Women In Astronomy: AASWomen Newsletter for Jun 15, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women 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
From: Cristina Thomas via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com

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.

[Editor's note: we thank John Mather [johncm12_at_gmail.com], JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com] and Alexander Rudolph [alrudolph_at_cpp.edu] for sending in links related to this important study.]

2. Why Male Mentors in the #MeToo Era Must ‘Engage More, Not Run for the Hills’
From: Alexander Rudolph [alrudolph_at_cpp.edu]

By Katherine Mangan

"At a time of heightened awareness about sexual harassment, senior men are shying away from mentoring young women. That’s a step in the wrong direction."

3. In her short life, mathematician Emmy Noether changed the face of physics
From: Jessica Mink [jmink_at_cfa.harvard.edu]

By Emily Conover

"On a warm summer evening, a visitor to 1920s Göttingen, Germany, might have heard the hubbub of a party from an apartment on Friedländer Way. A glimpse through the window would reveal a gathering of scholars. The wine would be flowing and the air buzzing with conversations centered on mathematical problems of the day. The eavesdropper might eventually pick up a woman’s laugh cutting through the din: the hostess, Emmy Noether, a creative genius of mathematics."

4. Women of Color in Academe Make 67 Cents for Every Dollar Paid to White Men
From: Alexander Rudolph [alrudolph_at_cpp.edu]

By Megan Zahneis

"Women of color earn only 67 cents on the dollar compared with white men in the higher-education work force, according to a recently released research brief from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, or CUPA-HR.

Specifically, the brief found that women of color are underrepresented in academe, compared with their representation in the U.S. population at large — especially in more lucrative faculty, professional, and administrative roles, versus lower-paying staff positions. And in three out of four job types (professional, staff, and faculty) women of color are paid less than white men, men of color, and white women."

5. An Open Letter to ALL Graduate Programs/Departments/Universities Concerning Abuse, Discrimination, Exploitation and the Lack of Accountability
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]

"Science in Color recently published a blog post detailing the struggles and the eventual resignation of a former Neuroscience Graduate Program student, Veronica Varela. While Veronica’s experience is lamentable on many levels, it is a familiar story in academic circles. Within Science in Color, co-founder/contributor Jonte Jones, a former graduate student in the Psychology program, has also described similar neglectful and antagonistic circumstances concerning his (Principal Investigator) PI, culminating with being forced out of his doctoral candidacy. Both of these events occurred at the University of Michigan. Responses to these accounts on social media and amongst academic colleagues show that these stories are by no means unique, and, disturbingly, are far more prevalent than should be allowed. We decided to pen the letter bellow to address this issue."

Link to the open letter:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXZhCjGBqQJ3YanYBU1x37Lpl6vnEv4smaFDlgTsfwYRZsZQ/viewform

Link to the blog post:

https://www.stemincolor.com/phdenied/2018/5/21/6qqd8b2661lnpqnedevv1l3llacroc

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