University where she was participating in interdisciplinary research in health, environment and human Performance. She was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by Fordham University for her substantial and significant contributions to the fields of science, technology and human health. Cagle never flew on a space mission, and as of no later than June 2017 was deemed a NASA Management Astronaut, which means that she is employed at NASA but is no longer eligible for spaceflight assignments; she still appears on the active list of NASA Management Astronauts as of January 2021, assigned to NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, in addition to her previously mentioned work as a professor and visiting professor. Post-NASA Career Cagle served as the VP for space exploration and space exponential technologies at Singularity University and acted as a Visiting Professor at Fordham University. She holds adjunct professorships with Stanford University, UC Davis, and UTMB, Galveston. Awards and honors Cagle has received numerous awards and recognition including Outstanding Young Women of America; National Defense Service Medal; Air Force Achievement Medal; U.S. Air Force Air Staff Exceptional Physician Commendation; National Technical Association Distinguished Scientist Award; Commendation Marin County Board of Supervisors; Commendation Novato School Board; Honorary Ph.D. in Humanities, Fordham University; Honorary appointment, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Other In 2017, she brought Katherine Johnson onto the stage at the Academy Awards. Cagle was a TEDx speaker in 2018 on the subject of "Poetry of space on Earth". See also List of African-American astronauts HI-SEAS References Further reading External links Spacefacts biography of Yvonne Cagle Mars Habitat Food Study in Hawaii Poetry of Space on Earth | Yvonne Cagle Ph.D. | TEDxSanFrancisco 1959 births Living people American astronauts Physician astronauts Women astronauts HI-SEAS People from West Point, New York San Francisco State University alumni University of Washington School of Medicine alumni Eastern Virginia Medical School alumni African-American women aviators American women aviators African-American aviators 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women