Issue of September 16, 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. Crosspost: Expedition 67 Astronaut Jessica Watkins Talks with Stanford Magazine
2. Emerging Scholars in Cosmology program at Boston University
3. How you can change gender stereotypes about physicists
4. Stellar Confidence: On Impostor Syndrome in Amateur Astronomy
5. Comments Due Oct 3: Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity
6. Gender pay gap hits university faculty
7. Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron
8. Honouring forgotten women scientists
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: Expedition 67 Astronaut Jessica Watkins Talks with Stanford Magazine
From: Bryne Hadnot via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight event September 7 with the Stanford University alumni magazine. Watkins is in the midst of a science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory. The goal of the mission is to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/09/crosspost-expedition-67-astronaut.html
Back to top.2. Emerging Scholars in Cosmology program at Boston University
From: Tereasa Brainerd [brainerd_at_bu.edu]
The Boston University Emerging Scholars in Cosmology program aims to normalize the inclusion of cosmologists who have been historically underrepresented in academia (e.g., African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, Southeast Asian). A primary goal of the program is to build long-term relationships between the Scholars and BU researchers. The program will provide the Scholars with opportunities to present and discuss their research, forge ties with BU researchers, and receive professional mentorship that will help them craft strong application packages in response to future tenure-track faculty job openings at BU and elsewhere.
For more information about this opportunity, please see:
https://www.bu.edu/astronomy/research/emerging-scholars-in-cosmology-program
Back to top.3. How you can change gender stereotypes about physicists
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Jessica Wade
The large gender imbalance amongst physicists is often misattributed to a lack of interest in physics and maths amongst girls and women. Physicist Jessica Wade uses her experience of public engagement and advocacy to suggest actions that physicists at different career stages can take to tackle gender stereotypes and build a better physics community.
Read more at
Back to top.4. Stellar Confidence: On Impostor Syndrome in Amateur Astronomy
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Jennifer Willis
Self-doubt is powerful, but it’s no match for the stars — as long as you keep heading outside after dark and looking up.
Read more at
Back to top.5. Comments Due Oct 3: Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input from the public to help inform the development of the Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity. Executive Order 14075 on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals (June 15, 2022) required the co-chairs of the Interagency Working Group on Equitable Data to establish a subcommittee on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics (SOGI) data. That body, now part of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Equitable Data, is tasked with the development and release of a Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity, which will improve the Federal government's ability to make data-informed policy decisions that advance equity for the LGBTQI+ community.
Questions related to this FRN may be directed to Meghan Maury, Senior Advisor for Data Policy at (202-456-6121) or by email at equitabledata@ostp.eop.gov. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf and hard of hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
Read more at
Back to top.6. Gender pay gap hits university faculty
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Katie Langin
More women scientists work as professors today than at any time in history. But they’re still underpaid relative to their male colleagues with similar publication records, according to a study of more than 2300 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) faculty members.
The findings are “concerning,” says Bruce Weinberg, a professor of economics at Ohio State University, Columbus, who has studied gender bias in STEM but wasn’t involved in the new study. “One wants people to be compensated comparably for comparable work.”
Read more at
https://www.science.org/content/article/gender-pay-gap-hits-university-faculty
Back to top.7. Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Rachel E. Gross
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, a mystery played out across news headlines: Men, it seemed, were dying of infection at twice the rate of women. To explain this alarming disparity, researchers looked to innate biological differences between the sexes — for instance, protective levels of sex hormones, or distinct male-female immune responses. Some even went so far as to test the possibility of treating infected men with estrogen injections.
Read more at
https://undark.org/2022/09/15/opinion-feminist-science-is-not-an-oxymoron
Back to top.8.Honouring forgotten women scientists, mathematicians, programmers and palaeontologists
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Petra Stock
In the case of German astronomer Maria Kirch (1670 – 1720), her husband was largely to blame. Kirch discovered a comet in 1702 – the first woman to do so – but when her spouse wrote to King Leopold I to describe the discovery he “omitted” to mention his wife.
Perhaps Gottfried Kirch had a guilty conscience. Just before his death he revealed his wife was the one who had made the discovery.
Read more at
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
- PhD Positions in Solar System Science (Göttingen, Germany) https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/applynow
- Astronomy Assistant Professor (Temporary Contract- Sabbatical Replacement), Diablo Valley College, CA https://www.4cdcareers.net/postings/8884
Back to top.10. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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