Issue of October 25, 2013
eds: Michele M. Montgomery, Daryl
Haggard, Nick Murphy, & Nicolle Zellner
This week's issues:
1. The Career-Life Beer Hour
2. Unearned Advantage
3. Raising the Bar in Physics
Graduate Education
4. End Harassment
5. Career Profile: Astronomer to
Non-Tenure-Track Lecturer
6. Professional development at
the 2014 Winter AAS Meeting
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
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1. The Career-Life Beer Hour
From: David Charbonneau via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
…last night I shared a beer with
some of the students and postdocs. One of the concerns that I heard at the pub
was that many of the panel discussions that are convened to discuss Career-Life
balance are organized by Women in Science groups. While in principle anyone can
attend, the audience is almost always comprised nearly exclusively of women.
But the main audience we are failing to engage are the men! I have a hunch that
many men feel that they shouldn't attend a Women In Science event, and perhaps
that a panel type event may be a little intimidating.
To read more, please see
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2. Unearned Advantage
From: Joan Schmelz via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Unconscious bias goes
hand-in-hand with the concept of unearned advantage. The two kids on the seesaw
start out at the same level and can play together. As time goes by, however,
one accumulates advantage and the other disadvantage. Any one slight may seem
minor, but small imbalances and discrepancies accrue. Not only will they no
longer be able to play together in future, but these disparities can have major
consequences in salary, promotion, prestige, and advancement to leadership
positions (Merton 1948; 1968).
To read more, please see
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3.
Raising the Bar in Physics Graduate Education
From:
Jessica Kirkpatrick via
womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The
keynote address by Meg Urry, Yale University (Department of Physics and
Department of Astronomy), at the American Physical Society Conference on
Graduate Education in January, 2013, has been reprinted at
womeininastronomy.blogspot.com.
To read her address, please see
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4. End Harassment
From: Carol Jones [cejones_at_uwo.ca]
The editors at Nature write that ‘sexual harassment is
a stain on science’ and that a ‘major problem is the widespread tacit
acceptance of adolescent behaviour’. In their editorial, they urge us all to
take a stand by promoting a ‘culture of active discouragement and prevention of
sexual harassment’.
To read more, please see
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5. Career Profile: Astronomer to
Non-Tenure-Track Lecturer
From: Laura Trouille via
womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
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. The interviews share advice and lessons learned from individuals
on those paths.
Below is our interview with an astronomer/astrophysicist
turned non-tenure-track lecturer at a large research 1 institution. If you have
questions, suggestions, advice to share, etc. about this career path, please
leave a comment below.
To read more, please see
For access to all our Career
Profile Project interviews, please visit
We plan to post a new career
profile to this blog every first and third Thursday of the month.
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6. Professional development at
the 2014 Winter AAS Meeting
From: Chris Crockett via astrobetter.com
The number of professional
development opportunities at the annual AAS meeting seems to grow every year.
And the upcoming January meeting is no exception. This year’s conference
features workshops, panel discussions, and talks on everything from Python
programming to interviewing skills to changing demographics and to maintaining
a healthy work-life balance.
To read more, please see
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7. 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
-
Peter
T. Paul Chair in Space Sciences at the University of New Hampshire
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Head
of the ALMA Department of Engineering
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8. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN
newsletter
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10. Access to Past Issues
Each annual summary includes an
index of topics covered.
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