AASWomen Newsletter for April 02, 2021

Vera Rubin, item 14. Credit: Carnegie Institute

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of April 02, 2021

eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

This week's issues:

1. Why We Leave

2. E.Z. Science: Women in Astronomy

3. Jami Valentin Miller: Barrier-breaking physicist reflects on her journey

4. Seeing the invisible: How Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez found the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way's center

5. Great Women Scientists

6. Sharon Glotzer's Deep Curiosity About Order From Chaos

7. Sally Ride: Entrepreneur for Space, Science, and Inclusion

8. Pandemic measures disproportionately harm women’s careers

9. The Secret Success Of Women In STEM Jobs In 2020

10. Why Are There So Few Women Full Professors?

11. Virtual Career Development Webinar A Whole New World: Preparing for Life After Academia

12. SGMA Committee Openings

13. Women Scientists Are the Rule Rather Than the Exception

14. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory and Women of Chilean Astronomy

15. NASA Fellowship Activity 2021

16. Job Opportunities

17. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter

18. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter

19. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for March 26, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of March 26, 2021

eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Jeremy Bailey, and Alessandra Aloisi

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

This week's issues:

1. Women of Arecibo: Allison Smith

2. Crosspost: Inclusive Mentoring: The Mindset of an Effective Mentor

3. Supporting gender equality through understanding intersectionality

4. Diversity is hard to find among the highest paid leaders at elite research universities

5. Upcoming launch of $8.8 billion telescope places women’s leading roles in center focus

6. Women In STEM: Voices From Around The World

7. Women must not be obscured in science’s history

8. Upcoming SHIELD Webinar: Fri April 9th, 2021 2:00 PM EST

9. Meet the unknown female mathematician whose calculations helped discover Pluto

10. Vera Rubin, astronomer extraordinaire — a new biography

11. Job Opportunities

12. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

14. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

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International Women's Day I: Profiles of women making current contributions to astronomy

In celebration of International Women's Day on March 8, 2021, there have been a number of recent profiles of women making current contributions to astronomy, astrophysics, and space science.

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Dr Rohini Godbole Talks About Her Journey in Particle Physics, Women in Science and More
By Mrigakshi Dixit

"Dr Rohini M Godbole, a renowned particle physicist from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, has proved her mettle in the field of science not just in India but across the globe. Dr Rohini, who hails from Pune, Maharashtra, started her scientific career way back in 1969 when even a journey from Pune to Delhi was a challenge for a girl. Despite all odds, her passion and curiosity kept her going. Today, in addition to being a popular scientist, she is also a science communicator, an author and an avid supporter of women in science.

Dr Rohini’s work mainly focuses on the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, a theory that describes the fundamental forces in the universe. For her valuable work, Dr Rohini was recently felicitated with the prestigious Ordre National Du Merite or National Order of Merit—among the highest distinctions of France. Moreover, she has also been bestowed with the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India in 2019.

On the occasion of International Women Day, we spoke to Dr Rohini to know about her journey in science, a career in particle physics, her famous book Lilavati’s daughter and her overall experience as a leading woman scientist in the world."

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Why astrophysicist Prajval Shastri believes that gender discrimination must not be perpetuated at institutions by teachers
By Rashmi Patil

"Prajval Shastri, an astrophysicist speaks about gender bias in the academic institutions especially in the field of Science and her love for research, why she pursued astrophysics and much more."

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These women are  shaping the future of African space exploration
By Samantha Bresnahan 

Interviews with four African women leaders in astronomy and space exploration: Pontsho Maruping, deputy managing director of the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, Jessie Ndaba, aerospace engineer and co-founder of the satellite startup Astrofica, Adriana Marais, physicist and astronaut candidate, and Ruvimbo Samanga, space lawyer and Zimbabwean representative on the Space Generation Advisory Council.

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Françoise Combes: gazing at the stars and working to reverse science stereotypes
By Dhananjay Khadilkar

"The French astrophysicist Professor Françoise Combes was recently conferred with two prestigious honours. The 68-year-old was awarded the CNRS Gold Medal for 2020 while, in February, she was named as one of the five laureates of the L’Oréal-Unesco Women In Science Award for 2021.

During her career, Professor Combes has made several significant contributions to astrophysics, including analysing the dynamics of galaxies and the discovery of molecules in the interstellar medium. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, RFI’s Dhananjay Khadilkar spoke to Professor Combes about her research and the challenges women face while pursuing a scientific career."

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Two scientists reflect on what they learnt on historic Antarctic voyages designed to transform them into leaders

UNSW astrophysicist Sarah Brough and marine biologist Steph Gardner reflect on their experience on the Homework Bound leadership program, a 10-year project that aims to annually lead an international group of female scientists on an Antarctic journey to transform them into leaders that will make meaningful change.

