of Texas at El Paso]], where she walked onto their women's basketball team.<ref name=":0" /> During the first game of the season, she blew out her knee, ending her basketball career.<ref name=":0" /> She then transferred to [[Texas Tech University]] to get her [[Bachelor of Science]] and a [[Master of Science]] in physics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/careers/guidance/webinars/upload/Careers-Talk.pdf|title=Physics Careers: To the Bachelor's Degree and Beyond|last=Bailey|first=Crystal|website=American Physical Society}}</ref> Her 1993 master's thesis was entitled ''Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ginger|first=Kerrick|date=1 December 1993|title=Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy|hdl=2346/60914}}</ref> |
Kerrick graduated second in her class from [[Hanks High School]] in El Paso, Texas and was named El Paso Female Athlete of the Year.<ref name="freep.com" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.greatmindsinstem.org/professionals/role-model-of-the-week|title=Ginger Kerrick|last=GreatMindsInSTEM|website=www.greatmindsinstem.org|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> She started her college degree at the [[University of Texas at El Paso]], where she walked onto their women's basketball team.<ref name=":0" /> During the first game of the season, she blew out her knee, ending her basketball career.<ref name=":0" /> She then transferred to [[Texas Tech University]] to get her [[Bachelor of Science]] and a [[Master of Science]] in physics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/careers/guidance/webinars/upload/Careers-Talk.pdf|title=Physics Careers: To the Bachelor's Degree and Beyond|last=Bailey|first=Crystal|website=American Physical Society}}</ref> Her 1993 master's thesis was entitled ''Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ginger|first=Kerrick|date=1 December 1993|title=Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy|hdl=2346/60914}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Kerrick was a summer intern at NASA in 1991, which led to first a co-op position and then full time employment as a materials research engineer with NASA in May, 1994.<ref name="nasa.gov">{{cite web|url=https://women.nasa.gov/ginger-kerrick/|title=Women@NASA » Ginger Kerrick|website=women.nasa.gov}}</ref><ref name="texas.gov">{{cite web|url=http://gov.texas.gov/women/txwomen_hof/hof_kerrick|title=Ginger Kerrick - Office of the Texas Governor - Greg Abbott|website=gov.texas.gov}}</ref> Kerrick interviewed for the astronaut program, but was disqualified for kidney stones.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ginger|first=Kerrick|last2=Valerie|first2=Paton|last3=Guy|first3=Bailey|last4=Katie|first4=Allen|last5=Bob|first5=Smith|date=2017-03-09|title=All Things Texas Tech (February 2011)|url=https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/handle/2346/22704|journal=|language=en-US|volume=|pages=22–26|via=}}</ref> She became the first non-astronaut [[Flight controller|Capsule Communicator (Capcom)]],<ref name="nasa.gov"/> first Russian-training-integration instructor,<ref name="texas.gov"/> and the first Hispanic female NASA [[Flight controller|Flight Director]] in 2005.<ref name="aps.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/kerrick.cfm|title=Ginger Kerrick|website=www.aps.org}}</ref><ref name="freep.com"/><ref>American Physical Society, Joint Fall 2012 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of the SPS, October 25–27, 2012, abstract #H1.002</ref> She served as Flight Director with NASA’s [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]] from 2005 to 2012.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://ncuraregionv.com/2018/11/|title=November 2018 – NCURA Region V|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tlu.edu/events/sps-public-lecture-in-physics-nasa-flight-director-ginger-kerrick/|title=SPS Public Lecture in Physics: NASA Flight Director Ginger Kerrick|website=www.tlu.edu|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> There, she created plans for scenarios of astronauts in space which assisted ISS and shuttle operations, making her a dual-certified Flight Director.<ref name="aps.org"/><ref name="nasa.gov" /> She currently is the Division Chief of the Flight Integration Division in FOD (Flight Operations Directorate) since August of 2016.<ref name=":1" /> Kerrick is a member of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS). |
