Issue of December 23, 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. Happy Holidays
2. COVID-19's effect on astronomy publications: Boosted rates but a worsening gender gap
3. Mary Helen Wright Greuter
4. JWST report
5. Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan
6. Job Opportunities
7. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
9. Access to Past Issues
10. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
11. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
12. Access to Past Issues
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
By Sethanne Howard
Happy Holidays to one and all. Celebrate the winter/summer solstice.
A recent article published by Physics World reported that astronomers "published more papers per year during the COVID-19 pandemic than they did beforehand – but men enjoyed a disproportionate share of the increase."
Read more at:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/12/covid-19s-effect-on-astronomy.html
By Brian Jones
"Today is the anniversary of the birth, in Washington, D.C. on 20 Dec 1914, of the American astronomer and historian Mary Helen Wright Greuter. A member of the American Astronomical Society, the History of Science Society and the International Astronomical Union, she was the daughter of the geophysicist Frederick Eugene Wright and Kathleen Ethel Finley. Mary Helen married Rene Greuter in 1967, although she was known professionally by her family name of Wright. After working as an assistant at a number of observatories, including Mount Wilson (1937), Vassar College Observatory (1937) and the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. (1942-1943), she became a freelance author and editor in the 1940s. Her writing covered a wide range of scientific topics, the two books 'Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell' (1949) and 'Explorer of the Universe: A Biography of George Ellery Hale' (1966) undoubtedly being her best known works."
Read more at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Helen_Wright_Greuter
By Sethanne Howard
The AAS President issued a responsse to the recent James Webb Telescope report
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/12/response-nasas-james-webb-history-report
By The Associated Press
"Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms. The university ban comes weeks after Afghan girls took their high school graduation exams, even though they have been banned from classrooms since the Taliban took over the country last year.”
Read more at:
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-3cea615c4d5d6d5d7da68b593a7546f2
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
- Senior Scientist for Astrobiology, at NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=3393498186&keywords=Senior%20Scientist%20for%20Astrobiology%20
- Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Astrophysics, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
https://www.unfjobs.org/postings/22087
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