Alumnae & Faculty
This Black woman completed her master’s degree in writing at Hopkins. She would go on to write Americanah
Who is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
This artist wrote music for artists like Beyoncé and Rihanna while working on her debut studio album, formerly titled “A”
Who is SZA?
She is the first female gymnast to win 3 straight World All-Around titles in a row
Who is Simone Biles?
A club on campus that empowers individuals to embrace natural hair
What is Knotty by Nature?
This woman completed the NASA calculations necessary for the 1969 moon landing and was depicted as the main character in the movie Hidden Figures
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This recent JHU alum and co-founder of Mo. Na. Gems, a biodegradable fashion jewelry brand as seen on Instagram and TikTok
Who is Mecca McDonald?
Simone Ashley, an actress of Tamil Indian-descent, made waves as the lead love interest on second season of this popular Netflix show as "Kate/Kathani"
What is Bridgerton?
She is the first Black gymnast to become the Olympic individual all-around champion
Who is Gabby Douglass?
Council of student body that oversees 35+ culturally-based undergraduate student organizations and seeks to increase their visibility
What is the Multicultural Leadership Council?
This African American woman was the first to be accepted into NASA’s astronaut training program to travel into space
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
This Black woman graduated from JHU in the Class of 2020, then went on to create her own company called “Inside Then Out”
Who is Nya Jones?
This woman was the first recording artist to place five Spanish-language albums simultaneously on the Billboard 200 chart
Who is Selena?
According to Forbes, this is the highest female athlete ever, earning $51.1 million earnings in 2022, more than any other female athlete
Who is Naomi Osaka?
This office is committed to enhancing the educational experience of underrepresented students through multicultural engagements and programs
What is the Center for Diversity and Inclusion-Multicultural Affairs?
This woman was NASA’s first African American female engineer.
Who is Mary Jackson?
This Black alumnae went on to become a congresswoman representing Illinois’s 14 district
Who is Lauren Underwood?
This woman was the most recent major entertainer to achieve EGOT status (Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony)
Who is Jennifer Hudson?
This 3-time Olympic gymnast and first African American 10-year member of the US national Olympics team is nicknamed "Awesome Dawesome"
Who is Dominique Dawes?
This annual event connects people of color on the Hopkins Campus on the basis of professionalism and identity affinity
What is the Communities of Color Conference?
She was the first African American female surgeon who practiced during the 1900s in the Southeastern U.S.
Who is Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown?
This faculty member is an instructor for Africana Studies, having done research on racial language in American pop culture. Recently, she and her husband were featured in various publications proving the racist devaluation of their home
Who is Shani Mott?
This woman was the first to land three number one songs on Billboard’s streaming charts in a single year
Who is Megan Thee Stallion?
The first Native American woman to play in the WNBA
Who is Ryneldi Becenti?
This council governs 10 multicultural fraternities and sororities on campus
What is the Intercultural Greek Council?
She was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. in 1947
Who is Dr. Marie M. Daly?