Issue of August 16, 2024
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Nicolle Zellner, Sethanne Howard, and Hannah Jang-Condell
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Researcher Parents Pay EXTRA When Attending Conferences
2. Cross-post: Kiana McFadden is the 2023 DPS-NSBP Speaker Awardee
3. Women in astronomy gathered in Cape Town
4. The Taliban said women could study - three years on they still can't
5. Book Review: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History by Dr. Jörg Matthias Determann
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
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
"...as academics with caring responsibilities for young families, we face inequitable hurdles to fully attend and participate in activities that require us to spend time away from home."
In an opinion piece for Nature, Laura Carter, Laura Wolz and Laura Pallett, all research scientists in the United Kingdom, share experiences and advice for caregiving research scientists. In particular, they lament that while funding agencies recognize that "costs for dependants should not be parents’ financial liability", they still need to rely on the employing research organization to dictate what exactly can be claimed as an expense. They argue that, instead, carers need organizations to update and align internal financial reimbursement policies.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2024/08/researcher-parents-pay-extra-when.html
By Theodore Kareta, DPS Press Officer
Within the partnership between The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), Earth and Planetary Systems Sciences (EPSS) section, we recognize Kiana McFadden as the newest DPS-NSBP Speaker Awardee. Kiana is a PhD student in planetary science at the University of Arizona, specializing in the study of small body surfaces. She is currently working with Dr. Amy Mainzer for the study of mainbelt asteroids, using images acquired by the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescopes.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2024/08/cross-post-kiana-mcfadden-is-2023-dps.html
by SABC News
Distinguished women astronomers and scientists have shared their journeys and achievements at the International Astronomical Union's 32nd General Assembly in Cape Town. As South Africa commemorated Women's Day, women working in astronomy discussed challenges, opportunities and strategies for success in their respective fields.
Watch the video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdAD8QTDNiU
By Miryan Naddaf
"Afghanistan is the only country in the world that stops its girls and women from attending schools and universities. And the Taliban show no sign of changing that.
Girls over the age of 12 and women in Afghanistan are unlikely to be allowed back to schools and universities for the foreseeable future, researchers have told Nature.
Three years after the Taliban seized power on 15 August 2021, there is no sign that the regime will lift these restrictions, which have been in place since December 2022 and do not exist in any other country the world...
"In some schools, science subjects such as biology and physics that were previously taught by female teachers are not being taught at all anymore, students told HRW researchers."
Read more at https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02626-9
By Sahil Hegde and Samantha Wong for Astrobites
"Discussions surrounding issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are beginning to feature more prominently in most astronomy research settings around the world, but such conversations were not always so commonplace. Though these discussions still feel fairly new (at least in our personal experiences), many of these initiatives stand on the shoulders of nearly three decades of a persistent push to increase access and move the field in a positive direction. In today’s bite, we’re looking at Dr. Jörg Matthias Determann’s recent book, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History, which takes a step back and revisits some of the efforts that spurred on the DEI movement...
"This book, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy: A Modern History, is an accessible, jargon-free exploration of DEI efforts in astronomy that is told through narratives of the people who helped these efforts develop and continue. The book is divided into six sections that each explore different underrepresented groups in astronomy and the efforts that individuals and organizations have undergone to improve the experiences of these groups, as well as the intersectionality that brings them together."
Read more at
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
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