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'''Ginger Kerrick''' is an American [[physicist]] at [[NASA|NASA’s]] Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. She is the first Hispanic female to be Flight Director at NASA.<ref name="freep.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/03/08/nm-museum-space-history-nasas-first-woman-hispanic-flight-director-speak-museum/81434608/|title=NM Museum of Space History: NASA's first woman Hispanic flight director to speak at museum|website=freep.com}}</ref>

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'''Ginger Kerrick''' is an American [[physicist]] at [[NASA|NASA's]] Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. She is the first Hispanic female to be flight director at NASA.<ref name="freep.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/03/08/nm-museum-space-history-nasas-first-woman-hispanic-flight-director-speak-museum/81434608/|title=NM Museum of Space History: NASA's first woman Hispanic flight director to speak at museum|website=freep.com}}</ref>



==Education==
==Education==
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 thesis|last=Ginger|first=Kerrick|date=1 December 1993|title=Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy|hdl=2346/60914|type=Thesis }}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==


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).
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|access-date=2017-03-08|archive-date=2017-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303224542/http://gov.texas.gov/women/txwomen_hof/hof_kerrick|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kerrick interviewed for the astronaut program, but was disqualified for kidney stones.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ginger|first1=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|language=en-US|pages=22–26}}</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 2016.<ref name=":1" /> Kerrick is a member of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS).

In November 2021 Kerrick decided to quit her engagement at NASA and moved to [https://www.barrios.com/ Barrios Technology, LTD] in Houston, Texas where she took over the role as Chief Strategy Officer.<ref name="LinkedIn">{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginger-kerrick-davis-34b5a6212/|title=Ginger Kerrick Davis|website=www.linkedin.com}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:52, 4 June 2024

Ginger Kerrick
Born1970
El Paso, Texas
Alma materTexas Tech University (BS, MS)
Known forFirst female Hispanic flight director at NASA
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsJohnson Space Center
Thesis Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy  (1993)

Ginger Kerrick is an American physicist at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. She is the first Hispanic female to be flight director at NASA.[1]

Education

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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.[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]

Career

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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.[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]

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.[8][5] She currently is the division chief of the Flight Integration Division in FOD (Flight Operations Directorate) since August 2016.[10] Kerrick is a member of the American Physical Society (APS).

In November 2021 Kerrick decided to quit her engagement at NASA and moved to Barrios Technology, LTD in Houston, Texas where she took over the role as Chief Strategy Officer.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "NM Museum of Space History: NASA's first woman Hispanic flight director to speak at museum". freep.com.
  2. ^ a b c GreatMindsInSTEM. "Ginger Kerrick". www.greatmindsinstem.org. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  3. ^ Bailey, Crystal. "Physics Careers: To the Bachelor's Degree and Beyond" (PDF). American Physical Society.
  4. ^ Ginger, Kerrick (1 December 1993). Infrared deep level transient spectroscopy (Thesis). hdl:2346/60914.
  5. ^ a b c "Women@NASA » Ginger Kerrick". women.nasa.gov.
  6. ^ a b "Ginger Kerrick - Office of the Texas Governor - Greg Abbott". gov.texas.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  7. ^ Ginger, Kerrick; Valerie, Paton; Guy, Bailey; Katie, Allen; Bob, Smith (2017-03-09). "All Things Texas Tech (February 2011)": 22–26. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Ginger Kerrick". www.aps.org.
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ a b "November 2018 – NCURA Region V". Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  11. ^ "SPS Public Lecture in Physics: NASA Flight Director Ginger Kerrick". www.tlu.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  12. ^ "Ginger Kerrick Davis". www.linkedin.com.
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