Issue of Nov 05, 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. Astronomers for Planet Earth: Michelle Willebrands
2. US astronomy's 10-year plan is super-ambitious
3. APS Webinar: Toward Gender Equity
4. Study casts doubt on theory that women aren't as competitive as men
6. This Is How Everyday Sexism Could Stop You From Getting That Promotion
7. I Was Told I Have Career Advantages ‘as a Black Woman.’ Here’s How I Replied.
8. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
9. 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. Astronomers for Planet Earth: Michelle Willebrands
From: Bryne Hadnott via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
This feature is part of our ongoing series about the amazing women at Astronomers for Planet Earth (A4E), a global network of astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts dedicated to offering their unique perspective to the fight for climate justice. For this post, we'll hear from Michelle Willebrands, a project officer for the European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (E-ROAD).
If you're interested in learning more about A4E's work combating global climate change and want to get involved, join them here at: https://astronomersforplanet.earth/join-us-1 And be sure to check out A4E's white paper on what astronomers (like you!) can do to address the climate crisis: Astronomers for Planet Earth: Engaging with the Public to Forge a Sustainable Future.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2021/11/astronomers-for-planet-earth-michelle.html
Back to top.2. US astronomy's 10-year plan is super-ambitious
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
For the first time, Astronomy's next 10-year "road map" makes recommendations for how federal agencies should fight systemic racism, sexism and other structural issues that drive people out of astronomy, weakening the quality of the science.
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03027-y
Interactive page of recommentations at
https://nap.edu/resource/26141/interactive
Back to top.3. APS Webinar: Toward Gender Equity
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
APS is pleased to collaborate with the Indian Physics Association (IPA) to host the webinar "Towards Gender Equity: New Directions & Steps,” which includes a panel discussion and two scientific talks by eminent women scientists.
Mark your calendars for the panel discussion, held on Thursday, November 11, 7:00 - 9:15 p.m. IST (8:30 - 10:45 a.m ET), and the scientific talks to follow on Friday, November 12, 7:45 - 10:00 p.m. IST (9:15 - 11:30 a.m. ET). Make sure to register for this free event!
Read more at
Back to top.4. Study casts doubt on theory that women aren't as competitive as men
Study casts doubt on theory that women aren't as competitive as men
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_gmail.com]
As researchers investigate reasons for America's persistent gender wage gap, one possible explanation that has emerged in roughly the last decade is that women may be less competitive than men, and are therefore passed over for higher-ranking roles with larger salaries.
But a new study suggests that it's likely not that simple. Researchers found that women enter competitions at the same rate as men—when they have the option to share their winnings with the losers.
Read more at
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-theory-women-competitive-men.html
Back to top.5. Lost Women of Science Launches Podcast Series to Promote the Remarkable Women of Science You've Never Heard Of
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
Journalist and author Katie Hafner, and bioethicist Amy Scharf, today announced the launch of the Lost Women of Science podcast series on November 4th, in partnership with public media organization PRX and the award-winning Scientific American magazine.
The first season will include four in-depth episodes centered on Dr. Dorothy Andersen (1901-1963), a pediatric pathologist who identified and named cystic fibrosis in 1938. It will be available free on-demand across all major podcast listening platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Amazon Music.
Read more at
Back to top.6. This Is How Everyday Sexism Could Stop You From Getting That Promotion
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Jessica Nordell
"When the computer scientist and mathematician Lenore Blum announced her resignation from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018, the community was jolted. A distinguished professor, she’d helped found the Association for Women in Mathematics, and made seminal contributions to the field. But she said she found herself steadily marginalized from a center she’d help create — blocked from important decisions, dismissed and ignored. She explained at the time: “Subtle biases and microaggressions pile up, few of which on their own rise to the level of ‘let’s take action,’ but are insidious nonetheless.”"
Read more at
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/14/opinion/gender-bias.html
Back to top.7. I Was Told I Have Career Advantages ‘as a Black Woman.’ Here’s How I Replied.
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Edith Cooper
For senior company executives, appointments to public boards are one way to ease into retirement with purpose and prestige. But in a recent conversation I had with a 60-something white man, he lamented that the board opportunities he had expected and looked forward to are unlikely to materialize for him.
“There’s no chance now, for the next 20 years,” he said. “All they want are women. Edith, you must be in great demand — as a Black woman.”
Read more at
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/opinion/culture/board-diversity-black-women.html
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