Issue of October 29, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Jeremy Bailin, and Alessandra Aloisi
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic penalised women in academia
2. White House Seeks Ideas for Advancing Equity in Science
3. Astro2020 Decadal Survey to be released November 4
4. Women’s Professional STEM Societies Rethink Gender Diversity
5. A Perspective on the James Webb Space Telescope
7. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to 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. Early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic penalised women in academia
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu] and Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Milan in Italy) and colleagues have published a study of journal submissions to Elsevier. They report that "[r]esults showed that during the first wave of the pandemic, women submitted proportionally fewer manuscripts than men. This deficit was especially pronounced among more junior cohorts of women academics." They additionally report that their "findings suggest that the first wave of the pandemic has created potentially cumulative advantages for men."
Read the peer-reviewed article at
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257919
Read more at
https://physicsworld.com/a/early-stages-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-penalised-women-in-academia
Back to top.2. White House Seeks Ideas for Advancing Equity in Science
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Adria Schwarber
"Last week, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced an “ideation challenge” to solicit public input on how the federal government can advance equity in science and technology. The initiative follows a series of five private roundtable meetings OSTP has held under the title, “The Time is Now,” focused respectively on women and people with gender-expansive identities, people with disabilities, underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, community-centered research, and institutional settings.
Submissions to the challenge may address any of the topics considered by the roundtable series or an entirely different topic. The entry form states that the ideas will be “evaluated and refined” for incorporation into OSTP’s strategy for advancing equity. However, while hosted on the challenge.gov website, the submissions will not be judged and no prize is being offered. The deadline for participation is Nov. 19."
Read more at
https://www.aip.org/fyi/2021/white-house-seeks-ideas-advancing-equity-science
Participate at
https://www.challenge.gov/?challenge=ostp-time-is-now
Back to top.3. Astro2020 Decadal Survey to be released November 4
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By National Academies of Science
"What are the key scientific challenges for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade? Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s, the National Academies' latest decadal survey, identifies the most compelling science goals and presents an ambitious program of ground- and space-based activities for future investment. The report recommends critical near-term actions to support the foundations of the profession as well as the technologies and tools needed to carry out the science.
The decadal survey will be publicly released on Thursday, November 4 at 11am ET followed by a public briefing webinar from 2-3:30pm ET. During the webinar, the decadal survey co-chairs will discuss the key findings and recommendations from the report and take questions from the audience."
Read more at
Watch the webinar at
Back to top.4. Women’s Professional STEM Societies Rethink Gender Diversity
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Teresa Carr
"Still fighting for recognition in male-dominated fields, some women’s organizations consider moving beyond the binary."
Read more at
https://undark.org/2021/10/27/womens-professional-stem-societies-rethink-gender-diversity
Back to top.5. A Perspective on the James Webb Space Telescope
From: Merav Opher [shieldoutreach_at_bu.edu]
As part of SHIELD Outreach's series of webinars featuring role models for women and minorities in astronomy, Greg Robinson, Program Director of the James Webb Space Telescope, will share his perspective on the development of JWST and the potential science discoveries that it will reveal. The webinar is on Nov. 12 at 2pm EST.
Read more at
https://sites.bu.edu/shield-drive/outreach-2/webinars
Register for the webinar at
https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdemvrTMjGt0ECcz2tI1Prb36DWq7eou_
Back to top.6. 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
- Postdoctoral Research Associate - Rubin Observatory Observing Specialist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/20177
- Research Scientists, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF02851
- Postdoctoral Position in ISM/Exoplanets, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/7469
- Faculty position in Astroinformatics, CITEVA, Antofagasta, Chile https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/e8cf8c8e
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