Issue of January 21, 2022
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Alessandra Aloisi, Jeremy Bailin and Sethanne Howard
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. Be well! --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Crosspost: A physicist’s lessons about race, power, and the universe
2. The practice of ‘untitling’ stops women being seen & recognised for the work they do
4. Meet the scientist moms fighting climate change for their children
5. Women and Girls in Astronomy | 11 February - 8 March 2022
6. Nobel nominators — which women will you suggest?
7. 100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History
8. Gender bias in lab groups not rooted in personal preference
10. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter
11. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter
12. 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: A physicist’s lessons about race, power, and the universe
From: Bryne Hadnott via http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
By Neel Dhanesha
When Chanda Prescod-Weinstein was a 10-year-old growing up in East Los Angeles, she came across the Errol Morris documentary A Brief History of Time, which chronicled the life of the physicist Stephen Hawking. Watching it, Prescod-Weinstein says, she realized Hawking “was being paid to use math all day to solve problems Einstein hadn’t worked out.”
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/01/crosspost-physicists-lessons-about-race.html
Back to top.2. The practice of ‘untitling’ stops women being seen & recognised for the work they do
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Dr. Skye Kinder
Recently, I shared comments on a social media platform about an incident of “untitling”; that being when a woman’s correct title is omitted as part of a forum where one would reasonably expect it to be both relevant and included. The posting attracted significant interest, and I would argue rightfully so.
From the outside, it may be difficult to understand why this is such an issue, or perhaps it might even seem silly or arrogant. But untitling undermines women’s contributions to our workplaces, and it erodes the perception of our expertise. It is a pattern, it is pervasive, and it is harmful.
Read more at
A 2012 CSWA post on a similar topic - how students address their professors - generated a fair amount of comments, too. Read them at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-name-game.html
Back to top.3. Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech: Dr Stella Kafka of The American Association of Variable Star Observers On The 5 Leadership Lessons She Learned From Her Experience
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
The CSWA's own Stella Kafka was interviewed by Authority Magazine as part of the series about “Lessons From Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech”. The take-away? "Don’t get intimidated: There is a specific reason why we are selected to serve in a committee, participate in a panel, give a talk, and this reason speaks for itself. We have the same (sometimes more) qualifications as our male colleagues, and we need to educate them on how they should behave towards us!"
Read more at
Back to top.4. Meet the scientist moms fighting climate change for their children
From: Jessica Mink [jmink_at_cfa.harvard.edu]
By Stephanie Hanes
"Joellen Russell likes a big class. The bigger the better, actually, with online sections and huge auditoriums and students swarming her after a lecture – the way they did one Thursday morning this fall after her Intro to Oceanography course at the University of Arizona."
Read more at
Back to top.5. Women and Girls in Astronomy | 11 February - 8 March 2022
From: Suzana Filipecki Martins [suzana.filipecki_at_oao.iau.org]
The Women and Girls in Astronomy project recognises the role of women in advancing science and encourages girls to consider careers in astronomy. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) strongly encourages activities throughout the year, with a particular focus between two International Days adopted by the United Nations: the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February and International Women’s Day on 8 March.
Read more at
https://www.iau.org/public/women-and-girls-in-astronomy
Back to top.6. Nobel nominators — which women will you suggest?
From: Alessandra Aloisi [aloisi_at_stsci.edu]
By Alice C. McHardy
It is the time of the year when many researchers, me included, are invited to nominate candidates for the Nobel prize committees to consider. By the end of this month, I , for instance, must choose up to three scientists and submit a summary of the discovery that makes them most deserving of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. So, too, must thousands of other senior researchers from whom recommendations are sought — professors, laureates and members of scholarly societies (groups stamped by historical barriers to women in science).
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00133-3
Back to top.7. 100 Women in Science in Smithsonian History
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Dr. Elizabeth A. Harmon, Kelly Doyle & Mariah Wahl
Geologist Dr. Ursula Marvin studied Moon rocks from the Apollo missions and meteorites in Antarctica. Throughout her career with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Marvin championed women in science. She delivered lectures about her own experiences as a woman in geology and participated in programing to help advance women’s careers. She was likely inspired to support women colleagues because of challenges she faced. As a college student in the 1940s, Marvin’s geology professor told her to learn to cook rather than pursue a career in geology. Marvin didn’t listen. She became an award-winning scientist with a mountain (Marvin Nunatak) and an asteroid named after her (4309 Marvin).
Read more at
Back to top.8. Gender bias in lab groups not rooted in personal preference
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By David Nutt
"Gender bias in physics labs – where women typically work more on the computer and on communication tasks, while men more often handle equipment – is not rooted in personal preference, according to new Cornell research."
Read more at
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/01/gender-bias-lab-groups-not-rooted-personal-preference
Read the journal article at
https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010106
Back to top.9. 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#howtoincrease
- Science Metrics Data Analyst II, STScI, Baltimore, MD https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/JobBoard/93330e50-7b3a-4ba8-94f2-6f32360aa4e1/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=71dc32c0-10ec-4634-a8c1-4c10828fc9ea
- Post-Doctoral Research Position in Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/f3d639bb
Back to top.10. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.11. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.12. Access to Past Issues
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