AASWomen Newsletter for March 5, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of March 05, 2021

eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

Image credit: NASA (image id: PIA09113)

This week's issues:

1. Meet the Women in Astronomy Blog Team!

2. Celebrating Indigenous Women in Physics

3. Upcoming SHIELD Webinar: Fri March. 12th, 2021 2:00 PM EST

4. Major physics society won’t meet in cities with racist policing record

5. AAS CSMA Launches Micro-Grants Program

6. Science diversified: Queer perspectives on research

7. Lack of diversity in science

8. Eight women at the forefront of the world’s COVID-19 response

9. Job Opportunities

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.

AASWomen Newsletter for February 26, 2021

From Item #3

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of February 26, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

This week's issues:

1. That’s who I am, that’s who I be, but that’s not everything

2. We’ve been cooped up with our families for almost a year. This is the result.

3. Building a Diverse Workplace: Top 10 Communities for Women in Tech

4. Elsevier Promotes Transparency By Publishing Editors’ Genders

5. Science diversified: The men who say no to manels

6. Supporting women in academia during and after a global pandemic

7. Unequal parenthood impacts may explain academia's publication gender gap

8. NASA Planetary Science Summer School 2021

9. Job Opportunities

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.

AASWomen Newsletter for February 19, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of February 19, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

Arianna Rosenbluth, from item 3
Credit: The Rosenbluth Family

This week's issues:

1. The pursuit of gender equity in astronomy: how do we know what’s working?

2. #BlackInAstro founder Ashley Walker is fighting for equality in the space sciences

3. Arianna Rosenbluth Dies at 93; Pioneering Figure in Data Science

4. Pay gap widens between female and male scientists in North America

5. Panel: Money, Gender & Diversity in Higher Ed

6. Jon Schneider's Tech Blog: Interview: Amanda Schneider Milne, Software Developer / Manager / Executive

7. Job Opportunities

8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

10. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for February 12, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of February 12, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

Nancy Grace Roman from item 3. Credit: ASP

This week's issues:

1. Crosspost: AAS Black History Month 2021 Profiles

2. In Conversation with Dr GC Anupama on Her Journey in Astrophysics

3. ASP Announces the Nancy Grace Roman Award for Promoting Gender Equity

4. Postage stamp to honor female physicist who many say should have won the Nobel Prize

5. Africa's Hit Science Show For Kids Is Coming To The U.S.

6. UNESCO research shows women career scientists still face gender bias

7. UN Secretary-General António Guterres video message on the occasion of the 2021 International Day of Women and Girls In Science

8. Allyship and Women in Science

9. Job Opportunities

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.

AASWomen Newsletter for February 05, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of February 05, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

Ada Carrera
from item 4
Credit: Unistellar

This week's issues:

1. AAS Code of Ethics and the Code of Ethics Committee

2. Early Career Astronomers & their supporters session on 28th of June 2021 - call for (suggested) speakers

3. PI Launchpad: Developing Your First Flight Mission Proposal

4. Asteroid naming contest sparks discussion of women in astronomy

5. Black History Month: Highlighting African-American Engineers, Pt. 1

6. Learn more about these 28 scientists for Black History Month

7. Job Opportunities

8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

10. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for January 29, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of January 29, 2021

eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

From Item 6

This week's issues:

1. Career Profile: Observatory Staff Astronomer

2. AfAS establishes African Network of Women in Astronomy to improve status of women in science

3. 2021 NASA Planetary Science Summer School Applications Due April 1st

4. Join us for our upcoming SHIELD Webinar: Fri Feb. 12th, 2021 2:00 PM EST

5. The Art of Scholarly Mentoring

6. Largest-ever survey exposes career obstacles for LGBTQ scientists

7. Pandemic Resource: Recommendations for employers to support parents and caregivers

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 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for January 15, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of January 15, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

Henrietta Swan Leavitt, from item 2.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons

This week's issues:

1. Apply for the Carnegie Astrophysics Summer Student Internship Program

2. Madam starmaker: Henrietta Swan Leavitt transformed a powerful astronomical tradition

3. Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson: A lifetime shattering glass ceilings in math and science for Black women

4. That's One Hot Job! How Kelly Korreck Became An Astrophysicist

5. Gage: Quashing the Matilda Effect

6. No Gender Bias in Peer Review: Study

7. Job Opportunities

8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

10. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for January 8, 2021

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of January 08, 2021
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Jeremy Bailey, and Alessandra Aloisi

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

From Item 6

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: Affecting Change in the Local and Global Astronomical Communities

2. Join the Women in Astronomy Blog Team!

3. CSWA @ the 237th AAS Meeting

4. SHIELD Webinar: Coming From Far Away Lands: How different backgrounds Shape their Careers

5. Retracting a Bad Take on Female Mentorship

6. They Decided To Debate Women’s Leadership Skills. Then It Got Worse.

7. Women in science: studying exploding binary stars, while exploding the gender binary

8. Ways to look after yourself and others in 2021

9. Call for Nominations to the Executive Committee of the Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG)

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for December 18, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of December 18, 2020

eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Jeremy Bailey, and Alessandra Aloisi

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

This week's issues:

