AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of December 22, 2017
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson
This week's issues:
1. Cross-post: STARtorialist BOOTH-tique at AAS 231
2. Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities
3. Parents in STEM fields boost girls' participation in science degrees
4. House Passes Esty’s Bipartisan Women in Aerospace Aviation Act
5. Make your own women in science snowflakes
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
1. Cross-post: STARtorialist BOOTH-tique at AAS 231
From: Patricia Knezek via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Need to do some last-minute Holiday shopping? STARtorialist is an astronomy fashion blog (also on Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook), run by by Emily Rice and Summer Ash, that curates and shares astronomy and science-themed clothing, accessories, decor, and more. This is one of the projects supported by ScienceBetter Consulting, the business venture inspired by the success of AstroBetter. The plan is for the business activities to cover the costs of maintaining the blog and support the generation of new content. Even better, for the first time ever, astronomers are going to be able to buy items directly from STARtorialist via their BOOTH-tique at AAS 231 in National Harbor, MD, featuring hundreds of items from our favorite designers.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2017/12/cross-post-startorialist-booth-tique-at.html
Back to top.2. Women Are Invited to Give Fewer Talks Than Men at Top U.S. Universities
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
Researchers from Rice University and their colleagues "scanned the websites of the top 50 U.S. universities, as ranked by U.S. News, to build a database of every colloquium speaker from six departments: biology, bioengineering, political science, history, psychology, and sociology. They chose those six to represent a breadth of disciplines, and to exclude departments with either a very low or very high proportion of women. And they found that men gave more than twice as many talks as women: 69 percent versus 31 percent."
Read the article at
Read the original published study at
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/12/12/1708414115
Back to top.3. Parents in STEM fields boost girls' participation in science degrees
From: Maria Patterson [mtpatter_at_uw.edu]
"Even when girls perform just as well as boys on standardized math tests, they are half as likely to major in science at college.
However, having one parent or guardian work in the STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) field makes it more likely for girls to perform better in math and to enroll in a "hard sciences" college degree in programs such as engineering, architecture, math and computer science."
Read more at
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-parents-stem-fields-boost-girls.html
Back to top.4. House Passes Esty’s Bipartisan Women in Aerospace Aviation Act
From: Maria Patterson [mtpatter_at_uw.edu]
"Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-05)’s bipartisan legislation to strengthen the American aerospace industry by enhancing K-12 education initiatives to encourage women and girls’ participation in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields passed the House [Tuesday] by a vote of 409-17."
Read more at
Back to top.5. Make your own women in science snowflakes
From: Maria Patterson [mtpatter_at_uw.edu]
"Celebrate women in science with our scientist snowflake patterns! Just print out the patterns using a standard printer and, using an X-acto blade or other sharp tool (and preferably a cardboard cutting surface), you can surround your home or classroom with famous scientists and their inventions."
Get your snowflake patterns at
https://www.fi.edu/snowflakes/women-in-science
Back to top.6. 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/diversity.html#howtoincrease
-Post-doctoral Researcher in Galaxy Evolution Theory, STScI, Baltimore, MD https://stsci.slideroom.com/#/login/program/40467
-NASA Subject Matter Experts, Cornell Technical Services, Hampton, VA https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp03/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CTSLLC&cws=38&rid=50
-Postdoctoral Research Associate in IGM Cosmology, University of California, Riverside, CA https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/8283c587
-Postdoctoral Research Associate in Galaxy Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, UK https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/4be684c0
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Back to top.8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.9. Access to Past Issues
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