AASWomen Newsletter for September 15, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of September 15, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. The Power of Stories

2. SparkDialog: Women in Science- Ruby Payne-Scott

3. Astronomy Ambassadors Workshop for Early-Career AAS Members

4. DPS Professional Culture and Climate Subcommittee call for membership

5. Mae Jemison, First Black Woman in Space, Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Her Flight

6. Girl Scouts 'Reach for the Stars' with New Space Science Badges

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

The Power of Stories

I have never been a story teller. I’ve never developed the flair, pacing, and audience connections needed to tell a good story. So when I attended the “Women in Business – Transitioning to Leadership” workshop at the University of North Carolina’s (UNC)Kenan-Flagler Business School in May, I wasn’t expecting to tell a story. Dr. Heidi Schultz, Clinical Professor of Management and Corporate Communication at UNC and the facilitator of our Wednesday afternoon session, told us that the story a speaker tells is often the only thing an audience remembers! Once I heard that, I realized that I wanted to know more about the power of stories.

In her article for Forbes Magazine, How To Tell A Good Story, contributor Kristi Hedges shares the reasons why most people don’t consider themselves good storytellers.

• I never think of it
• I tend to ramble and lose the point
• I have a hard time gauging interest
• I am never sure how much detail to use
• I don’t have good stories to share

AASWomen Newsletter for September 08, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of September 08, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. TIME Celebrates Women From History Who Were 'Firsts' in Their Fields

2. Science writer Nathalia Holt talks to PLOS about rocket girls, silly questions, and trading pipet for pen

3. Why female students leaveSTEM

4. Fall Recruitment: 2017 JAXA/ISAS International Top Young Fellow

5. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

6. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

7. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for September 1, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of September 1, 2017

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

This week's issues:

1. AWIS webinars open to AAS members          

2. New partnership with Canada to support early-career women scientists in the developing world

3. Lonely at the top for women scientists

4. The Universe Needs You: To Help in the Hunt for Planet 9

5. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

6. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

7. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for August 25, 2017

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of August 25, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Iran to Present Science Award in Memory of Maryam Mirzakhani
2. The problem with tech diversity reports
3. Women were the big winners at the 2017 Hugo Awards
4. Why men don’t believe the data on gender bias in science
5. To reduce gender biases, acknowledge them
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 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