AASWomen Newsletter for May 18, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 18, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: New Director of Air and Space Museum is the First Woman to Hold the Job

2. AAS Graduate Education Task Force Seeks Your Input

3. Why it’s hard to prove gender discrimination in science

4. How Scientific Publishers Can End Bullying And Harassment In The Sciences

5. A New Report Uses Data To Drive Diversity In STEM Fields

6. Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Science and Innovating Science

7. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Cross-post: New Director of Air and Space Museum is the First Woman to Hold the Job

Former NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan recently became the first woman to hold the position of director of the National Air and Space Museum. She recently spoke with the hosts of NPR's All Things Considered about her new position and passion for space science.

Read more and hear the interview at:

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/30/607076266/new-director-of-air-and-space-museum-is-the-first-woman-to-hold-the-job

AASWomen Newsletter for May 11, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of May 11, 2018

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. The Awakening                 

2. The #MeToo campaign is gaining ground in China

3. Former NASA Chief Scientist Heads National Air and Space Museum

4. Harassment should count as scientific misconduct 

5. The first person on Mars 'should be a woman' 

6. Men Get Credit for Voicing Ideas, but Not Problems. Women Don’t Get Credit for Either

7. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

9. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Cross-post: Meet the Women of Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science

Image Credit: Science Friday

Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science is a new documentary series by Science Friday and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Producer Emily Driscoll recently described the series on the Voices section of Scientific American: "The series shows how women at the forefront of their careers navigate personal and profession challenges in their path to discovery. Showing how these researchers overcome challenges like disabilities, dangerous field conditions, and going against cultural expectations, will hopefully inspire future generations of women in STEM.

The overall challenges faced by women in STEM as a group have been well documented. Women make up half the workforce, but less than a third of STEM jobs, and are more likely than men to leave those positions. At the same time, women and scientists are underrepresented on film, and a recent survey found that most Americans aren’t able to name a living scientist. It was clear to all involved that a creative collaboration to share stories of women in science would be an ideal project and Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science was born."

Read more and see the videos at:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/meet-the-women-of-breakthrough-portraits-of-women-in-science/

AASWomen Newsletter for May 04, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 04, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Volunteer Reviewers Needed for NASA Programs

2. New Director Of Air And Space Museum Is The First Woman To Hold The Job

3. Women in Innovation: Gaining Ground, but Still Far Behind

4. Scientists’ early grant success fuels further funding

5. 6 Things Successful Women in STEM Have in Common

6. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

7. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

Volunteer Reviewers Needed for NASA Programs

By Max Bernstein

Dr. Bernstein is the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Lead for Research at NASA Headquarters. This post also appears on the Women in Planetary Science blog. 

As the lead for research at NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), I am often told by the NASA HQ folks who run the research programs that it's a lot of work to find enough qualified proposal reviewers who are not conflicted. Similarly, it's not uncommon for proposers who are unhappy with their evaluations to assert that the people who reviewed their proposal must have been unqualified. To solve both of these problems and, just as importantly, to increase the diversity of the pool of reviewers, I am writing this appeal to potential reviewers:

Please sign up using our web-based volunteer reviewer forms. Each form asks for: 1. contact information, 2. whether you are willing to be a panelist, mail-in reviewer, or executive secretary (good for graduate students and post docs who have never served as a reviewer before) and 3. identify specific technical areas of expertise.

There are many different technical areas depending on the program, from Solar Interior through Outer Heliosphere and the Interstellar Boundary in Heliophysics, from formation of the Solar System to technology development in planetary science, as well as Astrophysics data analysis and Earth Surface and Interior and Space Geodesy Programs. Links to all of the forms may be found at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels.

AASWomen Newsletter for April 27, 2018

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of April 27, 2018
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, and Maria Patterson

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: When Will the Gender Gap in Science Disappear?

2. Achieving diversity in science

3. SMD seeks volunteer reviewers

4. Where I'm Coming From

5. Congratulations to Dr. Isler and Dr. Prescod-Weinstein

6. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

7. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

8. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter