Issue of September 18, 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. Meet Your CSWA, Gregory Rudnick
2. Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: 2020 Public Summit
3. How the pandemic could choke gender equity for female researchers in Denmark
5. Aboard the Sally Ride, an all-female science team made this research cruise historic
6. Women hold prominent roles, publish more in 'open science' vs. 'reproducibility' model
7. Forgotten Figures: The Hawaiian botanist who made waves
9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
1. Meet Your CSWA, Gregory Rudnick
From: Katie Eckert via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Gregory Rudnick grew up in Chicago. He started studying physics at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and graduated in 1996, after which he moved to the University of Arizona for the Ph.D. program in Astronomy. Half-way through his time there he moved to MPIA in Heidelberg, Germany to follow his adviser. After seven years of postdocs at MPA and NOAO, Tucson he started as a faculty member at the University of Kansas in 2008. He is currently a professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the KU Physics and Astronomy Department.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/09/meet-your-cswa-gregory-rudnick.html
Back to top.2. Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: 2020 Public Summit
From: Nancy Morrison [nancyastro126_at_gmail.com]
From the National Academies:
'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. Building on the discussion at last year’s Summit, the 2020 Summit will be hosted virtually by the University of Wisconsin System and will serve as an opportunity to gather evidence-based information, engage in a dialogue, and gain diverse perspectives on how to effectively combat sexual harassment. This day-and-a-half event will feature a combination of panel discussions, expert presentations, and a poster session through which attendees can share research and novel ideas and practices currently being explored or implemented.
We welcome you to join us virtually through an interactive webcast. Additional information, including registration and the agenda for the Summit, will be made available in September 2020.
More information: https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-20-2020/action-collaborative-on-preventing-sexual-harassment-in-higher-education-2020-public-summit
Back to top.3. How the pandemic could choke gender equity for female researchers in Denmark
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Mette Bendixen and Vanessa Jane Hall
"Denmark has lagged behind many European Union countries on achieving gender balance in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM). Female researchers in the country account for 33% of associate professor positions and 22% of full professorships. They also secure fewer large grants and feature less frequently as first or last authors in high-impact journals than do their male counterparts."
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02527-7
Back to top.4. Dolls Who Code
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Casey Fiesler
The mid-’80s was a notable time for women in computer science—because that was when they started disappearing. From 1970 into the start of the 1980s, the percentage of computer science degrees conferred to women rose, peaking at 37.1 percent in 1984. But this number then dipped drastically, and we’ve never recovered. The most recent report from the Computing Research Association shows the number of women graduating with computer science bachelor’s degrees, in its sample of U.S. institutions, in 2019 at 21 percent.
Read more at
https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/american-girl-80s-doll-courtney-coding-toys.html
Back to top.5. Aboard the Sally Ride, an all-female science team made this research cruise historic
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Deborah Sullivan Brennan
"As chief scientist Angela Klemmedson checked the team roster for this summer’s research cruise of the California Current, she realized they had something in common: Every scientist sailing was a woman.
The July cruise marked the first time in its 71-year history that the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, known as CalCOFI, had included an all-female science party."
Read more at
Back to top.6. Women hold prominent roles, publish more in 'open science' vs. 'reproducibility' model
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
"The culture of science is changing. Researchers are examining the methods and practices that have long been the basis for scientific research and publication with the goal of improving it. This "moment of change," the authors of a new paper write, presents an opportunity to address science's "historic lack of diversity and noninclusive culture.""
Read more at
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/lu-whp091620.php
Back to top.7. Forgotten Figures: The Hawaiian botanist who made waves
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Giuliana LaMarca
"Isabella Aiona Abbott was a world-renowned scientist in the field of marine botany. Born Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona, Abbott was a Native Hawaiian and Chinese woman born in 1919 on the island of Maui. Throughout her childhood, she was very involved in learning Hawaiian culture with her mother. The traditional foods she often made with her mother included various types of seaweeds and algae—beginning her love for marine botany. "
Read more at
https://cw.ua.edu/65778/opinion/forgotten-figures-the-hawaiian-botanist-who-made-waves
Back to top.8. 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
- NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities – Fall 2021 (NSTGRO21) https://tinyurl.com/NSTGRO21
- Research Scientist, Outer Planet Magnetospheres and Moon Interactions http://jpl.jobs/jobs/2020-12409-Research-Science-Outer-Planet-Magnetospheres-and-Moon-Interactions
Back to top.9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.11. Access to Past Issues
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