Today’s
suggestion comes from CSWA alum, Caroline Simpson. Caroline is an associate professor
at Florida International University. She works on star formation and evolution
in dwarf galaxies. She is also a long-time editor of AASWOMEN, CSWA’s weekly
e-newsletter.
One of the ways
to help members of underrepresented groups succeed professionally is to
indicate clearly that they are already part of the ‘club.’ Subtle things can
help with this and are easy to do. Here is an idea regarding women in
astronomy, but it can be extended to any underrepresented group:
Make sure that
there are visible images that women are and have been important contributors to
the field, and that your department or workplace recognizes that. Put up
posters (commercial or homemade) representing women in science. I just asked
our department chair to purchase this one for our hallway. Seeing things
like this helps telegraph to students that the department is, in fact, 'female
friendly' ;) or at least that it is 'female conscious.'
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