Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/L. Townsley et al; Optical: UKIRT; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Issue of March 06, 2020
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, and Alessandra Aloisi
This week's issues:
1. Meet Your CSWA, Patricia Knezek
2. National Academies report on women in STEM
3. On This Day in Women's Science History
4. Podcast: How to promote your recently-published paper
5. Short Wave Celebrates Black Excellence In Science
6. This Is Why There Are So Few Black Physicists And Astronomers (And How To Fix It)
7. The indomitable Toshiko Mayeda
8. Save the Date: 2020 Action Collaborative Summit on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
10. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
11. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
12. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter
1. Meet Your CSWA, Patricia Knezek
From: Regina Jorgenson via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Patricia Knezek joined NSF in 2013 and served as the Deputy Division Director of Astronomical Sciences, and then as a Senior Advisor in Mathematical & Physical Sciences. She spent time in Advanced Cyberinfrastructure and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion. She is now beginning her third year on assignment to NASA HQ in the Astrophysics Division. Prior to joining the NSF, she had been at NOAO as a staff scientist since 2001.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/03/meet-your-cswa-patricia-knezek.html
Back to top.2. National Academies report on women in STEM
From: Nancy Morrison [nancyastro126_at_gmail.com]
The National Academies Press has released a new report, Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine. It "reviews and synthesizes existing research on policies, practices, programs, and other interventions for improving the recruitment, retention, and sustained advancement into leadership roles of women in these disciplines. This report makes actionable recommendations to leverage change and drive swift, coordinated improvements to the systems of education, research, and employment in order to improve both the representation and leadership of women."
The report is available as a free PDF by logging in or signing in as a guest at
Back to top.3. On This Day in Women's Science History
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
Lady Science Magazine is calling for nominations for women scientists to be featured in the first-ever "On This Day in Women's Science History Calendar.”
Nominate your favorite event or scientist at
https://www.ladyscience.com/otd-in-womens-science-history
Back to top.4. Podcast: How to promote your recently-published paper
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
By Adam Levy
"In the third episode of this four-part podcast series about getting published, Jane Hughes describes her role as director of communications and public engagement at The Francis Crick Institute in London.
Researchers can take other steps themselves to get a paper talked about, she tells Levy. ”One thing that can make a difference is an image, a video or something alongside the paper that you can share on social media,” says Hughes."
Listen to the podcast at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00382-0
Back to top.5. Short Wave Celebrates Black Excellence In Science
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
By Emily Vaughn
"To close out Black History Month, we wanted to take a moment to highlight just a few of the many incredible black scientists we've featured so far on the show. Their bios are below, along with links to the episodes they appear in.
On Short Wave we strive to make the diversity of our guests reflect the diversity of our audience. If there's a scientist from an underrepresented group that you know of who's doing awesome science and you think we should feature them in an episode, drop us a line at shortwave@npr.org."
Read more at
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/28/810035026/short-wave-celebrates-black-excellence-in-science
Back to top.6. This Is Why There Are So Few Black Physicists And Astronomers (And How To Fix It)
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
This is a very thurough summary of the TEAM UP report by Ethan Siegel at Forbes.
Read the summary at
Access the full report at
https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/aipcorp/files/teamup-full-report.pdf
Back to top.7. The indomitable Toshiko Mayeda
From: Maria Patterson [maria.t.patterson_at_gmail.com]
"Matthew Shindell traces one female scientist’s story from an internment camp to studying the chemistry of the solar system."
Read more at
https://www.chemistryworld.com/culture/the-indomitable-toshiko-mayeda/4011147.article
Back to top.8. Save the Date: 2020 Action Collaborative Summit on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
From: JoEllen McBride [joellen.mcbride_at_gmail.com]
“The Public Summit of the National Academies’ Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education is an open forum for those in the higher education ecosystem to collaboratively identify, discuss, and elevate innovative and effective approaches for addressing and preventing sexual harassment. This annual event brings together a diverse group, including members of the Action Collaborative, the broader higher education community, sexual violence and harassment researchers, sexual harassment response practitioners, grassroots and nonprofit organizations, public and private foundations, and federal and state policy makers.” The event will be held October 19-20, 2020 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Registration and an agenda will be available in Summer 2020 at
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/sites/sexualharassmentcollaborative/SITES_198708
Back to top.9. Job Opportunities
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their
organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/resources/Diversity
4-year Senior ASTRO 3D Fellowship at Curtin University node of ASTRO 3D Centre of Excellence, Australia
http://staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancies/?ja-job=106006
Dean of the School of Science and Technology at Sonoma State University http://web.sonoma.edu/jobs/docs/ASI%20Sonoma%20State%20University%20Dean%20of%20Science%20and%20Tech%20ProfileP1.pdf
Postdoctoral positions, Lunar and Planetary Institute and NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX https://usra-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=1017&source=ONLINE&JobOwner=992390&company_id=16640&version=1&byBusinessUnit=11&bycountry=0&bystate=1&byRegion=US_US-TX&bylocation=NULL&keywords=&byCat=NULL&proximityCountry=&postalCode=&radiusDistance=&isKilometers=&tosearch=yes&city=
Back to top.10. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.11. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
Join AAS Women List by email:
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Back to top.12. Access to Past Issues
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/AASWOMEN
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
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