Issue of June 10, 2022
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Nicolle Zellner, Alessandra Aloisi, and Sethanne Howard
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. DEIA and Education Activities at the 240th AAS Meeting
2. Keeping Women in Physics is More Than a Numbers Game
3. 2022-2024 cohort of CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars includes astrophysicist Katie Mack
4. The Unwritten Laws of Physics for Black Women
5. Maria Mitchell Women of Science Symposium Registration Open
6. Association for Women in Science Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients
7. JPL Engineer and Science Communicator Becomes First Mexican-Born Women in Space
9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
10. 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. DEIA and Education Activities at the 240th AAS Meeting
From: Nicolle Zellner, Karly Pitman, Rolf Danner, Karen Knierman, Sarah Tuttle, Laura Lopez, and Nicole Cabrera Salazar via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Below is the list of sessions sponsored by the AAS’s Inclusion Committees, and we encourage you to attend and participate when you can. These committees were established to work with the AAS Board of Trustees to promote equity of opportunity for and enhance participation of underrepresented groups in our field, including women, minorities, sexual orientation and gender minorities, and disabled astronomers. Each of our committees and events are open to all who are interested in learning more or helping with these goals.
Monday, 5:30 - 7 p.m. PT: Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) Activities in the Context of the Astro2020 Decadal
Monday, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. PT: Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (CSMA) Town Hall: After the 2020 World-Wide Protests: Progress and Failures of Implementing Substantial Change in Astronomy
Monday, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. PT: Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy (CSMA) Meet and Greet
Wednesday, 7 - 8:30 p.m. PT: Committee for Sexual-Orientation & Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA) Meet and Greet for LGBTIA Members and Students
Additionally, a few of us will be holding “office hours” at the AAS Booth in the Exhibit Hall, so please stop by for a chat! CSWA, Monday 9-10 a.m. PT WGAD, Monday 9-10 a.m. PT SGMA, Tuesday 9-10 a.m. PT
Education, outreach, and diversity opportunities:
Monday, 10 - 11:30 am PT: Diversification in Astronomy & Astrophysics at NASA GSFC
Monday, 2 - 3:30 pm PT: Systemic Change for Equity in Astronomy Graduate Education: A Primer
Tuesday, 10 - 11:30 am PT: Public Engagement and Education Research
Tuesday, 1-1:30 pm PT: Q&A with the AAS Education Committee
Tuesday, 5:30 - 6:30 pm PT: Education Programs, Resources, and Research iPoster
Wednesday, 10 - 11:30 am PT: College Education and Outreach Programs
An exhibitor theater presentation, “Life in Hawai’i: Outreach, Education, and the Community Engagement Efforts of the Maunakea Observatories” will be presented on Tuesday, from 3 - 3:30 pm and on Wednesday from 12:30 - 1 pm PT.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/06/deia-and-education-activities-at-240th.html
Back to top.2. Keeping Women in Physics is More Than a Numbers Game
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Katherine Wright
"Despite decades of trying, universities in the US have barely moved the needle on the percentage of women studying physics and then making it a career. The most recent data from the National Science Foundation shows that 21% of physics Ph.D.s in 2018 were awarded to women, up just two percentage points from the 2008 figures. Studies also show that women are more likely than men to feel out of place in a physics class, something that has been directly linked to this underrepresentation."
Read more at
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v15/78
Back to top.3. 2022-2024 cohort of CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars includes astrophysicist Katie Mack
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Justine Brooks
"In support of the next generation of science leaders, CIFAR welcomes new scholars chosen for their outstanding early-career research in diverse fields
Eighteen early-career researchers have been named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars for 2022-2024. The announcement of this year’s cohort takes place during a milestone year, as CIFAR celebrates its 40th anniversary."
This year's scholars include astrophysicist Katie Mack.
Read more at
https://cifar.ca/cifarnews/2022/06/07/meet-the-2022-2024-cohort-of-cifar-azriel-global-scholars
Back to top.4. The Unwritten Laws of Physics for Black Women
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Katrina Miller
"At the entrance to my lab’s clean room, I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror: I look like a clown. I’m drowning in a disposable coverall that hangs off of me in droopy folds, and my size 7½ feet are swallowed up by the smallest rubber boots the lab had on hand—a men’s size 12. The thick mass of curls framing my face only accentuates the caricature.
Reaching for the box of hairnets perched on a nearby counter, I fish out a thin, papery cap with a sigh. How the hell is this going to fit over my fro? I flatten my roots and tie my hair into the tightest bun I can muscle. Stretched as far as it’ll go, the hairnet only covers the back of my head. I position another over my forehead and a third to straddle the middle. Has no physicist here ever been a woman or had to contend with hair like mine? With effort, I tug the hood of my coverall over the hairnets. The taut fabric rustles loudly in my ears as I open the door to join my peers.
I am here, in a basement lab at the University of Chicago, to work on a small-scale particle detector that might help in the search for dark matter, the invisible glue that physicists believe holds the universe together. Dark matter emits no light and, as far as anyone can tell, doesn’t interact with ordinary matter in any familiar ways. But we know it exists from the way it influences the motions of the stars. The allure of dark matter is what inspired me to pursue a PhD in physics. But in more ways than one, I keep feeling like I just don’t fit."
Read more at
https://www.wired.com/story/the-unwritten-laws-of-physics
Back to top.5. Maria Mitchell Women of Science Symposium Registration Open
From: Stella Kafka [skafka_at_ametsoc.org]
The Second Maria Mitchell Women of Science (STEM) Symposium, September 22-24, 2022, is designed to serve as a source of inspiration and support and to be a hands-on experience in which all attendees are actively participating and problem-solving. Keynote speakers, panels, and salon-style gatherings will offer a unique environment in which all voices can be heard and encouraged. Participants will connect with colleagues and mentors and devise strategies to encourage and keep girls in STEM and support women in STEM at the beginning, middle, and late career stages.
Read more at
Back to top.6. Association for Women in Science Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Shelley O’Brien
"The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) announces its 2022 Scholarship Awards recipients. The AWIS Distinguished Doctoral Research Scholarship is awarded to Maya C. Schumer to support her living expenses and professional development. The AWIS Career Re-entry Scholarships are awarded to Martine Wagstaff and Laiba Bilal. The Dr. Vicki L. Schechtman Scholarship is awarded to Daniela Galvez-Cepeda."
Read more at
https://www.awis.org/announcing-2022-scholarship-recipients
Back to top.7. JPL Engineer and Science Communicator Becomes First Mexican-Born Women in Space
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Jackie Wattles
"A rocket built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin carried its fifth group of passengers to the edge of space, including the first-ever Mexican-born woman to make such a journey.
Most of the passengers paid an undisclosed sum for their seats. But Katya Echazarreta, an engineer and science communicator from Guadalajara, Mexico, was selected by a nonprofit called Space for Humanity to join this mission from a pool of thousands of applicants. The organization's goal is to send "exceptional leaders" to space and allow them to experience the overview effect, a phenomenon frequently reported by astronauts who say that viewing the Earth from space give them a profound shift in perspective."
Read more at
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/04/tech/blue-origin-launch-space-for-humanity-scn/index.html
Back to top.8. 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
Exoplanet Postdoc, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/54551c79
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