Michele Cooke

Michele Cooke is an American geoscientist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Cooke is known for her research on earthquakes, as well as her activism in support of other deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists.

Michele Cooke
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
Fieldsgeomechanics
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Education

Cooke earned her PhD at Stanford University in 1996.[1][2]

Career

Research

Cooke is a professor in the department of geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst;[2] she has worked at UMass since 2004.[3] She researches earthquakes, fracture mechanics, and fault growth.[4] Cooke is often quoted in (and occasionally writes) articles about earthquakes and faults.[5][6][7][8]

Activism

Cooke is partially deaf and advocates for better accessibility for other deaf scientists.[9][10] After receiving an award from UMass, she gave a speech about deaf gain,[11] which describes the benefits or values of being deaf or hard-of-hearing.[12] Cooke also launched a blog for deaf and hard-of-hearing academics.[12][13]

Honors and awards
  • Outstanding Achievement Award, College of Natural Science, UMass Amherst[4][14]
  • 2020 Inclusive Geoscience Education and Research (IGER) Award, International Association for Geoscience Diversity[15]

References
  1. ORCID. "Michele Cooke (0000-0002-4407-9676)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  2. "UMass Geomechanics". www.geo.umass.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  3. "CV". www.geo.umass.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  4. "News: 'Changing Chemistry in the Most Delightful Way' | College of Natural Sciences | UMass Amherst". www.cns.umass.edu. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  5. Byrner, Jeanna (7 July 2019). "The Faults That Ruptured in Twin California Quakes Are Very, Very Weird, Geologists Say". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  6. Cooke, Michele (8 January 2020). "Here's how earthquakes rocked Puerto Rico into another emergency". massivesci.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  7. "Can We Tell If Faults Grew During or Between Earthquakes?". Eos. October 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  8. "Geologists Detect Unexpected 'Deep Creep' Beneath California's Deadliest Faults". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  9. "Blog Team". The Mind Hears. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  10. "Michele Cooke (@geomechCooke) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  11. "Deaf Gain - Dr. Michele Cooke". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  12. Cooke, Michele (2018-10-11). "What is my deaf way of science?". UMass Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  13. "The Mind Hears (@TheMindHears) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  14. "Raquel Bryant and Dr. Cooke honored with CNS outstanding Achievement Awards | Department of Geosciences". www.geo.umass.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  15. "Inclusive Geoscience Education and Research (IGER) Awards – The IAGD". Retrieved 2020-09-19.
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