Soft Power for the Journey

This is a story of an African American woman working at the highest levels in STEM. Dr. Sandra K. Johnson earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University in May 1988, the first black woman to do so.

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Sandra K. Johnson's 26-year career at IBM included roles as Chief Technology Officer, Research Staff Member, WebSphere Database Development Manager, and Linux Performance Architect and Manager. Dr. Johnson was a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, an IBM Master Inventor with more than 45 pending and issued patents, author of over 80 technical publications and books, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She is the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering.

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Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1: THE EARLY YEARS

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Chapter 2: Junior High School

Chapter 3: High School

Part 2: THE COLLEGE YEARS

Chapter 4: Early College

Chapter 5: The Upperclassman

Part 3: GRADUATE SCHOOL

Chapter 6: Stanford University

Chapter 7: Rice University

Part 4: BLAZING THE TRAIL

Chapter 8: A New Life in Westchester

Chapter 9: Moving on Up

Chapter 10: Rough Waters Ahead

Part 5: THE AWAKENING

Chapter 11: I Didn't Know That

Chapter 12: California and Texas

Chapter 13: More Enlightenment - Why are you not a DE?

Part 6: THE MOVE

Chapter 14: Technology in Africa?

Chapter 15: The Middle East and Africa

Chapter 16: What's Next?

Part 7: AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES

Chapter 17: Entrepreneurship

Chapter 18: Ups and Downs

Part 8: KEEP RISING

Chapter 19: New Opportunities

Chapter 20: A New Life