AASWomen Newsletter for August 18, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of August 18, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Solidarity Statement on Charlottesville

2. Women Who Chase The Sun

3. An astronomer who’s seen 14 eclipses is ready for her biggest eclipse chase yet

4. Leading eclipse expert found her own path in the stars

5. For One Astronomer, a Solar Eclipse Illuminates Progress for Women in the Field

6. Job Opportunities

7. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for August 11, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of August 11, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Career Profiles: Astrophysicist/Planetary Scientist to Program Officer: Dr. Melissa Morris

2. How the Girl Scouts' new CEO is using her time at NASA and Apple to promote STEM education

3. In harassment cases, could institutions be cracking down on even big-name faculty members?

4. Women who are elite mathematicians are less likely than men to believe they’re elite mathematicians

5. A Google employee was fired after blaming biology for tech’s gender gap - but the science shows he's wrong

6. Job Opportunities

7. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Career Profiles: Astrophysicist/Planetary Scientist to Program Officer: Dr. Melissa Morris

The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy and the AAS Employment Committee have compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers, planetary scientists, etc. The interviews share advice and lessons learned from individuals on those paths.

Below is our interview with Melissa Morris, an astronomer and planetary scientist who is currently a NASA program officer contracted through Artic Slope Technical Services.

For access to all our Career Profile Project interviews, please visit http://aas.org/jobs/career-profiles. New Career Profiles are posted approximately every month.

AASWomen for August 4, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of August 4, 2017

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Christina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Women in Leadership: Power

2. How Sexual Harassment And Bias Undermine Women’s Access To Scientific Careers

3. The Plan to End Science’s Sexist #Manel Problem

4. Study Tracks Gender Ratios at Conferences

5. Advice to the Young from Pioneering Astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Who Discovered the Composition of the Universe

6. Women Breaking Barriers: Career Advice from Leading Women in Business, Technology, and Beyond

7. Job Opportunities

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

Women in Leadership: Power

I’ve had many bosses. Two were great, several were mediocre, and a few were simply awful. I can count one sexual harasser, one bully, and at least one liar. One taught me the difference between leadership and management. None taught me about power. So when I attended the “Women in Business – Transitioning to Leadership” workshop at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School in May, I wasn’t expecting my ideas about power to change. When Dr. Mabel Miguel, Professor of Organizational Behavior at UNC and the facilitator of our Tuesday afternoon session asked us if we thought power was good or bad, the thing that came to mind was the old quote from Lord Acton, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." I thought power was bad. Over the course of the next four hours, Dr. Miguel completely changed my mind. Not only is power not bad (what you do with it can be bad), but for me, “Power is good” became the single most important take-away of the workshop. Here are the objectives of the session:

• Help you understand power, politics, and influence in leadership and their role in organizations.

• Help you identify your power attitudes and sources.

• Discuss best approaches to influencing others and increase your ability to do so.

• Enable you to transfer the skills to your current job.

In our optional evening “after-sessions,” which took place in the bar or around the fire pit, members of my class agreed that the last bullet was an essential component of a successful session. We were here to learn, but this workshop was not just an academic exercise. We were here to become better managers and leaders. So what did the session offer me that was so personally “powerful?”

AASWomen Newsletter for July 28, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of July 28, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Career Profile: Astronomer and Group Lead: Dr. Van Dixon
2. Girl Scouts adds 23 new STEM badges to encourage girls in science, tech
3. Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Wins Limelight at Competition
4. High-Fins: Shark Week is finally featuring female shark scientists
5. Young female coders get strong support for facing tough culture
6. Job Opportunities
7. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
9. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Career Profile: Astronomer and Group Lead: Dr. Van Dixon

The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy and the AAS Employment Committee have compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers, planetary scientists, etc. The interviews share advice and lessons learned from individuals on those paths.

Below is our interview with Van Dixon, an astronomer who recently moved from instrument scientist to manager at STScI.

For access to all our Career Profile Project interviews, please visit http://aas.org/jobs/career-profiles. New Career Profiles are posted approximately every month.