Dr. Sarachik at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, 1963 (from item 3). Credit: via Myriam Sarachik Issue of September 4, 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. Crosspost: Maria Mitchell Women in Science Symposium Goes Virtual
2. Women Scientists Have the Evidence About Sexism
3. Myriam Sarachik Never Gave Up on Physics
4. Women Less Likely To Critique Men’s Research in Academic Journals
6. Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities at the Space Telescope Science Institute
7. YouTube channel of the Washington Academy of Sciences
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
1. Crosspost: Maria Mitchell Women in Science Symposium Goes Virtual
From: JoEllen McBride via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Symposium will be held virtually on Friday, October 2, 2020 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/09/crosspost-maria-mitchell-women-in.html
Register at
https://www.mmwiss.org/events/maria-mitchell-women-of-science-symposium
Back to top.2. Women Scientists Have the Evidence About Sexism
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Rita Colwell
“In the war against the coronavirus, leading women scientists are among the generals…That women in science and medicine should figure so prominently during the pandemic only stands to reason. Why go into battle with just half an army? Yet the urgent, high-profile research that female scientists are doing now is also a reminder of how much the sciences have sacrificed by shutting women out in the past.”
Read more at
Back to top.3. Myriam Sarachik Never Gave Up on Physics
From: Matthew Greenhouse [matt.greenhouse_at_nasa.gov]
By Kenneth Chang
“The New York-based scientist overcame sexism and personal tragedy to make major contributions to the field, for which she received recognition this year.”
Read more at
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/science/myriam-sarachik-physics.html?smid=em-share
Back to top.4. Women Less Likely To Critique Men’s Research in Academic Journals
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Cary Wu, Rima Wilkes and Sylvia Fuller
“Women researchers are less likely to comment on academic work, and it shows a subtle gender bias in academia. If women are less likely to comment, they could be excluded from or marginalised in important scholarly debates and networks.”
Read more at
Back to top.5. White Papers on DEIA Topics in response to the request for community input to the 2013-2022 Planetary Science Decadal Survey
From: Christina Richey [christina.r.richey_at_jpl.nasa.gov]
“Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) efforts within the Planetary Science community have become a focus point of several NASA Assessment/Analysis Groups (AGs). The EDI Working Group (WG) was formed by the AGs and its steering committee consists of members of each AG steering committee and several affinity groups. The WG has helped gather community input in the form of a series of Professional White Papers (WPs) in preparation for the Planetary Science Decadal Survey (Planetary2023). These WPs will be submitted by their individual authors in support of the Planetary2023’s Statement of Task Part 9: The state of the profession including issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility, the creation of safe workspaces, and recommended policies and practices to improve the state of the profession. Where possible, provide specific, actionable and practical recommendations to the agencies and community to address these areas.
Link to the Table of DEIA WPs for Planetary2023
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5hpGpVIWokwaymDITyMaYAVWJ4viFTsXDJVwTQb9gQ/edit?usp=sharing
We request that the planetary science community read and consider each of these important WPs. The WPs each have links for individual co-signatures. Again, the intention of this table is to amplify the priority of each of these WPs, as the topic of State of the Profession is a high priority for the entire planetary science community. Note that the State of the Profession deadline is September 15th, 2020, so individual endorsements and co-signatures before that time are encouraged.
If you are the author of a DEIA-related white paper not on our spreadsheet and you’d like to be included, please contact both of the WG Co-Chairs, Moses Milazzo (moses@otherorb.net) and Christina Richey (christina.r.richey@jpl.nasa.gov) as soon as possible.”
Back to top.6. Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities at the Space Telescope Science Institute
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
The Space Telescope Science Institute is offering several postdoctoral fellowship opportunities. The Lasker Data Science Fellowship provides up to three years of support at STScI for outstanding postdoctoral researchers working on innovative scientific studies involving large astronomical databases, massive data processing, data visualization and discovery, and automated classification and clustering algorithms. The STScI Postdoctoral Fellowship is a 4-year fellowship that offers outstanding early career scientists opportunities to pursue independent research while gaining valuable insight into the operations and support of major NASA observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), and the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). Awardees spend 50 percent of their time in support of our missions and 50 percent on independent research. Women, minorities, veterans, and disabled individuals are strongly encouraged to apply for these positions.
Read more and apply for the Lasker Data Science Fellowship at
https://www.stsci.edu/stsci-research/fellowships/lasker-fellowship
Read more and apply for the STScI Postdoctoral Fellowship at
https://www.stsci.edu/stsci-research/fellowships/stsci-postdoctoral-fellowship
Back to top.7. YouTube channel of the Washington Academy of Sciences
From: Sethanne Howard [sethanneh_at_msn.com]
The Washington Academy of Sciences has a YouTube channel. Sethanne Howard has recorded three astro 101 talks there. There are several other talks recorded. They are free to all:
Asteroids Impacting the Earth The History of Time and the Calendar 4000 years of women in science
Watch the talks at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbie43UKUb-6zrs-_dRkfaw
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
- Postdoc Positions, Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/opportunities/fellowships/itc
- Assistant Professor in Planetary Related Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16642
- Astronomy Content Strategist , Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Tucson, AZ https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/JobBoard/3a88e9d0-e68e-418e-9433-d36443ba8c5b/Opportunity/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=cab1156f-82bb-43f3-b6fa-6206fea280a5&sourceId=2279f479-a599-4022-ba07-27c4a773952a
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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