Women In Astronomy: AASWomen Newsletter for March 23, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of March 23, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Christina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Getting intimate with the Sun and the Moon
From: Christina Thomas via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com

By Angela Speck

For those of you who don’t already know me, I’m the director of astronomy and professor of astrophysics at the University of Missouri. I’m originally British, but have lived in the US for nearly 20 years and have been a US citizen for nearly 6 years.

I have started writing this blog so many times and I keep giving up and starting over. So here I go again. This time I am taking a very personal approach. I’ll explain why later...

2. Gender Matters
From: Heather Flewelling [heather_ifa.hawaii.edu]

By Jennifer Blue, Adrienne Traxler, Ximena Cid

"In a seminar for teaching assistants, one male and one female TA stand up; the professor in charge tells the room that the male TA will get more respect from students. A woman talks to her undergraduate adviser about her desire for a PhD in physics; he replies, “You know physics is hard. Are you sure you want to try to do that?” A physics major asks a senior male professor for advice on getting into a good doctoral program; he suggests that she flirt more at conferences. In his letters of recommendation for students applying to graduate school, a professor consistently describes his male students as “brilliant” and “outstanding” while praising the women for being “conscientious” and “hardworking”; his male students are accepted to more competitive doctoral programs."

3. How Smithsonian Helped Solve the Twitter Mystery of the Unknown Woman Scientist
From: Heather Flewelling [heather_ifa.hawaii.edu]

By Jackie Mansky

"Illustrator Candace Jean Andersen was researching a picture book on the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 when she came across a photograph taken during a scientific conference. Her eyes locked on the only woman pictured, who also happened to be the only person who wasn’t identified in the photo by name and title."

4. What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
From: Heather Flewelling [heather_ifa.hawaii.edu]

By Katie Langin

"When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women. That’s the main conclusion of a new study that compiled information about 20,860 pictures drawn by students age 5 to 18 over 5 decades."

5. Apollo 11 Documentary
From: Jonathan Napolitano [jonathanapolitano_at_gmail.com]

My name is Jonathan Napolitano and I’m a documentary filmmaker based in Burlington, Connecticut. My fellow colleague and documentary filmmaker, Brian Bolster, and I would like to inquire about possibly interviewing some of you for an upcoming short documentary in the works. We're looking to interview (audio only - NOT on camera) individuals who remember experiencing/witnessing the Apollo 11 launch, moon walk or the return to Earth on television, back in 1969. Brian and I are both award winning documentarians and have had our work featured in over 100 film festivals between the two of us and include such festivals as Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW & Sundance Film Festival. Recently we've both had films in the last couple of months that were also published by The Atlantic.

We sincerely hope you will consider our request to document your stories or assist us in finding others who are willing to. If you have someone in mind, they don't have to be tied to this group, that's fine. Please think about it and let us know your thoughts. The interviews take between 30-45 min to complete (on phone). The film is already being edited and will be released in the coming months.

Additionally, we are both happy to share some of our films so that you may get a feel for our work. Please feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.

6. Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship
From: Joseph Heaven [heaven_at_cantab.net]

Following last year’s campaign for greater recognition of Caroline Herschel’s work the William Herschel and Royal Astronomical societies celebrate promising early-career female astronomers with a new Caroline Herschel prize: cash, two lectures and travel expenses.

Please encourage your young colleagues to apply here:

http://www.williamherschel.org.uk/caroline-herschel-prize-lectureship

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

- Lecturer, The University of Toledo, Ohio https://jobs.utoledo.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=231492

- Observatory Simulations Engineer, JWST https://rn11.ultipro.com/SPA1004/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*12F76673A8C7C8F8

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