Issue of September 13, 2019
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, and Alessandra Aloisi
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This week's issues:
1. AAS Board Reflections: James Lowenthal
2. AAS Climate Site Visit program launches
3. Conference: Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
4. How to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetings
5. 125 Women in STEM Selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors
6. Women hold one in five top science and tech jobs
7. TED talks get a spike in 10 years: Influential speeches become new career option for women
8. Career progression for women in science is still being stifled
9. Overcoming Ice and Stereotypes at the Bottom of the World
10. A physics department fosters an inclusive environment
12. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
13. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
14. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
1. AAS Board Reflections: James Lowenthal
From: JoEllen McBride via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
"In order to familiarize the astronomy community with the AAS Board and encourage participation, the CSWA created a Reflection Survey for outgoing AAS Board members to complete after their terms ended in June. Over the coming weeks, we will feature the responses we've received on the Women in Astronomy blog. Enjoy!
James Lowenthal is Mary Elizabeth Moses Professor and Chair of Astronomy at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He received his BS in Physics and Astronomy from Yale in 1986 and his PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in 1991. He did postdoctoral work at the Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore and as a Hubble Fellow at the University of California Santa Cruz."
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2019/09/aas-board-reflections-james-lowenthal.html
Back to top.2. AAS Climate Site Visit program launches
From: Nancy Morrison [nancyastro126_at_gmail.com]
The AAS Climate Site Visit program is under way. At the invitation of a department's chair or an institute's director, a three-person site visit team will spend a day and a half with the organization, conduct interviews in order to assess the climate, and draft a report with actionable recommendations. Organizations will benefit by receiving constructive feedback from neutral, highly-qualified peers.
This program has been developed and is being managed by the AAS Site Visit Oversight Committee (SVOC). Procedures and best practices documents are available here: https://aas.org/comms/astronomy-department-climate-site-visit-oversight-committee
A manual provides the details of a site visit here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19k70KwEVOHv3aU2GqH6Kod6itYSsRlq3/view?usp=sharing
The manual includes a template that organization members may use to create a letter requesting that their department or institute invite a visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pDK6lw-uCHus3rJ0xC-rdu2lOfmBwWzsjQLJTqImE2A/edit?usp=sharing
Department chairs/institute directors may request a visit, acknowledging that they have read and agree with the key points in the manual, here: http://bit.ly/AAS_SiteVisitRequest
Back to top.3. Conference: Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
From: Nancy Morrison [nancyastro126_at_gmail.com]
Meeting announcement: Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education First Annual Public Summit
Tuesday, November 19 to Wednesday, November 20, 2019 University of Washington, Husky Union Building 4001 East Stevens Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98195
"This Summit aims to identify and elevate promising practices for preventing sexual harassment in higher education. Through a combination of plenary sessions, panel discussions, and concurrent sessions, this day-and-a-half event will serve as an opportunity for members of the Action Collaborative and the broader higher education community to gather information, engage in a dialogue, and gain diverse perspectives on how to effectively prevent sexual harassment." ... "We welcome you to join us in-person or virtually through an interactive webcast. The deadline to register to participate in-person is Wednesday, November 6, 2019."
Register here: https://nationalacademies.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5dc4a6f3f17fd11adf3be4912&id=62475e925c&e=b7b7650ba6
Webpage of the Action Collaborative: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/sites/sexualharassmentcollaborative/index.htm
Back to top.4. How to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetings
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com] and Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Holly Else
"Nancy Amato didn’t want to go to Las Vegas. In 2015, it was the chosen venue for one of the main events in her field — the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). But she and other women involved in organizing it felt that the city, famed for its strip clubs, was unsuitable. Among the first achievements of the organizing committee — which that year was all-female — was moving the conference to Seattle in Washington."
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02658-6
Back to top.5. 125 Women in STEM Selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
by Tiffany Lohwater
"Women innovators across the United States have been selected as AAAS IF/THEN® Ambassadors by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Lyda Hill Philanthropies to share their stories and serve as high-profile role models for middle-school girls."
Read more at
https://www.aaas.org/news/125-women-stem-selected-aaas-ifthen-ambassadors
Back to top.6. Women hold one in five top science and tech jobs
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Georgina Evans and Kate Ryan
"Women hold one in five top jobs in science, technology, maths and engineering globally, which slows down innovation, according to a study of research institutions..
While women made up more than 50% of higher education students in those subjects - known collectively as STEM - their numbers fell dramatically with seniority, found a study by the University of Michigan and the New York Stem Cell Foundation."
Read more at
https://japantoday.com/category/tech/women-hold-one-in-five-top-science-and-tech-jobs
Back to top.7. TED talks get a spike in 10 years: Influential speeches become new career option for women
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
"Women gave more than half of TED talks - influential speeches from experts on a range of issues -- in the first half of 2017, up from less than one-third in 2006, according to a study. However, the study published in the journal Political Research Exchange also found that ethnic minorities remain under-represented as TED speakers, giving just one in five talks over the same time period."
Read more at
Back to top.8. Career progression for women in science is still being stifled
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
by Lisa Ardill
"A new study of more than 500 scientific institutions has found that career progression for women in science is ‘disappointingly low’.
With initiatives like Athena SWAN in place today, we’re certainly working towards greater gender equality in the world of science.
But according to new research, we still need to up our game in terms of helping women progress in STEM careers."
Read more at
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/women-science-careers-equality
Back to top.9. Overcoming Ice and Stereotypes at the Bottom of the World
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Karina Peggau
"The year 1969 was monumental. It is remembered in popular culture for the Moon landing, the Stonewall riots, and Woodstock. But it also marked an important breakthrough for diversity within the scientific community. Fifty years ago, four women made history as the first all-female team to conduct research in Antarctica and to venture to the South Pole. In doing so, these brave pioneers set an example for women in polar science and beyond for years to come.
Today, women account for roughly one third of all scientists visiting Antarctica ..."
Read more at
https://eos.org/opinions/overcoming-ice-and-stereotypes-at-the-bottom-of-the-world
Back to top.10. A physics department fosters an inclusive environment
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
by Heather Hill
"The syllabus for physics professor Erin De Pree’s mechanics course at St Mary’s College of Maryland starts like any other. But after a list of topics and a schedule of assignments and exams, things get more unusual, with sections on academic accessibility, sexual misconduct, and discriminatory behavior. Laying out a clear set of behavioral expectations is one part of the physics department’s efforts to prevent harassment and encourage inclusivity."
Read more at
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20190912a/full
Back to top.11. 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
- Assistant Professor in Astronomy, Rice University https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/21236
- Research Specialist, Senior, University of Arizona https://uacareers.com/postings/41238
- Research Specialist, University of Arizona https://uacareers.com/postings/41236
- Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Theoretical Physics or Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly Pomona) https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/22993ae9
- Open search in physics and astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Department of Physics https://jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/12755169/tenure-track-professor-in-physics
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