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| ⚫ | Kerrick was a summer intern at NASA in 1991, which led to first a co-op position and then full time employment as a materials research engineer with NASA in May, 1994.<ref name="nasa.gov">{{cite web|url=https://women.nasa.gov/ginger-kerrick/|title=Women@NASA » Ginger Kerrick|website=women.nasa.gov}}</ref><ref name="texas.gov">{{cite web|url=http://gov.texas.gov/women/txwomen_hof/hof_kerrick|title=Ginger Kerrick - Office of the Texas Governor - Greg Abbott|website=gov.texas.gov}}</ref> Kerrick interviewed for the astronaut program, but was disqualified for kidney stones.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ginger|first=Kerrick|last2=Valerie|first2=Paton|last3=Guy|first3=Bailey|last4=Katie|first4=Allen|last5=Bob|first5=Smith|date=2017-03-09|title=All Things Texas Tech (February 2011)|url=https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/ttu-ir/handle/2346/22704|journal=|language=en-US|volume=|pages=22–26|via=}}</ref> She became the first non-astronaut [[Flight controller|Capsule Communicator (Capcom)]],<ref name="nasa.gov"/> first Russian-training-integration instructor,<ref name="texas.gov"/> and the first Hispanic female NASA [[Flight controller|Flight Director]] in 2005.<ref name="aps.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/careers/physicists/profiles/kerrick.cfm|title=Ginger Kerrick|website=www.aps.org}}</ref><ref name="freep.com"/><ref>American Physical Society, Joint Fall 2012 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of the SPS, October 25–27, 2012, abstract #H1.002</ref> She served as Flight Director with NASA’s [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]] from 2005 to 2012.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://ncuraregionv.com/2018/11/|title=November 2018 – NCURA Region V|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tlu.edu/events/sps-public-lecture-in-physics-nasa-flight-director-ginger-kerrick/|title=SPS Public Lecture in Physics: NASA Flight Director Ginger Kerrick|website=www.tlu.edu|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> [[File:Ginger Kerrick (29913358416).jpg|thumb|left|alt=Ginger Kerrick at NASA.|Ginger Kerrick at NASA]] There, she created plans for scenarios of astronauts in space which assisted ISS and shuttle operations, making her a dual-certified Flight Director.<ref name="aps.org"/><ref name="nasa.gov" /> She currently is the Division Chief of the Flight Integration Division in FOD (Flight Operations Directorate) since August of 2016.<ref name=":1" /> Kerrick is a member of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS). |
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[[File:Ginger Kerrick (29913358416).jpg|thumb|Ginger Kerrick at NASA]] |
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Ginger Kerrick is an American physicistatNASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. She is the first Hispanic female to be Flight Director at NASA.[1]
Ginger Kerrick
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Tech University |
| Alma mater | Texas Tech University (B.S. 1991) Texas Tech University (M.S. 1993) |
| Known for | First female Hispanic Flight Director at NASA |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Johnson Space Center |
| Thesis | Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy (1993) |
Kerrick graduated second in her class from Hanks High School in El Paso, Texas and was named El Paso Female Athlete of the Year.[1][2] She started her college degree at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she walked onto their women's basketball team.[2] During the first game of the season, she blew out her knee, ending her basketball career.[2] She then transferred to Texas Tech University to get her Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in physics.[3] Her 1993 master's thesis was entitled Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy.[4]
Kerrick was a summer intern at NASA in 1991, which led to first a co-op position and then full time employment as a materials research engineer with NASA in May, 1994.[5][6] Kerrick interviewed for the astronaut program, but was disqualified for kidney stones.[7] She became the first non-astronaut Capsule Communicator (Capcom),[5] first Russian-training-integration instructor,[6] and the first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director in 2005.[8][1][9] She served as Flight Director with NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center from 2005 to 2012.[10][11]
There, she created plans for scenarios of astronauts in space which assisted ISS and shuttle operations, making her a dual-certified Flight Director.[8][5] She currently is the Division Chief of the Flight Integration Division in FOD (Flight Operations Directorate) since August of 2016.[10] Kerrick is a member of the American Physical Society (APS).
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