Shedding Light on the Extraordinary Blue
Words By Dr. Jeanette Davis (Dr. Ocean), Art By Shan Bennion
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Dr. Jeanette Davis (Dr. Ocean)
Dr. Jeanette Davis (Dr. Ocean) is a marine microbiologist, ocean policy expert, two-time bestselling children’s science book author, and currently a Professor in the Marine Science Department at Hampton University. She served for nearly a decade in government using genetic tools (eDNA) to manage ocean resources and worked with members of Congress on policy and legislation. Her notable accomplishments include helping to discover a marine bacterium that fights cancer—published in Science, being featured in Chicago Review Press’ “Women of Power Series” collection Climate Champions: 15 Women Fighting for Your Future, and serving as an ocean movie consultant for the Oscar award- winning film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. This is her first publication in this journal.
Shan Bennion
Shan Bennion is a queer illustrator and graphic novelist from the UK who loves exploring fantasy, horror, and sci-fi genres; monsters, and how best to make them queer as hell. While they work on their original stories, they’re excited to lend their hand to comics, tarot, and TTRPG games, to help build colorful and meaningful worlds for others to dig into. Follow them on twitter/insta/bluesky on @anonbeadraws.
