AASWomen Newsletter for June 29, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 29, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. Cross-Post: 35 Years Since Sally Rode

2. UK's forgotten woman astronomer honoured

3. Committee On Space Research (COSPAR) awards male scientists

4. America's First Female Mapmaker

5. Women in Science: Portraits, Archive Material, Trails and Talks

6. 3rd Annual Women of Color STEM Entrepreneurship Conference

7. Use of Surname for males more than females may be sign of unintentional bias

8. Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them

9. Visibility matters: A conversation with the co-founder of 500 Queer Scientists

10. 'Robotics Engineer Barbie' aims to encourage more girls to pursue STEM careers

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Cross-Post: 35 Years Since Sally Rode ...

The US Postal Service recently
issued a Sally Ride "forever stamp".
Image from collectspace.com.

June 18, 2018 marked 35 years since Sally Ride's historic flight into space. 

I was a young girl at the time of Sally's flight, and I don't recall much of the hype surrounding the launch. However, looking back and seeing how she and her five female astronaut classmates (and 29 male classmates) changed - in fact, equalized and enabled - spaceflight probably had some effect on my career trajectory. I do know that by working on the ultraviolet telescope mission, STS-67, and meeting Tammy Jernigan (astronomer) and Wendy Lawrence (pilot), two astronauts who flew on that mission, my plans to do research in space science were solidified. 

Read more at

https://campus.albion.edu/nzellner/2018/06/25/35-years-since-sally-rode/

and/or tell us how these female astronauts influenced your career in the comments below.

AASWomen Newsletter for June 22, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 22, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: Where Women Must Defy the Odds to Become Scientists

2. Maria Mitchell at 200: a pioneering astronomer who fought for women in science

3. Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference Oct. 18-20, 2018

4. Help That Hurts Women

5. Nature’s under-representation of women

6. NASEM Discussion and Response to New Report, Sexual Harassment of Women

7. Infographic: Preventing Sexual Harassment in Academia

8. Early Career Astronomer and Astrophysicist Focus Session

9. LGBT Stem: a Great Resource #Pride2018

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Cross-post: Where Women Must Defy the Odds to Become Scientists

In a new documentary, National Geographic Explorers Clare Fieseler and Gabby Salazar focus on stories of women with careers in science who face intense cultural and social barriers. The film, Outnumbered in Africa, focuses on Moreangels Mbizah, a lion conservationalist in Zimbabwe.

Read the interview with Fieseler and Salazar at:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/women-harassment-outnumbered-clare-feiseler-gabby-salazar-explorers-science/

AASWomen Newsletter for Jun 15, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 15, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. NASEM Report on Sexual Harassment of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

2. Why Male Mentors in the #MeToo Era Must ‘Engage More, Not Run for the Hills’

3. In her short life, mathematician Emmy Noether changed the face of physics

4. Women of Color in Academe Make 67 Cents for Every Dollar Paid to White Men

5. An Open Letter to ALL Graduate Programs/Departments/Universities Concerning Abuse, Discrimination, Exploitation and the Lack of Accountability

6. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

7. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

NASEM Report on Sexual Harassment of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Earlier this week, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released the report "Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine". The report finds that sexual harassment is prevalent in the academic sciences and includes recommendations for combating the problem at academic institutions, federal agencies, and scientific societies.

Read the report here:
https://www.nap.edu/read/24994/chapter/1

Numerous articles have been written about the report and the corresponding news conference. They include articles from the Washington Post, Science, Nature, and Inside Higher Ed.

Some articles have highlighted the fact that the National Academies could do more to combat harassment by expelling members who have harassed others. Read more from the Chronicle of Higher Education and Ars Technica.

AASWomen Newsletter for June 8, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of June 08, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: What does it take to make an institution more diverse?

2. Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

3. Trimble Fest

4. Springer Celebrates LGBTQ Pride 2018

5. Diversity is a Dangerous Set-up

6. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Diversity Scholarship

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

Cross-post: What does it take to make an institution more diverse?

Credit: Hinterhaus Productions/Getty

This Nature career feature post by Virginia Gewin shares ideas for improving representation from six researchers working on diversity efforts.

Read the interviews at:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05317-4

AASWomen Newsletter for June 1, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of June 1, 2018

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

   

1. Diversity & Inclusion events at the AAS Meeting in Denver

2. Maria Mitchell Women in Science Symposium

3. Will U.S. academies expel sexual harassers?

4. Scholarly societies ‘more diverse than universities’

5. Job Opportunities

6. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

7. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter