FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE TO GRADUATE FROM CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY’S MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PH.D. PROGRAM Dr. Kristin Warren ‘11 made history in 2016 when she became the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Warren’s accomplishment occurred exactly 40 years after the first African-American male graduated from Carnegie Mellon’s Mechanical Engineering program in 1966. “I think it speaks to the environment that we live in as far as the education system in America", Warren said. “I think there could be more preparation at the high school level to get students more interested to pursue careers in science.” Warren believes that kids genuinely like math and science in elementary and middle schools but there’s a cultural shift away from the fields of study at the high school level. Based on her own educational experiences, Warren hopes to dedicate her life’s work to altering this narrative and inspiring students to pursue careers in science and engineering. https://news.kettering.edu/news/ket...ican-american-female-graduate-carnegie-mellon
