Women In Astronomy: May 2020

Friday, May 29, 2020

AASWomen Newsletter for May 29, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 29, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson,
Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. Be well! --eds.]

This week's issues:

1. CSWA Meet & Greet Panel

2. Tweets about #AAS236

3. AAS 236 special session on dual-anonymous peer review

4. Let’s applaud India’s female physicists inspiring girls to take up STEM

5. Coronavirus cutbacks could reverse hard-fought equity gains in STEM workforce

6. Women quotas in politics have unintended consequences

7. Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling - A Spring For Women In Artificial Intelligence

8. These immigrant women are experts in their fields of science. Why aren't they working in them?

9. Picture a Scientist brings the struggles of women in science to screen

10. Women of science posters for you to colour, marshmallow LINACs, iridescent chocolate

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

CSWA Meet & Greet Panel

Posted by Nicolle Zellner

AAS 236: CSWA Virtual Meet and Greet

Tuesday, June 2, 6:40 pm ET

The Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) is hosting a panel during the AAS Virtual Meeting centered around discussions related to career challenges in our academic and research fields. Members of the diversity committees* will be present to address issues common to all of us, so please fill out the survey to indicate the topics of most interest to you.

Panelists include: Rolf Danner, SGMA; Nicole Cabrera Salazar, CSMA; Jackie Monkiewicz, WGAD; and Stella Kafka, CSWA (Moderator).

Date: Tuesday, June 2

Time: 6:40 pm ET

Survey Link

* AAS diversity committees include the CSWA, CSMA (Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy), SGMA (Committee for Sexual-Orientation & Gender Minorities in Astronomy), and WGAD (Working Group on Accessibility and Disability).

Friday, May 22, 2020

AASWomen Newsletter for May 22, 2020

Posted by Maria Patterson

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Image credit: NASA

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 22, 2020
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. Be well! --eds.]

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: What are the impacts of performing a Decadal Survey during a global pandemic?

2. 'What Stars Are Made Of' tells the life story of the woman behind a stellar science

3. NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman

4. Correction for last week's Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin article

5. Bletchley Park codebreaker who helped change course of World War II dies aged 97

6. The first footprints on Mars could belong to this geologist

7. Reaching out

8. Women are getting less research done than men during this coronavirus pandemic

9. Job Opportunities

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

Cross-post: What are the impacts of performing a Decadal Survey during a global pandemic?

Posted by JoEllen McBride

Image of solar system with orbits of planets shown.

The following post was written and contributed by the members of the Professional Culture and Climate Subcommittee of the AAS’s DPS.

The Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey is a once-in-ten-years opportunity for the research community to provide critical input into the U.S. strategy for space research. The survey is in its early stages; nominations for panel membership were due on May 1st, and white papers (a major form of community input[1]) are due July 4th.

However, since the Statement of Task for this Decadal Survey was formulated, the coronavirus pandemic has caused major disruption throughout our society, including in the work of planetary scientists. Of greatest concern for the Decadal Survey, this burden falls unevenly. For example, the pandemic has disproportionately affected the scientific productivity of women researchers[2], and racial and ethnic minority communities overall[3].

Friday, May 15, 2020

AASWOMEN Newsletter for May 15, 2020

Posted by Jeremy Bailin

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Image credit: Matteo Farinella

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 15, 2020
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]

This week's issues:

1. Words w/ Astronomers

2. Who Are Your Collaborators?

3. Let COVID-19 expand awareness of disability tech

4. A Different Kind Of Science Fiction: The Innovation Case For Centering Discussions Of Inclusion-Driven AI

5. Meet Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who figured out what the universe is made of

6. Workshop Preventing Harassment in Science: Rescheduled as Virtual Workshop

7. Scholars urge graduate programs to do better by women of color

8. STEM Equity and Inclusion (Un)Interrupted?

9. Data science literacy survey

10. Must-Watch Movies That Promote Women In STEM

11. Job Opportunities

12. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter

13. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter

14. Access to Past Issues

Words w/ Astronomers

Posted by Nicolle Zellner

By Pat Knezek and Nicolle Zellner, CSWA Co-Chairs

As we enter the second month of remote instruction for many of us, with just a few more weeks to go until the end of the semester, and as we continue to endure and exit from "safer at home" orders that limit physical interactions, we share with you positive, inspiring words and images that will remind us to take of ourselves and each other.

"In these difficult times as I am simultaneously juggling my role as professional, parent, and teacher of my kids, I am thankful every day for what I have: a wonderful job as Astronomer that inspires the world and a healthy family united under the same roof 24/7."

"My silver lining of being at home is the time and space to nurture a calming hobby."

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world.

AASWomen Newsletter for May 08, 2020

Posted by Alessandra Aloisi

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 08, 2020
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]

Logo of the app from item 3

This week's issues:

1. AAS Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences

2. Belinda Wilkes to Step Down as Director of the Chandra X-Ray Center

3. AR enhanced smartphone app for women in STEM stories

4. Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Highlighting Asian American Engineers Pt. 1

5. Scientist Mothers Face Extra Challenges in the Face of COVID-19

6. 5 tips for working from home as a woman in STEM

7. Netherlands science university accused of bias over drive to hire female staff

8. Nominations for AAS Honors, Prizes, and Awards for 2021 Are Now Open

9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter

10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter

11. Access to Past Issues of the AASWOMEN newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for May 01, 2020

Posted by Heather Flewelling

AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 01, 2020
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]

This week's issues: