Issue of January 08, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Jeremy Bailey, and Alessandra Aloisi
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Cross-post: Affecting Change in the Local and Global Astronomical Communities
2. Join the Women in Astronomy Blog Team!
3. CSWA @ the 237th AAS Meeting
4. SHIELD Webinar: Coming From Far Away Lands: How different backgrounds Shape their Careers
5. Retracting a Bad Take on Female Mentorship
6. They Decided To Debate Women’s Leadership Skills. Then It Got Worse.
7. Women in science: studying exploding binary stars, while exploding the gender binary
8. Ways to look after yourself and others in 2021
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
1. Cross-post: Affecting Change in the Local and Global Astronomical Communities
From: JoEllen McBride via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
By the Women in Astronomy Forum at STScI
The Women in Astronomy Forum is a self-organized group of women scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute who have research time as a contractual agreement. We welcome cis-women, trans-women and non-binary people who feel comfortable in a space centered on the experiences of women. Our goals are to provide support and mentoring to others in the group, and to advocate for more inclusive and equitable practices both within the institute and more broadly in the astronomical community. In this article, we introduce ourselves and some of our recent initiatives, including: concrete recommendations to improve diversity in conferences, and specific guidelines for improving diversity on committees and activities coordinated by STScI, analysis of long-term trends in the astronomical work force, and unconscious bias in astronomy. We hope that other institutions can use these guidelines and recommendations to improve their own practices. We also hope that our experience can help others to form similar groups, and we offer some advice and resources through our website.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/12/cross-post-affecting-change-in-local.html
Back to top.2. Join the Women in Astronomy Blog Team!
From: JoEllen McBride via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) is seeking volunteers from the community to join the Women in Astronomy blog team as writers and editors, to produce and share content that is relevant to women-identifying astronomers. Previous writing experience is not necessary. Team members will be responsible for producing an original blog post or cross-posting relevant articles once a month. They will work with the Blogger-in-Chief to brainstorm ideas, coordinate posts, and follow-up with projects that are in the works.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/12/join-women-in-astronomy-blog-team.html
Back to top.3. CSWA @ the 237th AAS Meeting
From: Nicolle Zellner via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
By Nicolle Zellner and Jeremy Bailin
AAS meeting participants are invited to join members of the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) at their Splinter Session on January 12 (6:50 pm to 8:20 pm ET) to learn about CSWA activities. Based on input to the committee's 2019 community survey, the CSWA is beginning to develop and undertake projects to support the committee's Strategic Plan for the 2020s, which will guide the committee's efforts for the next decade. In this session, participants will learn about the committee's Strategic Plan, its focus areas, objectives, and potential projects. They will also learn about opportunities to become involved in the process of implementing the projects and assessing the outcomes.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/01/cswa-237th-aas-meeting.html
Back to top.4. SHIELD Webinar: Coming From Far Away Lands: How different backgrounds Shape their Careers
From: Merav Opher [mopher_at_me.com]
The SHIELD DRIVE Science Center is a collaborative research center developing a predictive global model of the heliosphere: the immense shield protecting the solar system from the harsh galactic radiation which affects both life on Earth and human space exploration.
We are highlighting some of issues facing us all in STEM careers.
Read more at
http://sites.bu.edu/shield-drive/outreach-2/webinars
Back to top.5. Retracting a Bad Take on Female Mentorship
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Colleen Flaherty
The authors of a widely criticized article on the supposed drawbacks of female mentorship in science retracted the paper, one month after Nature Communications said it was looking into how and why the research was published in the first place.
Read more at
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/22/retracting-bad-take-female-mentorship
Back to top.6. They Decided To Debate Women’s Leadership Skills. Then It Got Worse.
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
by Sayantan Datta
"If we really want a more inclusive environment in the sciences, where people from different identities can coexist, it’s imperative that the more privileged bunch acknowledges the systemic and systematic biases that plague the sciences. The privileged and those already in power also need to take proactive measures to further the cause of fair representation and inclusivity in the sciences. The onus of this can’t be on the marginalised – and this kind of victim-blaming, gaslighting and shaming isn’t acceptable in any case."
Read more at
Back to top.7. Women in science: studying exploding binary stars, while exploding the gender binary
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Kate Green
"By way of introduction, theoretical physicist Jan Eldridge likes to say, “I study exploding binary stars while exploding the myth of a gender binary.” Recently named head of the physics department at the University of Auckland, Eldridge is a trans, non-binary woman, going by pronouns she/her, and they/them."
Back to top.8. Ways to look after yourself and others in 2021
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
As we begin a new and hopefully better year, scientists from around the world offer their views on what should be important in 2021. Creating boundaries; adjusting expectations; supporting team well-being; and tracking pandemic career effects are just a few of the pieces of advice offered.
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03558-w
Back to top.9. Call for Nominations to the Executive Committee of the Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG)
From: Douglas Hudgins [douglas_m_hudgins_at_nasa.gov]
The ExoPAG EC is a steering group comprised of 10-12 members of the exoplanet science community that is responsible for keeping the community informed of ongoing activities and opportunities within the ExoPAG, capturing and organizing community input, and overseeing ExoPAG analyses. Members serve rolling 3-year terms, so each year we issue a Dear Colleague letter calling for nominations to the EC. That call is currently open, and a copy of the Dear Colleague letter is attached. The membership of the ExoPAG EC is selected to provide a broad scientific and technical cross section of the exoplanet community.
One of the great aspects of the exoplanet science community is its diversity—in my opinion it is by far the most diverse community in the field of Astrophysics. For that reason, I believe that it is particularly important for the membership of the ExoPAG EC reflect the diversity of the stakeholder community. In an effort to do everything we can to reach all members of the community, I am sending you this message to ask if you would be willing to include the Dear Colleague letter, or perhaps a brief note that the call for ExoPAG EC nominations is open together with a link to the letter, in an upcoming edition of the AASWomen email newsletter. Please note, we have recently extended the deadline for submission of nominations to Friday, February 5, 2021.
If you have any questions regarding my request or the call for nominations, please let me know. Thank you for your consideration.
Read more at
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/system/internal_resources/details/original/1811_2021-ExoPAG-EC-call.pdf
Back to top.10. 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
- Assistant Professor - Physics, UW-Green Bay https://www.uwgb.edu/human-resources/employment/career-opportunities/assistant-professor-physics
- Assistant Professor - Astronomy /Astrophysics, Northwestern https://physics.northwestern.edu/open-positions/open-faculty-positions/assistant-professor-in-astronomy-astrophysics.html
Back to top.11. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
To submit an item to the AASWOMEN newsletter, including replies to topics, send email to aaswomen_at_aas.org
All material will be posted unless you tell us otherwise, including your email address.
When submitting a job posting for inclusion in the newsletter, please include a one-line description and a link to the full job posting.
Please remember to replace "_at_" in the e-mail address above.
Back to top.12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
Join AAS Women List by email:
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Back to top.13. Access to Past Issues
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/AASWOMEN
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
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