Dr. Danielle Adams is a cultural astronomer whose research focuses on the development and transformations of indigenous Arabian astronomy, as evidenced in Arabic poetry, historical literature and modern-day star names. Her research presents Arabian astronomical traditions within their own cultural contexts, and she uses the inspiration of pristine desert skies to advocate for the modern-day preservation of dark skies. She is active in informal astronomy education, speaking to various groups both virtually and in-person about Arabian cultural astronomy and the heritage of Arabic star names. 

Danielle earned her MA in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Arkansas in 2000 and thereafter studied Arabic literature at the American University of Beirut and Princeton University. She earned her PhD in 2018 from the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona, with a minor in Cultural Anthropology from the School of Anthropology. While at the University of Arizona, she earned a NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship, through which she disseminated some of her cultural astronomy research to the general public via her website at onesky.arizona.edu. 

Danielle is a member of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), and she serves as a member of two working groups of the International Astronomical Union (IAU): the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN), where she lends her expertise on Arabic star names, and the Working Group on Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture (WGAAC), where she serves on the committee for Culturally Sensitive Sites.