Issue of March 11, 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:
3. Where are the women teaching physics? – An interview with Dr Abbey Waldron
4. IAU Women in Astronomy International Women's Day Presentation "Enterprising Women in Astronomy"
5. Want to promote diversity in science? Offer better support.
6. Women in science should be the norm, not the exception
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. Perspectives of Early Career Astronomers Through the Lenses of Diversity, Work-Life Balance, and Mentoring
From: Nicolle Zellner via http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
By Jessica Mink, Amber Stuver, and Heather Flewelling
The 2021 documentary, Picture a Scientist, exposed the harassment and discrimination that women of all career levels experience in STEM. One part of the Strategic Plan of the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) is to collaborate with the other inclusion and diversity advocacy groups within the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to address gender-based discrimination, which concerns all of us. Leakage from the career progression pipeline has been a major concern for all of us, so we thought that a public discussion of obstacles and strategies for early career astronomers would be a good initial topic.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/03/perspectives-of-early-career.html
Back to top.2. AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors
From: Sethanne Howard [sethanneh_at_msn.com]
If you're in the DC area, be sure to visit #IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit this month! On display in Smithsonian gardens and in and around select Smithsonian museums from March 5–27, the exhibit will be the largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together. The statues represent participants in the AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors program, funded by Lyda Hill Philanthropies
Read more at
https://www.aaas.org/page/ifthen-ambassadors
Back to top.3. Where are the women teaching physics? – An interview with Dr Abbey Waldron
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
"By the time I complete my physics degree, I will have been taught by more men called Jonathan (or some variation thereof) than women. That isn’t to say that I regret having been taught by the Jonathans, but rather that the diversity in physics, and especially in teaching, is very disheartening to see. You could say that this is just reflective of how many women are physicists in general; it’s pointless to expect half of my lecturers to be women, right? But I think that there are more underlying causes for such a large gender gap in teaching, ones that are actively preventing and deterring women from teaching."
Read more at
Back to top.4. IAU Women in Astronomy International Women's Day Presentation "Enterprising Women in Astronomy"
From: John Leibacher [jleibacher_at_nso.edu]
If you missed the talks, they are available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNzYzFwropY
and also at
https://sites.google.com/view/iau-women-in-astronomy/home/upcoming-events-and-seminars?authuser=0
Back to top.5. Want to promote diversity in science? Offer better support.
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Chandralekha Singh
In 2015, my collaborators and I started investigating how gender experiences and career expectations factor into the gender imbalance in physics. This led to a series of papers on various aspects of the problem. Our first study showed that by the end of university introductory physics classes, women who received A grades tended to have the same level of confidence in their abilities as did men with C grades1. The fact that men overall have higher self-confidence in physics than do women is perhaps not surprising, but the magnitude of the discrepancy certainly was.
What mentors and advisers must realize is that what is important is not their intentions, but the impact they have when they do not recognize and validate students’ achievements positively. They must realize that this lack of validation will be particularly detrimental to students from marginalized groups.
We must change the culture of physics.
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00694-3?
Back to top.6. Women in science should be the norm, not the exception
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Edna Bonhomme
"Every day, scientists across the world labour to come up with ever more accurate and inclusive answers to humanity’s most fundamental queries about the natural and social world. Using earthbound tools in tandem with their intellects and imaginations, they not only answer crucial questions like “What is the basis of life” and “What is the foundation of matter?”, but also try to provide practical solutions to our everyday problems."
Read more at
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/8/women-in-science-should-be-the-norm-not-the-exception
Back to top.7. 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
- Software Engineer, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Kamuela, HI https://cfht.applicantpro.com/jobs/2188587.html
- Research Astrophysicist, X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, MD https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/1e509270
- Lecturer of Physics and Astronomy, Sam Houston State University, TX https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/440738/lecturer-of-physics-and-astronomy
-Instrument Scientist https://lowell.edu/about/career-opportunities
-Software Engineer https://lowell.edu/about/career-opportunities
Back to top.8. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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