Deanna Chezzarae Clemmer

Deanna Chezzarae Clemmer is currently a graduate student in the research laboratory of Dr. Harry E. Taylor at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She first joined the Taylor lab as a Senior Research Support Specialist in 2019. She decided to look for opportunities to transition into a graduate assistantship at the same institution and lab. Before SUNY Upstate, Deanna worked as a Research Technician in the laboratory of Dr. Silvia Kreda in the Cystic Fibrosis Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Through organizations such as Young Gifted and STEM (YGASTEM) and PBS SciGirls, she engages in outreach efforts to get Black girls to pursue their STEM interests by providing accessible workshops, conferences, and tools to them and their families.