AASWomen Newsletter for July 13, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of July 13, 2018

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. Applications Open for AAS-EPD Mini-Grants

2. Meeting: Multi-Dimensional Characterization of Distant Worlds

3. Why women need mid-career mentors 

4. Institute Archives spotlights pioneering women at MIT

5. Why Science Breeds a Culture of Sexism 

6. Podcasting Is About to Become a Lot Less White and Male

7. 5 Inspiring Young Women Who are Leading the Way in STEM 

8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

10. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for July 6, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of July 06, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:
1. Cross-Post: Summary of the 2018 LPSC WiPS Event "Overcoming Imposter Syndrome"
2. How Henrietta Leavitt Lit the Way to Distant Galaxies
3. Update: Committee On Space Research (COSPAR) awards male scientists
4. The Elephant in the Women in Science Room
5. Webinar: Put Talent First: Practical Steps to Eliminate Gender Bias in Science
6. LGBTQ Scientists are Still Left Out
7. Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the Choir or Singing from the Rooftops?
8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
10. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Cross-post: Summary of the 2018 LPSC WiPS Event "Overcoming Impostor Syndrome"

The Women in Planetary Science blog recently posted a summary of the discussion from their 2018 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference event. The post includes stories and a summary of strategies for combating impostor syndrome. 

Read more at:

https://womeninplanetaryscience.wordpress.com/2018/07/02/summary-of-the-2018-lpsc-wips-event-overcoming-impostor-syndrome/

The Women in Planetary Science blog has a number of announcements and stories relevant to the Women in Astronomy community. If you're not already a reader of the blog, we encourage you to take a look!

AASWomen Newsletter for June 29, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 29, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. Cross-Post: 35 Years Since Sally Rode

2. UK's forgotten woman astronomer honoured

3. Committee On Space Research (COSPAR) awards male scientists

4. America's First Female Mapmaker

5. Women in Science: Portraits, Archive Material, Trails and Talks

6. 3rd Annual Women of Color STEM Entrepreneurship Conference

7. Use of Surname for males more than females may be sign of unintentional bias

8. Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them

9. Visibility matters: A conversation with the co-founder of 500 Queer Scientists

10. 'Robotics Engineer Barbie' aims to encourage more girls to pursue STEM careers

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Cross-Post: 35 Years Since Sally Rode ...

The US Postal Service recently
issued a Sally Ride "forever stamp".
Image from collectspace.com.

June 18, 2018 marked 35 years since Sally Ride's historic flight into space. 

I was a young girl at the time of Sally's flight, and I don't recall much of the hype surrounding the launch. However, looking back and seeing how she and her five female astronaut classmates (and 29 male classmates) changed - in fact, equalized and enabled - spaceflight probably had some effect on my career trajectory. I do know that by working on the ultraviolet telescope mission, STS-67, and meeting Tammy Jernigan (astronomer) and Wendy Lawrence (pilot), two astronauts who flew on that mission, my plans to do research in space science were solidified. 

Read more at

https://campus.albion.edu/nzellner/2018/06/25/35-years-since-sally-rode/

and/or tell us how these female astronauts influenced your career in the comments below.

AASWomen Newsletter for June 22, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 22, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: Where Women Must Defy the Odds to Become Scientists

2. Maria Mitchell at 200: a pioneering astronomer who fought for women in science

3. Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference Oct. 18-20, 2018

4. Help That Hurts Women

5. Nature’s under-representation of women

6. NASEM Discussion and Response to New Report, Sexual Harassment of Women

7. Infographic: Preventing Sexual Harassment in Academia

8. Early Career Astronomer and Astrophysicist Focus Session

9. LGBT Stem: a Great Resource #Pride2018

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Cross-post: Where Women Must Defy the Odds to Become Scientists

In a new documentary, National Geographic Explorers Clare Fieseler and Gabby Salazar focus on stories of women with careers in science who face intense cultural and social barriers. The film, Outnumbered in Africa, focuses on Moreangels Mbizah, a lion conservationalist in Zimbabwe.

Read the interview with Fieseler and Salazar at:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/women-harassment-outnumbered-clare-feiseler-gabby-salazar-explorers-science/