Events

Dr. Aomawa Shields visits Caltech

In spring 2024, the Hixon Writing Center organized the campus visit of Dr. Aomawa Shields. Dr. Shields is an astronomer, an astrobiologist, the Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, and a classically-trained actor. At Caltech, she gave a reading from her memoir, Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe. She also led a writing workshop that linked restorative yoga practices to personal writing. While at Caltech, she met with undergrads, grads, and postdocs who are interested in the many, varied aspects of her research, teaching, and writing.