AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of December 1, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Christina Thomas, and Maria Patterson
This week's issues:
1. Women in Leadership: Influence
2. Perspective: Communication in the Workplace
3. 2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science
4. She's worked at NASA for 60 years, longer than any other woman
5. L’ORÉAL USA for Women in Science
6. Wonder Women
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. Women in Leadership: Influence
From: Joan Schmelz via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
If, indeed, the key to successful leadership is influence, how do we become more influential? Is this something we can learn? ... There are several categories of strategies/tactics that we use to influence others. These are often referred to as the three Rs: Reason, Reciprocity, and Retribution.
Read a summary of each and when/how they can be effective at
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2. Perspective: Communication in the Workplace
From: Pat Knezek via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
An interesting article was posted recently on govexec.com by a woman who is facing her own role in the culture of "keep it quiet." As she says in the article:
"At 37, I don’t think I am the only woman around my age who hashtagged #MeToo reluctantly, not because we do not all have mental ledgers full of things that angered and shamed us but because the expectation to brush and laugh off such things is so deeply ingrained that acknowledging the pain they caused somehow seems a failure."
Read more at
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3. 2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
Congratulations to recent AAAS Fellows Karen Bjorkman (University of Toledo), Edna DeVore (SETI), Amy Barger (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Stefi Alison Baum (University of Manitoba, Canada).
For a full list of this year’s AAAS Fellows, please see
For a list of AAS members, please see
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4. She's worked at NASA for 60 years, longer than any other woman
From: Maria Patterson [maria.t.patterson_at_gmail.com]
“Sue Finley began working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory three days before the US space program launched its first satellite, four years before President John F. Kennedy declared a space race and more than a decade before men first walked the moon.
Sixty years later, at 81, she has become the agency's longest-serving woman.”
Read more at
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5. L’ORÉAL USA for Women in Science
From: Rick Fienberg [ rick.fienberg_at_aas.org]
The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program honors female scientists at a critical stage in their careers with grants of $60,000 each. Since 2003, we’ve awarded 70 postdoctoral women scientists over $3.5 million in grants. We’re seeking five exceptional female scientists looking to advance their research and serve as role models for the next generation of girls in STEM.
Read more at
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6. Wonder Women
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
“It’s not 1950 anymore.” In the SETI Podcast “Big Picture Science”, the issues of harassment, hostile work environments, and other barriers to women in science are discussed.
List to the podcast at
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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: https://cswa.aas.org/#howtoincrease
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
- GS-11 or GS-12 astronomer, Software Products Division, US Naval Observatory
- Postdoctoral Research Position, Exoplanets and/or Local ISM, Wesleyan University, CT
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