Issue of November 15, 2024
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Sethanne Howard, Hannah Jang-Condell, and Ferah Munshi
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. –eds.]
This week’s issues:
1. Career Profile: From NASA Engineer to Aerospace Consultant: Navigating Unexpected Trajectories
2. Nominations for Caroline Herschel Medal due December 2
3. AAS Historical Astronomy Division seeks blog editor
4. Inclusive Classroom Techniques Workshop
5. IAU WiA-EAS EDI talk by Marieta Valdivia Lefort
6. Five postdoctoral scientists receive 2024 For Women in Science award
7. IUPAP invites nominations for Early Career Prize in History of Physics
8. Why did Earth’s first radio message to alien civilizations leave out half of humanity?
9. National Girls Collaborative Reinvented issue on AI
10. ‘We often forget that women have always been involved in science’
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
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
1. Career Profile: From NASA Engineer to Aerospace Consultant: Navigating Unexpected Trajectories
From: Nicolle Zellner via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy has compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers, planetary scientists, etc. The interviews share advice and lessons learned from individuals on those paths.
Below is our interview with Dr. Jill Seubert, a spacecraft navigation engineer who focuses on deep space mission design and navigation. She is based in Sydney, Australia, where she founded Australis Space Navigation. She earned her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2024/11/career-profile-from-nasa-engineer-to.html
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2. Nominations for Caroline Herschel Medal due December 2
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_t_ua.edu]
By Royal Astronomical Society
The Caroline Herschel Medal celebrates the longstanding scientific cooperation between Germany and the United Kingdom. Administered by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in collaboration with the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG), the medal will be given in alternate years to researchers based in the UK and Germany, with an accompanying prize fund of £10,000 which has been generously funded by the UK Government in honour of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Medal is awarded to an established researcher for their outstanding contribution to the field of Astrophysics (which may be for research or more broadly in a leadership capacity). All women may apply and we welcome self-nominations.
The deadline for nominations is Monday, December 2 and the award ceremony is due to take place in London on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Read more at
https://ras.ac.uk/awards-and-grands/caroline-herschel-medal
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3. AAS Historical Astronomy Division seeks blog editor
From: Susana Duestua, HAD Secretary [hadsec_at_aas.org]
The AAS Historical Astronomy Division (HAD) seeks a volunteer editor for the monthly blog: This Month in Astronomical History (https://had.aas.org/resources/astro-history).
The description of editor responsibilities is here:
https://aas.org/posts/news/2024/10/had-seeks-tmiah-volunteer-editor
The closing date for applications is Monday, 1 December 2024, at 11:59 pm ET. The two-year term for this position will begin on 1 January 2025 and end on 31 December 2026.
If you, or someone you know, is interested or would like more information please email hadsec_at_aas.org.
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4. Inclusive Classroom Techniques Workshop
From: AAS
Thursday, 5 December, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET: “Inclusive Classroom Teaching Techniques,” facilitated by the Physics and Astronomy Faculty Teaching Institute (FTI), which is a professional development program for physics and astronomy faculty focused on effective and inclusive teaching practices. In this highly interactive two-hour session, FTI leaders Ed Prather and Rachel Scherr will give you experience with teaching methods that are energizing, equitable, and fun.
Register for the workshop at
https://apsphysics.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlcOihrTIiHdZvvqF6QhHjExkdq-SfqnR1#/registration
Read more about the FTI at
https://www.physport.org/fti/
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5. IAU WiA-EAS EDI talk by Marieta Valdivia Lefort
From: Sethanne Howard [sethanneh_at_msn.com]
The IAU Women in Astronomy Working Group and the EAS EDI Working Group have joined together to organize a talk series. Next week’s talk, hosted on Zoom, will be given by Marieta Valdivia Lefort, Policy and Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society.
The talk will take place on Friday November 22 at 11:00 am CET (UTC+1).
Attend the meeting at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88229549759
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6. Five postdoctoral scientists receive 2024 For Women in Science award
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By L’Oréal USA
Today L’Oréal USA revealed the 2024 For Women in Science (FWIS) awardees, providing five female postdoctoral scientists grants to further their research. The program, running for more than two decades, reflects L’Oréal USA’s unwavering commitment to supporting women at the forefront of scientific innovation.
The awardees include planetary scientist Andréa Hughes.
Read more at
https://www.loreal.com/en/usa/news/commitments/loreal-usa-names-2024-for-women-in-science-awardees-champi/
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7. IUPAP invites nominations for Early Career Prize in History of Physics
From: IUPAP [early-career-prize_at_iuchpp.org]
The Inter-Union Commission for the History and Philosophy of Physics invites nominations for the Early Career Prize in the History of Physics. We encourage nominations of historians of physics, scholars in the integrated history and philosophy of physics, historically oriented philosophers and sociologists of physics, or scholars from related fields. We encourage nominations of scholars located around the world, including those who may have followed non-traditional career paths, who may have overcome funding difficulties, and/or may have contributed to forming communities at their institutions or in their home countries.
Read more at
https://www.iuchpp.org/prize/call-for-nominations
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8. Why did Earth’s first radio message to alien civilizations leave out half of humanity?
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Rebecca Charbonneau
The Arecibo message contained an image of a man only. But what might seem a sexist choice deserves a more subtle interpretation.
Read more at
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03677-8
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9. National Girls Collaborative Reinvented issue on AI
From: Sethanne Howard [sethanneh_at_msn.com]
Reinvented Inc. aspires to break barriers and aid the movement to get more girls involved in STEM by creating the nation’s first print magazine for women in stem. This month’s free issue is all about AI.
Read more at
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10. ‘We often forget that women have always been involved in science’
From: Jeremy Bailin [jbailin_at_ua.edu]
By Nylah Salam
Hyphen sits down with four women working across science and engineering, including astronomer Houda Haidar, to talk about the barriers still facing them today.
Read more at
‘We often forget that women have always been involved in science’
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11. Job Opportunities
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/resources/Diversity#howtoincrease
– Outreach and Event Coordinator, Palomar Observatory, Palomar Mtn, CA
https://phf.tbe.taleo.net/phf03/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CALTECH&cws=37&rid=10110
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12. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
To submit an item to the AASWOMEN newsletter, including replies to topics, send email to aaswomen_at_lists.aas.org .
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14. Access to Past Issues
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/search/label/AASWOMEN
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