Explore Your Career Options

In honor of "Explore Your Career Options Week" (April 6-12, 2025) and in support of our Career Profile series, below we highlight some folks who started out in Astronomy but have since moved on to other career fields. Many of them are willing to answer your questions. Take a look!

• Monica Kress: From Physics Faculty to Director of Undergraduate Advising

• Isabel Hawkins: Astronomer to Museum Project Director

• Joseph Pesce: Astronomer to Consultant

• Katie Peek: Astronomer to Infographics Maker

• Liliana Keats: Astronomer to Anthropometry Engineer

Find more Career Profiles here. Would you like to be profiled? Let us know!

AASWomen Newsletter for April 4, 2025

Margaret Burbidge. Image courtesy of Michael Webb via Wikimedia Commons.

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of April 4, 2025
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Sethanne Howard, Ferah Munshi, Stella Kafka, and Ben Keller

[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]

This week's issues:

1. Grace Period Ending Soon for AAS Memberships
2. Cross-post from the AAS Education Committee blog: The AAS Education Committee Is Soliciting New Volunteers!
3. The Telescopes for Teachers Program with Dr. Rachel Huchmala
4. Who Was Cecilia Payne and How Did She Change Astronomy?
5. Academy Member was Female Trailblazer in Astronomy
6. Self-Nominations Invited for Task Force 1 (TF1): Development of NASA-DARES 2025: The 2025 NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy
7. Call for Experts: National Academies Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics
8. Job Opportunities
9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
11. 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.

Cross-post: The AAS Education Committee Is Soliciting New Volunteers!

This is a cross-post from the AAS Education Committee blog. The AAS Education Committee oversees the AAS's education activities. Members make recommendations, review educational activities, and implement AAS activities. Contact education committee co-chair Tania Anderson if you're interested in learning more or volunteering!

From the AAS Education Blog:

As co-chairs of the AAS Education Committee, we want to publicly thank all of the current committee members and let you know about the amazing work that is ongoing by this mighty set of volunteers. The AAS Education Committee, which is charged with the oversight of the educational activities of the AAS, is made up of 16 members from across the Society who have an interest and expertise in education, outreach, public engagement, and communication. As the mission of the AAS is “to enhance and share humanity's scientific understanding of the universe as a diverse and inclusive astronomical community,” the Education Committee thus serves a vital role in guiding the impact of the Society. Members of the committee bring their experience and network to support the whole Society’s activities in astronomy education — from public outreach, through introductory astronomy, to the training of future astronomers.

Read the full blog and get in touch with the committee at the AAS Education Committee blog.