Issue of May 29, 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:
3. AAS 236 special session on dual-anonymous peer review
4. Let’s applaud India’s female physicists inspiring girls to take up STEM
5. Coronavirus cutbacks could reverse hard-fought equity gains in STEM workforce
6. Women quotas in politics have unintended consequences
7. Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling - A Spring For Women In Artificial Intelligence
8. These immigrant women are experts in their fields of science. Why aren't they working in them?
9. Picture a Scientist brings the struggles of women in science to screen
10. Women of science posters for you to colour, marshmallow LINACs, iridescent chocolate
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
1. CSWA Meet & Greet Panel
From: Nicole Zellner via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) is hosting a panel during the AAS Virtual Meeting centered around discussions related to career challenges in our academic and research fields. Members of the diversity committees* will be present to address issues common to all of us, so please fill out the survey to indicate the topics of most interest to you.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2020/05/cswa-meet-greet-panel.html
Back to top.2. Tweets about #AAS236
From: Pat Knezek [patricia.m.knezek_at_nasa.gov]
The American Astronomical Society tweeted the following information about the upcoming conference:
#AAS236 A stellar program of speakers & events is coming together & you don't want to miss it! Attend sessions, visit exhibitors, & chat w/colleagues from the comfort of your home. Join @AAS_Office virtual meeting & register by 29 May to reserve your spot. http://ow.ly/NWlF50z4MmU
#AAS236 If you missed the @AAS_Office iPoster creation webinar, it's available on their YouTube channel. It takes you through the process of creating & presenting an iPoster for the virtual meeting & answer common questions. http://ow.ly/e6ee50zNBH9
#AAS236 You do not want to miss @AAS_Office virtual meeting! Here's a snapshot of what you can expect, so register by 29 May to reserve your spot. Join your colleagues from around the globe for this dynamic online experience. http://ow.ly/LcPk50zNC6E http://ow.ly/keEZ50zNC6D
#AAS236 @AAS_Office Virtual Meeting: Online planner includes a robust science schedule of talks & digital interactive iPosters. The at-a-glance meeting program (aka the "block schedule") is online as well. http://ow.ly/je4M50zHByN Register by 29 May! http://ow.ly/NWlF50z4MmU
#AAS236 Check out the @AAS_Office virtual meeting FAQ for iPoster training. This video answers a number of questions for creating your iPoster. http://ow.ly/R0Yz50zNU2N For additional tutorials, please visit http://ow.ly/Q5PM50zNU2O
Read more tweets at
https://twitter.com/AAS_Office
Back to top.3. AAS 236 special session on dual-anonymous peer review
From: Pat Knezek [patricia.m.knezek_at_nasa.gov]
At next week’s virtual AAS meeting, NASA will be hosting a special session about dual-anonymous peer review. In addition to talks about the mechanics of putting together anonymized proposals, the session will feature the two business and leadership professors (Dr. Stefanie Johnson and Dr. Jessica Kirk) who helped NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute to establish best practices in dual-anonymous peer review.
Dr. Johnson’s talk, entitled “The ABCs of Breaking Bias in Science” is sure to be a stand-out presentation during this session, and dovetails with her new book “Inclusify” that is being released in June. Dr. Kirk’s presentation entitled “Observations and Analysis of Anonymization at Hubble Space Telescope” presents a comprehensive statistical analysis of HST reviews (one of the key findings is that male reviewers systematically undergrade proposals from female PIs in non-anonymized reviews).
The session will be held on Tuesday, June 2, from 11am-12:30pm EDT in the Annie Jump Cannon Meeting Room.
Back to top.4. Let’s applaud India’s female physicists inspiring girls to take up STEM
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
Ritu Karidhal, the Mission Director for the Chandrayaan 2 Indian Moon-landing mission, is profiled along with several other female Indian scientists.
Read about Dr. Karidhal and the others at
Back to top.5. Coronavirus cutbacks could reverse hard-fought equity gains in STEM workforce
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
A report that investigated "the effects of the pandemic on women in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) workforce in Australia" found that female university staff have "lost more jobs, more paid hours, and more career opportunities than their male colleagues". And it's only going to get worse "because women are also 50% more likely to hold at-risk casual and short-term contract positions."
Read more at
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-pandemic-hard-won-gains-women-stem.html
Back to top.6. Women quotas in politics have unintended consequences
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
A study of female electoral quota systems found that an "unintended consequence of such quotas is the reduction of other underrepresented minorities". Alexander Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester, reported that "In many poorer or developing countries electoral quotas can reduce the representation of marginalized groups."
Read more at
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-women-quotas-politics-unintended-consequences.html
Back to top.7. Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling - A Spring For Women In Artificial Intelligence
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Alex Zhavoronkov
"After the COVID-19 pandemic is over and the economy reopens, many students will resume work on their careers. But for many young people, their priorities are going to shift. After seeing the pain and suffering caused by a single invisible enemy, some will naturally prioritize biomedical research over other easier and more lucrative trades, like law and finance. And some will choose to pursue possibly the most impactful area, which lies on the borderline of computer science and biomedicine - Artificial Intelligence (AI) for drug discovery."
Read more at
Back to top.8. These immigrant women are experts in their fields of science. Why aren't they working in them?
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Prajwala Dixit
"They are engineers, doctors and scientists. They speak multiple languages. They have global work experience.
On paper, these women of science should be at the forefront of cutting-edge research and community health. Instead, they serve you at restaurants, take care of your children at daycares and answer your questions as customer service agents.
There is nothing wrong with those jobs, except that they are not their professional goals, nor the jobs they trained for.
Four immigrant women in St. John's, all with a background in the sciences, shared their lived experiences with me about finding gainful employment."
Read more at
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/immigrant-women-science-1.5576724
Back to top.9. Picture a Scientist brings the struggles of women in science to screen
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
"With major funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the film Picture a Scientist is breaking new ground by virtually launching in theaters across North America on June 12th. The independent documentary follows a groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Picture a Scientist will show through June 26 in select theaters nationwide, which are each providing exclusive links to the full film online."
Read more at
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/ss-pas052220.php
Back to top.10. Women of science posters for you to colour, marshmallow LINACs, iridescent chocolate
From: Heather Flewelling [flewelling.heather_at_gmail.com]
By Hamish Johnston
"This week’s Red Folder focuses on things you can do at home.
There is something therapeutic about colouring in pictures. Perhaps it takes some of us back to a childhood before the Internet and smartphones existed. If you fancy a bit of physics-related colouring, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) in Canada has just created colouring versions of its “Forces of Nature” poster series featuring influential women in physics. The posters feature Emmy Noether, Annie Jump Cannon, Canadian Nobel Prize-winner Donna Strickland, and more."
Read more at
Back to top.11. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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Back to top.13. Access to Past Issues
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