Jasleen Chana

Jasleen Chana

PhD Candidate, Science and Technology Studies, UCL

I am a PhD candidate at UCL in the department of Science and Technology Studies. My research sits on the intersection between science and literature, with a specific focus on the written memoirs of contemporary scientists. Through textual analysis, I explore how scientists negotiate ways of communicating images of the scientist through their works.

I am currently focussing on the written memoirs of contemporary women NASA astronauts, examining how they work intertextually to rewrite stereotypes of their discipline.

Latest articles by Jasleen Chana

Katy Perry attends the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 5, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

Blue Origin’s all-female space flight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

By Jasleen Chana published

For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.

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