{"id":426992,"date":"2018-02-14T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/jeanette-scissum-scientist-mathematician-nasa-marshall-2\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:34:00","slug":"jeanette-scissum-scientist-mathematician-nasa-marshall-2","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/jeanette-scissum-scientist-mathematician-nasa-marshall-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeanette A. Scissum, Scientist and Mathematician at NASA Marshall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Jeanette Scissum\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg?resize=300,236 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg?resize=768,605 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg?resize=1024,807 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg?resize=400,315 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg?resize=600,473 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/jeanette_scissum2.jpg?resize=900,709 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Jeanette Scissum joined NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Alabama A&M University. Scissum published a NASA report in 1967, \u201cSurvey of Solar Cycle Prediction Models,\u201d which put forward techniques for improved forecasting of the sunspot cycle.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jeanette Scissum joined NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aamuedu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama A&M University<\/a>. Scissum published a NASA report in 1967, “<a href=\"https:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/search.jsp?R=19670022005\" rel=\"noopener\">Survey of Solar Cycle Prediction Models<\/a>,” which put forward techniques for improved forecasting of the sunspot cycle. In the mid-1970s she worked as a space scientist in the Space Environment Branch of Marshall’s Space Sciences Laboratory and later led activities in Marshall’s Atmospheric, Magnetospheric, and Plasmas in Space project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1975, Scissum wrote an article for the National Technical Association, “Equal Employment Opportunity and the Supervisor \u2013 A Counselor’s View,” which argued that many discrimination complaints could be avoided “through adequate and meaningful communication.” Scissum later worked at NASA Headquarters as a computer systems analyst responsible for analyzing and directing NASA management information and technical support systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credit: NASA\/MSFC<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeanette Scissum joined NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in 1964 after earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from Alabama A&M University. Scissum published a NASA report in 1967, \u201cSurvey of Solar Cycle Prediction Models,\u201d which put forward techniques for improved forecasting of the sunspot cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":228287,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Jeanette A. 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