1. Career Profile: Astronomer to STEM Inclusion and Outreach Specialist 

2. Diversity Officer at STScI  

3. Astrotech Summer School 2021

4. Calendar of Women Scientists Who Made Nuclear Astrophysics 

5. ‘I’ve had to fight to be taken seriously’: Women With Ph.Ds Respond To Dr. Jill Biden Column

6. Better Letters: Equitable Practices for Writing, Reading, and Soliciting Letters of Recommendation 

7. Nature's 10 people who helped shape science in 2020 

8. Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science

9. The life-changing and long-lasting influence of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for December 11, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of December 11, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

This week's issues:

1. The Changing Face of the Nobel Prize

2. Department of Education investigating single-sex scholarships dedicated to encouraging women in science

3. STEM superstars call for more gender and cultural diversity

4. Hawaiian Women in STEM

5. Meet the Artemis Team

6. The New Face of an Old Nobel

7. Australia gets a national guide to help assess effectiveness of STEM initiatives

8. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter

9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter

10. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for December 4, 2020

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell being painted by Stephen Shankland (from Item #4; credit: Chris Scott)

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of December 4, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: Extend the Tenure Clock to Save Careers of Rising Academic Women

2. What NASA missions can teach us about teamwork

3. I’m a Black Female Scientist. On My First Day of Work, a Colleague Threatened to Call the Cops on Me.

4. 'It'll upset a few fellows': Royal Society adds Jocelyn Bell Burnell portrait

5. Perceptions of stereotypes applied to women who publicly communicate their STEM work

6. Helen Magill White -- the first woman to earn a PhD in the United States

7. 2021 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science

8. 2021 L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship Program

9. Top Eight Physic Scholarships

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for November 27, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of November 27, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra
Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

This week's issues:

From Item 2

1. STARtorialist 2020 Holiday Gift Buying Guide

2. Postdocs under pressure: ‘Can I even do this any more?’

3. After scalding critiques of study on gender and mentorship, journal says it is reviewing the work

4. Information about Executive Order 13950

5. AAAS announces leading scientists elected as 2020 fellows

6. Hiranya Peiris awarded the Max Born Prize and Medal

7. Job Opportunities

8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

10. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for November 20, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of November 20, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra
Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

Dara Norman, from item 2

This week's issues:

1. Take the Impact of Parenthood on Career Progression in STEMM Survey

2. Dara Norman, Astronomer and Astronomy-Enabler

3. Do efforts to get more women in STEM actually work?

4. Four Years after Science Took a Hit, There's Hope

5. 'Blood, sweat and tears': Building a network for Black scientists

6. This Female Founder Is Creating A Playground That Breaks Down Barriers In STEM Education

7. Job Opportunities

8. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

10. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for November 13, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of November 13, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

Jedidah C. Isler (credit: AAS). From item 2.

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

This week's issues:

1. A Strategic Plan for the 2020s

2. AAS Member to Serve on Biden-Harris NASA Review Team

3. Women in Physics Group Grants

4. Celebrating Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee rocket scientist

5. A Cluster of Enigmas: AR mural based on Jackie Faherty's work on brown dwarfs

6. Maggie Aderin-Pocock wins the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal

7. Meet the First Nations women of Australian astronomy

8. A letter to my daughters about career choices

9. Interview with Linda Dao, space medicine specialist

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter

13. 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for November 6, 2020

From item 6

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of November 6, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

This week's issues:

1. Meet Your CSWA, Sukanya Chakrabarti

2. 11 female astronauts who pioneered spaceflight

3. Study sheds light on what it takes for women to succeed – or not – in science in Africa

4. Pride in STEM Virtual Conference

5. Searchable STEM Women database increases representation of women

6. There's still a way to go with equality for women in science. Here's what needs to change.

7. Using better colours in science

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 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for October 30, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of October 30, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Alessandra Aloisi, and Jeremy Bailin

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

Elizabeth Yeampierre, item 2

This week's issues:

1. SGMA Committee Opening

2. A power list of the LatinX scientists who are changing the world

3. Coming soon: PI Launchpad 2021

4. One in five Australian scientists planning to leave the profession, survey shows

5. Equality and diversity efforts do not 'burden' research - no matter what the UK government says

6. Untapped computer scientists

7. AAAS drafts plan to address systemic racism in sciences

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 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.

AASWomen Newsletter for October 23, 2020

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of October 23, 2020
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Maria Patterson, Jeremy Bailey, and Alessandra Aloisi

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

Image From Item 7

This week's issues:

1. Crosspost: Survey: Impact of Parenthood on Career Progression in STEMM

2. Rutgers Astronomer Receives Packard Fellowship for Innovative Young Scientists

3. Three trouble spots facing women in science—and how we can tackle them

4. Mid-Career Workshop

5. Women in Space Speaker Series - Oct 29th

6. Too intelligent for the life sciences in Brazil: how two female researchers fought back

7. How to get more women and people of colour into graduate school — and keep them there

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 of the AASWomen Newsletter