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Amara Davis, MS
Outreach Coordinator
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Amara Davis is the Outreach Coordinator for the National Sea Grant College Program, based in Silver Spring, MD. Her focus areas include partner and community engagement, internal and external communications, and an intentional focus on incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility into Sea Grant’s work.
Amara represents Sea Grant through her work with the America the Beautiful initiative and the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation, authors articles highlighting Sea Grant’s work, coordinates Sea Grant’s conference and event efforts, and spends as much time as she can spare creating beautiful graphics for the office.
Amara holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Marine Sciences from Savannah State University (She loves her HBCU), where her research interests included Panulirus argus virus 1 in spiny lobsters and fishers’ knowledge of the disease. She was a 2021 Knauss fellow and Rethink Outside fellow and has interned with Schmidt Ocean Institute. She also has professional experience in Communications and Tourism through her work with the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism as a Communications Executive.
Besides her professional and academic experience, Amara was a Bahamian national athlete, competed in the 2013 IAAF World Championships, and was a member of the 2012 Olympic team.
A born, bred, ga dead, tru tru Bahamian, when Amara isn’t working, you can find her outside chasing the sun; planting stone fruit and wishing for mango trees, and debating her decision to move further away from the equator; or inside filling her home with good food for the simple pleasure of telling her kids, “We have food at home.”
Email: amara.davis@noaa.gov
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Sea Grant Announces 2023 Finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program
NOAA and Sea Grant are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 class of the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The 2023 class represents the
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Wondering “weather†to apply: How meteorology fits into the Knauss Fellowship
By: Renee Richardson. The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship specifically targets students who “… have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting
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From Paralichthys to Policy
By: Kenneth Erickson. What makes a fisheries biologist qualified to communicate with Congress about satellites and space policy? The same skills that make a successful graduate student: good time management,