Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal, Ph.D.

Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal, Ph.D.

Jennifer Ross-Nazzal is a NASA Historian with a distinguished career as the Johnson Space Center Historian from 2004 to 2022. She holds a Ph.D. from Washington State University and a master's in Information Science from the University of North Texas. Jennifer is known for her expertise in NASA history and women’s history, authoring Winning the West for Women, a biography of suffragist Emma Smith DeVoe, and Making Space for Women: Stories from Trailblazing Women of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The latter received the 2023 Liz Carpenter Award and the Temple Vick-Award for its contributions to women’s history.