Issue of December 12, 2012
eds. Caroline Simpson, Michele Montgomery, Daryl Haggard, amp; Nick Murphy
This week's issues:
1. Planetary Graduate Program Clearinghouse
2. Salaries of Women in Science
3. Women in Astronomy Blogspot
4. Nature Takes on its Gender Trouble
6. Why do So Many Women Leave Science?
7. "Science: It's A Girl Thing" Parody Video: Woman Neuroscientists Respond
8. How to undo stereotypes that hinder women in science
9. Women in Science: The Voice of Experience
10. Where are all the Female Geniuses?
12. SPS Internships for Undergraduates: Applications due February 1
14. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
15. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
16. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
1. Planetary Graduate Program Clearinghouse
From: Nick Scheider [nick.schneider_at_lasp.colorado.edu]
Do you advise undergraduates on where to apply to grad school? Do you have trouble remembering all the programs and keeping up to date (especially in planetary science)? Do you want to get the word out on your own graduate program? We've assembled a listing of 68 institutions offering graduate degrees with a focus on planetary science:
http://dps.aas.org/education/graduate-schools
So, please send this link to students you mentor and mailing lists of majors. We especially want the webpage to be up-to-date and accurate, so please also send it to your own graduate admissions liaisons for updates and corrections. Application deadlines are imminent, so please help get the word out!
Dave Klassen, Brian Jackson amp; Nick Schneider Education amp; Public Outreach, Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society dpsed_at_aas.edu
Back to top.2. Salaries of Women in Science
From: Catalyst.Org
Salaries of Women in Science (As Compared to Men's Salaries).
http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-sciences
[This includes more than just salary comparisons; and covers many countries and fields. Very interesting... eds.]
Back to top.3. Women in Astronomy Blog
From: womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
End-of-Year Bits by Nicolle Zellner [Nicolle helps us all think and plan for next year -- eds.]
It's the end of the semester, and for many of us, that means grading the last homework sets and papers, writing a final exam, and calculating final grades. However, mentoring and professional development continue, even if the calendar says it's time to take a break.
Full post at: http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/end-of-year-bits.html#more
Tis the Season: Job Interview Resources amp; Advice by Laura Trouille [Laura compiles useful resources, including advice from her father! -- eds.]
With phone and campus interview season underway, I thought it would be useful to compile CSWA, AstroBetter, and other site's advice and resources.
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2012/12/tis-season-job-interview-resources.html
Back to top.4. Nature Takes on its Gender Trouble
From: Xojane.com
[An article in Nature a few weeks ago highlights the disproportionately small number of women featured in certain sections of the magazine, despite strong representation of women in its editorial ranks. - Eds.]
What interests me about this “Nature” editorial isn’t just the acknowledgment of the journal’s issues accompanied by an analysis to determine why these issues are happening, but the commitment to a clear plan of action to address the situation.
http://www.xojane.com/issues/nature-takes-on-its-gender-trouble
Back to top.5. Upcoming in STATUS
From: Joannah Hinz [jhinz_at_as.arizona.edu]
[This is a preview for an article to be published in the January 2013 of STATUS -- eds.]
Looking for more flexibility in your hours at the office? Or contemplating a bold move to at-home soft money research scientist? Karly Pitman gives a refreshingly detailed list of practical strategies on making the most of telecommuting time and maintaining a active, productive schedule when working from home long-term. Look to this article for advice on everything from setting up an ideal home office environment, to sending and receiving packages, to workplace safety, to defining and protecting your "work only" zone from home and family matters. Learn how to budget for supplies and how to maximize input on video conferences to stay fully engaged in research. Compiled straight from astronomers with decades of experience in working independently and remotely, Pitman offers the first look into this topic, augmenting the growing CSWA archive of online resources and advice columns. Catch it in the next issue of STATUS.
Back to top.6. Why do so many women leave science?
From: Rick Fienberg [rick.fienberg_at_aas.org]
Why Do So Many Women Leave Biology? Increased competition for academic positions may disproportionately disadvantage young women scientists. http://www.aibs.org/bioscience-press-releases/121211_why_do_women_leave_biology.html
"Women physicians work longer hours than most scientists, under arguably more stressful conditions, but that this does not deter women from entering medicine. Why, then, do women leave the academic track in biology at higher rates than they leave the medical profession? [The study's author] blames the difference in the timing of the most acute period of competition in the two careers. In biology, the most intense competition is for the first faculty position. This typically occurs when women are in their early 30's. Biologists have little financial and institutional support for balancing family and career during this stressful time. Women with children find this pressure particularly difficult, and it appears to be getting worse because of a decrease in available academic positions. Strong career competition in medicine, in contrast, occurs earlier, before most women have started families."
Back to top.7. "Science: It's A Girl Thing" Parody Video: Woman Neuroscientists
Respond
From: Huffington Post via Google Alerts
Dance parties, drawing math problems in lipstick on the bathroom mirror and spying on cute male research subjects?
That's the day in the life of a woman scientist, according a spoof video above, made by psychology and neuroscience graduate students at Bristol University. Their video, "Science: It's a Thing.4.Girls.," is a response to the widely criticized "Science: It's A Girl Thing" video produced by the European Union Commission in June 2012.
Back to top.8. How to undo stereotypes that hinder women in science
From: sfari.org
[More on unconscious bias and how to address it -- eds.]
Unequal opportunity: Evaluators subconsciously apply more stringent standards to a female scientific candidate than to a male candidate with the identical ...
Back to top.9. Women in Science: The Voice of Experience
A talk by Prof. Nancy Haegel - Department of Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in a conference on "Women in Science: The Challange of Progress in America" 4/12/2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDlYjF8Kqok&feature=youtube_gdata
Back to top.10. Where are all the Female Geniuses?
From: Caroline Simpson [simpsonc_at_fiu.edu]
From an article in Scientific American:
Try this simple thought experiment. Name 10 female geniuses from any period in history. Odds are you ran out of names pretty quickly. The message is clear: something is rotten in the state of genius.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=where-are-all-the-female-geniuses
Back to top.11. The Gender/Resource Gap
From: Insidehighered.com via Google Alerts
A study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE confirms that women in a series of scientific disciplines publish less, on average, than do men. But the study went further, and looked for trends within the disciplines -- and the authors argue that their findings suggest that women may be publishing less than men because departments are not providing them with the same resources.
Read more:
Back to top.12. SPS Internships for Undergraduates: Applications due February 1
From: WIPHYS, Dec. 12, 2012
SPS internships are broad-based learning opportunities for undergraduate physics majors. Students are placed in organizations and agencies that utilize the energy and diversity of aspiring students and contribute to their professional development through meaningful assignments, both relevant to the institution’s programs and in the advancement of physics or allied sciences. Participating organizations also assign one or more mentors from its senior staff to guide the interns’ work and overall experience. Learn more at
http://www.spsnational.org/programs/internships
Back to top.13. Job Opportunities
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
http://www.aas.org/cswa/diversity.html#howtoincrease
* Tenure Track Position, RIT School of Physics and Astronomy http://careers.rit.edu/faculty search for 241BR
* Visiting Astrophysics Scientist Positions at NASA HQ http://jobregister.aas.org/job_view?JobID=43854
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