Women In Astronomy: November 2024

Friday, November 8, 2024

AASWomen Newsletter for November 8, 2024

Posted by Hannah

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of November 8, 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. Nat'l Career Development Month - Part 1
2. Gender parity in African science
3. Winners announced for 2024 Inspiring Women in Science Awards
4. The Women and Girls in Astronomy Program
5. Editorial: Women in science: astronomy and space sciences
6. University of Michigan Department Earns Physics/Astronomy SEA Change Award
7. Jill Tarter to Receive Inaugural Tarter Award for Innovation in the Search for Life Beyond Earth
8. Status of Women in Astronomy: Still A Long Way To Go
9. Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Lives On
10. The Untold Story of Marie Curie’s Network of Female Scientists
11. NASA Citizen Science Program
12. FINESST: SMD’s Graduate Student Research Final Text and Due Date Released
13. Job Opportunities
14. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
15. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
16. 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.

Nat'l Career Development Month - Part 1

Posted by Nicolle Zellner

Eds note: November is National Career Development Month, an annual observance dedicated to highlighting the importance of career development and planning. For the next several weeks, we will post relevant articles related to career development in Astronomy, Planetary Science, Physics, and science in general.

Crosspost: How researchers and their managers can build an actionable career-development plan

By Tomasz Głowacki

Having navigated both [industry and academia], I’ve realized that one area in which industry particularly excels is in providing employees with structured and specific career advice, tailored to their specific interests and goals. This is often done through a career-development plan, something that I think could also be effective for academics.

Making a plan is generally a collaborative effort, requiring buy-in from your manager or mentor. But this doesn’t mean that they have to initiate the process. Try to express interest in discussing your career path and invite them to share their suggestions. Involve them by showing how this exercise could enhance your effectiveness and engagement at work.

Be open about your strengths and weaknesses, and the direction in which you want your career to develop, and ask for their perspective on your work habits and performance. If, for example, you’d like to move towards more of a leadership role, say that you are a good organizer, manage your time well and help your team members to plan their activities. However, you might also need to learn more about giving feedback or improve your assertiveness skills.

Moreover, seek input from your team, collaborators, students and other faculty members (or 360-degree feedback, in professional-development jargon) to understand their perspectives.

Learn more about creating a career-development plan at

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02043-y

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Friday, November 1, 2024

AASWomen Newsletter for November 1, 2024

Posted by starlady

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of November 1, 2024
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Nicolle Zellner, Sethanne Howard, Hannah Jang-Condell, and Ferah Munshi