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AASWOMEN Newsletter for March 13, 2015

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of March 13, 2015

eds: Daryl Haggard, Nicolle Zellner, Meredith Hughes, & Elysse Voyer

This week's issues:

1. The Normalcy Curve

2. LPSC Women in Planetary Science Networking Event 2015

3. L?Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship applications due

4. 27th Annual Planetary Science Summer School

5. Indecent advances

6. Want more diversity? Hire groups, not individuals

7. Is the Teaching Profession Not Pink Enough?

8. The problem with separate toys for girls and boys

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

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1. The Normalcy Curve

From: Wanda Diaz Merced via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com

In the year 1999, an advisor told me to ponder changing careers. At the same time, noticing that I could no longer identify the location of obvious items in my house, a friend advised me to take control of my health, visit the rethynologist, and learn orientation and mobility. I could identify certain things while the sun was transiting my sky, but during the night I was completely blind.

Read more about what defines ?the norm? at

http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-normalcy-curve.html

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2. LPSC Women in Planetary Science Networking Event 2015

From: Kelsi Singer via omeninplanetaryscience.wordpress.com

Announcement of the 2015 Women in Planetary Science Networking Event!

This event is open to all interested persons, and we will spend most of the time discussing the topics such as negotiating a new position, alternative careers, and the two body problem.

When: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015; 6:00 to ~7:30 pm

Where: Montgomery Ballrooms A-C (in Conference Venue - Woodlands Waterway Marriott)

Find more information at

https://womeninplanetaryscience.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/lpsc-women-in-planetary-science-networking-event-2015/

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3. L?Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship applications due

From: Rachel Pacifico [rpacifico_at_us.loreal.com]

This is a friendly reminder that applications for the L?Oréal USA For Women In Science fellowship program are due on Friday, March 20, 2015.

The L?Oréal USA For Women In Science fellowship program will award five post?doctoral women scientists in the United States this year with grants of up to $60,000 each. Applicants are welcome from a variety of fields, including the life and physical/material sciences, technology (including computer science), engineering, and mathematics.

The application and more information on the L?Oreal USA For Women in Science program can be found at

http://www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience

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4. 27th Annual Planetary Science Summer School

From: Leslie Lowes [leslie.l.lowes_at_jpl.nasa.gov]

NASA is accepting applications from science and engineering post-docs, recent PhDs, and doctoral students for its 27th Annual Planetary Science Summer School, which will be held in one single session in summer 2015 (August 10-14 only) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. During the program and pre-session webinars, student teams will carry out the equivalent of an early mission concept study, prepare a proposal authorization review presentation, present it to a review board, and receive feedback.

Applications are due April 10, 2015. Partial financial support is available for a limited number of individuals.

Further information is available at

http://pscischool.jpl.nasa.gov

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5. Indecent advances

From: Virginia Gewin [gewin_at_nasw.org]

Archaeologist Maureen Meyers never spoke up about the sexual harassment she endured from male colleagues and superiors at field sites and elsewhere during her 20-year career. She rebuffed a male colleague?s propositions, leading to his retaliatory dismissal of her diabetes-related diet and medication requirements on a later field excursion. A male superior once forced her to walk ahead of him at a field site ?to find the electric fences first? and made her listen to his lurid stories.

Surveys of sexual harassment and assault during field research and on campus reveal a hitherto secret problem.

Read more at

http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/02/27/the-problem-with-separate-toys-for-girls-and-boys/2uI7Qp0d3oYrTNj3cGkiEM/story.html?event=event25

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11. Access to Past Issues

http://www.aas.org/cswa/AASWOMEN.html

Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered.

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