Physics needs diversity policies that account for each person’s unique identities and experiences (from Item 3).
Issue of July 30, 2021
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: Amateur astronomer discovers a tiny moon around Jupiter
2. Crosspost: Bullying and harassment are rife in astronomy, poll suggests
5. She changed astronomy forever. He won the Nobel prize for it.
6. Interview with astrophysicist Sarafina Nance
7. ‘If Then/She Can’ exhibit in Dallas inspires Latinas to enter STEM fields
8. Scholars Find Antagonism Toward Motherhood Deters Women From Pursuing Academic Science Careers
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
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
1. Crosspost: Amateur astronomer discovers a tiny moon around Jupiter
From: Bryne Hadnott via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
By Dorris Elin Urrutia for space.com
“An amateur astronomer has discovered a previously unknown moon around Jupiter after poring over old telescope images, a major first.”
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/07/crosspost-amateur-astronomer-discovers.html
Back to top.2. Crosspost: Bullying and harassment are rife in astronomy, poll suggests
From: Bryne Hadnott via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
By Phillip Ball for Nature
“Bullying and harassment are rife in astronomy and geophysics in Britain and perhaps other regions, according to the results of a survey conducted last year by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in London. Among 661 researchers polled, more than half of whom were in the United Kingdom, 44% said they had experienced issues in the previous two years.”
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/07/crosspost-bullying-and-harassment-are.html
Read the Nature article at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02024-5
Back to top.3. More than Just a Woman
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Lucy Avraamidou
“Approaches that consider the intersection of multiple social and personal identities are urgently needed to understand why women are underrepresented in physics.”
Read more at
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/75
Back to top.4. They Were Humiliated, Now They've Taken Us Into Space: Heroic Women Who Changed NASA Against All Odds
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Rita Kumar
“Women have played crucial roles in boosting space exploration throughout NASA’s 62 years. From performing calculations to sending astronauts to the moon to launching themselves into space, they’ve been through it all. Sally Ride was the first American woman launched into space in 1983. However, it wasn’t until 1995 that NASA honored Eileen Collins to become the first female pilot of the space shuttle. Here’s a look back at the heroic women who have cemented their name in astronautics against all odds.”
Read more at
https://news.amomama.com/268942-heroic-women-pioneers-who-changed-fate-n.html
Back to top.5. She changed astronomy forever. He won the Nobel prize for it.
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Ben Proudfoot
"Growing up in a Quaker household, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was raised to believe that she had as much right to an education as anyone else. But as a girl in the 1940s in Northern Ireland, her enthusiasm for the sciences was met with hostility from teachers and male students. Undeterred, she went on to study radio astronomy at Glasgow University, where she was the only woman in many of her classes."
Read more at
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/opinion/pulsars-jocelyn-bell-burnell-astronomy.html
Back to top.6. Interview with astrophysicist Sarafina Nance
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
Sarafina Nance joins Our Body Politic podcast host Farai Chideya to discuss space exploration, sexism and racism in STEM, and her upcoming children's astronomy book.
Listen to the interview or read the transcript at
Back to top.7. ‘If Then/She Can’ exhibit in Dallas inspires Latinas to enter STEM fields
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Magaly Ayala
“The ‘If Then/She Can’ exhibit located in NorthPark Center in Dallas, honors over 120 women who have achieved great heights in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers with orange, life-size statues.”
Read more at
Back to top.8. Scholars Find Antagonism Toward Motherhood Deters Women From Pursuing Academic Science Careers
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Jim Logan
“It’s no secret women are grossly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in higher education. The numbers tell the story: Women made up just 24% of senior, full-time faculty (associate and full professors) in the natural sciences, and only 15% of tenured professorships in engineering as of 2017. The usual explanation holds that these jobs are demanding of one’s time and energy, making it difficult to combine a career with a family life - especially for women. But it turns out young women often leave before they have children. And parenthood does not explain why women are more likely to leave science and engineering than other time-consuming careers, like law or medicine.”
Read more at
Back to top.9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
To submit an item to the AASWOMEN newsletter, including replies to topics, send email to aaswomen_at_lists.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.10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
Join AAS Women List by email:
Send an email to aaswomen_at_lists.aas.org. A list moderator will add your email to the list. They will reply to your message to confirm that they have added you.
Join AAS Women List through the online portal:
Go to https://lists.aas.org/postorius/lists/aaswlist.lists.aas.org and enter the email address you wish to subscribe in the ‘Your email address’ field. You will receive an email from ‘aaswlist-confirm’ that you must reply to. There may be a delay between entering your email and receiving the confirmation message. Check your Spam or Junk mail folders for the message if you have not received it after 2 hours.
To unsubscribe from AAS Women by email:
Send an email to aaswlist-leave_at_lists.aas.org from the email address you wish to remove from the list. You will receive an email from ‘aaswlist-confirm’ that you must reply to which will complete the unsubscribe.
Leave AAS Women or change your membership settings through the online portal:
Go to https://lists.aas.org/accounts/signup to create an account with the online portal. After confirming your account you can see the lists you are subscribed to and update your settings.
Back to top.11. Access to Past Issues
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/AASWOMEN
Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.
Back to top.
No comments :
Post a Comment