Issue of March 04, 2022
eds: Heather Flewelling, Nicolle Zellner, Alessandra Aloisi, Jeremy Bailin and Sethanne Howard
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. Be well! --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. Crosspost: Harriet Tubman, Astronomer Extraordinaire
2. Judith Pipher remembered as a trailblazer in the field of infrared astronomy
3. British Council scholarships for women in STEM
4. Interview with T Sivarani: "I Always Thought That I Needed To Be Better Than The Men In Astronomy"
5. United Nations celebrates International Women's Day
6. IAU Enterprising Women in Astronomy event
7. The toll of white privilege: How the dominant culture has discouraged diversity
8. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
9. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
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1. Crosspost: Harriet Tubman, Astronomer Extraordinaire
From: Bryne Hadnott via http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Written by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Polaris, the North Star, is so named because it always points toward true north. Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman used the North Star to liberate herself—then went South over and over again, using it to liberate both family and strangers.
Toward the end of his astonishing debut novel of Black queer life during slavery, The Prophets, Robert Jones, Jr.’s “Prophets” declare: “The cosmos is on your side.” At this moment in the text, the reader is called to imagine that our enslaved ancestors were in fact watched over; we are called to remember the stories many of us were raised on, about enslaved folk who followed the Drinking Gourd—the stellar constellation more popularly known as the Big Dipper—to freedom. The Drinking Gourd is notable because of its easy-to-identify shape, which simplifies finding Polaris, the North Star, so named because it always points toward true north.
Polaris was thus a natural compass, especially for enslaved people who were self-liberating, including Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman. The story appears repeatedly throughout popular representations of Tubman: She used the North Star to liberate herself. Then, like a superhero, she went South over and over again, using the North Star to liberate both family and strangers.
Read more at
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2022/03/crosspost-harriet-tubman-astronomer.html
Back to top.2. Judith Pipher remembered as a trailblazer in the field of infrared astronomy
From: Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
"The professor emerita, known as the ‘mother of infrared astronomy,’ had a profound impact on research into astronomical phenomena and the origins of the universe and was a pioneer for women in science."
Read more at
Back to top.3. British Council scholarships for women in STEM
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By British Council
"Are you a woman with a degree in a STEM subject and passionate about your study? You could receive a scholarship to study a master's degree, or an early academic fellowship, in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics programme at a leading UK university.
For the second year running, the British Council has launched a scholarship programme in partnership with 26 UK universities with the aim of benefiting women from the Americas, South Asia, South East Asia, Egypt, Turkey and Ukraine. We are looking for women with a background in STEM, who can demonstrate their need for financial support and who wish to inspire future generations of women to pursue careers in STEM."
Read more at
https://www.britishcouncil.org/study-work-abroad/in-uk/scholarship-women-stem
Back to top.4. Interview with T Sivarani: "I Always Thought That I Needed To Be Better Than The Men In Astronomy"
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
T Sivarania, astronomy professor at Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Astrophysics, discusses her history, research, being a woman in STEM, and what developments she is looking forward to.
Read more at
https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2022/02/astronomy-stem-telescope-science-physics-stars-exoplanets-iia
Back to top.5. United Nations celebrates International Women's Day
From: Sethanne Howard [sethanneh_at_msn.com]
For International Women's Day on March 8, 2022, the United Nations highlights gender equality, particularly in the context of climate change. It will be marked by an event on March 8, 2022, 10-11:30am EST that includes a high-level panel discussion.
Read more at
https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day
Back to top.6. IAU Enterprising Women in Astronomy event
From: John Leibacher [jleibacher_at_nso.edu]
By the IAU Women in Astronomy Working Group
"On the International Women's Day, we invite ‘ENTERPRISING WOMEN in ASTRONOMY’ from all over the world who have made significant contributions in research, taken active new initiatives to support Women, and girls in Astronomy and created new opportunities. They stand out today as a true role model for the future generation of Women Astronomers.
Come and join us in this inspiring talk series and explore how to create new career paths in Astronomy! Please register by 7th March 2022, if you plan to attend this special seminar series on the International Women's Day and forward it to your institutions."
Speakers include Drs. Mamta Pommier, Sthabile Kolwa, Helen Mason, Itziar Aretxaga, Sara Seager, and CSWA's own Stella Kafka.
See the registration form at
Read more at
https://sites.google.com/view/iau-women-in-astronomy/home/upcoming-events-and-seminars?authuser=0
Back to top.7. The toll of white privilege: How the dominant culture has discouraged diversity
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Jeffrey Mervis
"Apriel Hodari has spent many years studying how to improve training and reduce inequity in the scientific workforce. That research has brought her face to face with “the priesthood,” her name for the dominant white male culture in U.S. physics. White men, for example, hold 70% of the faculty positions at U.S. universities that grant physics Ph.D.s.
Hodari wondered whether there was a connection between the priesthood’s views on issues such as racism and sexism and the profession’s deplorable record on diversity. So in 2017, Hodari, a senior scientist at a California company that helps researchers obtain federal grants, and Melissa Dancy, a physics educator at the University of Colorado, Boulder, received support from the National Science Foundation to interview 27 white, male, academic physicists, from senior professors to graduate students."
Read more at
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