AASWOMEN Newsletter for November 21, 2014
Issue of November 21, 2014
eds: Daryl Haggard, Nicolle Zellner, Meredith Hughes, & Elysse Voyer
This week's issues:
1. It's Not About That Damn Shirt
2. Why I Think Diversity is Good, but the Wrong Target
3. How to Apologize
4. Full STEAM Ahead! The Adler Planetarium's 2nd Annual Girls Do Hack Day
5. How U. of San Diego Added 8 Female STEM Professors
6. Emmy Noether Visiting Fellowships
7. Barbie Book about Programming Tells Girls They Need Boys to Code for Them
8. NSF Grad Forum
9. Job Opportunities
10. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
11. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
12. Access to Past Issues
1. It's Not About That Damn Shirt
From: Jessica Kirkpatrick via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The following was submitted to the Women in Astronomy Blog by a female astronomer who wishes to use the pseudonym Kerri Benjamin.
The next sentence is the most important thing in this whole post:
I am posting this under a pseudonym because I am afraid to post it on my own blog or Twitter.
I am afraid.
The snafu known as ShirtGate or ShirtStorm is complicated, nuanced, and exhausting.
Read more at:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2014/11/its-not-about-that-damn-shirt.html
Back to top.2. Why I Think Diversity is Good, but the Wrong Target
From: John Johnson via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
There have been many posts on this blog and elsewhere calling for increased diversity in astronomy. I've written about it. My student has written about it. Diversity has many benefits, and we're missing out on those benefits by not having a more diverse field of science. However, I'm becoming less and less enamored with diversity as a target or goal in and of itself.
Read more at:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2014/11/why-i-think-diversity-is-good-but-wrong.html
Back to top.3. How to Apologize
From: Jessica Kirkpatrick via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
The astronomy community has been reeling this past week from the aftermath of the Rosetta #ShirtStorm incident. The scientist who made this mistake has apologized -- which is very difficult to do -- and I applaud him for doing that. Even people with the best intentions mess up and make mistakes; it is a great opportunity to reflect and learn. Here is a video by Franchesca Ramsey on how to apologize when you've been called out. She uses an example from her own life where she was transphobic, got called out, and how she responded.
Watch the video at:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-apologize.html
Back to top.4. Full STEAM Ahead! The Adler Planetarium's 2nd Annual Girls Do Hack Day
From: Laura Trouille via womeninastronomy.blogspot.com
Choo choo! I am full STEAM ahead on the STEM + art/design train. This past Saturday, at our 2nd annual Girls do Hack Day at the Adler Planetarium, I saw first-hand how well it works to use the creativity and fun of art/design to hook girls into STEM.
Read more at:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2014/11/full-steam-ahead-adler-planetariums-2nd.html
Back to top.5. How U. of San Diego Added 8 Female STEM Professors
From: Joan Schmelz [jschmelz_at_memphis.edu]
From The Chronicle of Higher Education
Approximately 60 percent of our majors in the STEM disciplines at the University of San Diego are female, but within those disciplines the percentage of female fauclty isn't even close to that. Our desire was to promote opportunities for women in STEM fields and have a more representative faculty.
To read more:
http://chronicle.com/article/How-U-of-San-Diego-Added-8/150051
Back to top.6. Emmy Noether Visiting Fellowships
From: Sarah Gallagher [sgalla4_at_uwo.ca]
Amalie Emmy Noether, an influential German mathematician known for her ground-breaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, was regarded by Albert Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
In honour of Noether?s genius and legacy, Perimeter Institute invites applications for Emmy Noether Visiting Fellowships from outstanding theoretical physicists who wish to pursue research at the institute while on leave from their faculty positions at home institutes.
Perimeter Institute promotes an inclusive, welcoming culture and a family-friendly workplace. The Emmy Noether Fellowships are central to Perimeter Institute's initiatives to support female physicists.
The Fellowship provides financial and organizational support for relocation, which may include some or all of the following:
- teaching buyouts - salary support or top-up - meals and ground transportation - accommodation - return transportation and research related-travel - reimbursement as required for child care
More information, including how to submit an application, is available here:
http://perimeterinstitute.ca/emmy-noether-visiting-fellowships?cm_mid=4121044&cm_crmid=e3f7eec6-d212-e111-870d-005056800012&cm_medium=email
Back to top.7. Barbie Book about Programming Tells Girls They Need Boys to Code for Them
From: Elysse Voyer [elysse.voyer_at_gmail.com] and Nicolle Zellner [nzellner_at_albion.edu]
By Aja Romano
She's been a swimsuit cover model and a human trafficking victim, but Barbie has never really been touted as a working professional. The latest affront to basic decency in gendered toy marketing comes from a Barbie book that tells girls they can't be game developers or programmers.
The book is bafflingly called Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer. It was written by Susan Marenco and published by Random House. Despite its encouraging title, Marenco's book actually tells preteen girls that Barbie can only contribute to the design of the game she's building.
Read more at:
http://www.dailydot.com/geek/barbie-engineer-book-girls-game-developers
And check out the remixed version here:
http://caseyfiesler.com/2014/11/18/barbie-remixed-i-really-can-be-a-computer-engineer
Back to top.8. NSF Grad Forum
From: Johanna Teske [jteske_at_carnegiescience.edu]
I would like to encourage grad students to participate in the new NSF Grad Forum, which is soliciting experiences and opinions of grad students regarding the improvement of STEM education in the U.S. There are several separate threads, including "Diversity and Broadening Participation", which would greatly benefit from the voices of non-majority groups.
http://nsfgradforum.wordpress.com
and particularly
http://nsfgradforum.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/what-does-broadening-participation-mean-to-you
Back to top.9. Job Opportunities
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
http://www.aas.org/cswa/diversity.html#howtoincrease
The ICRAR node at Curtin University invites applications for five postdoctoral research associates/fellows specialising in either low frequency radio astronomy or accretion science. Apply here: https://webkiosk.curtin.edu.au/recruit/WK8127$APP.QueryList?Z_ORDER_BY=1
The jobs are:
Research Associate/Fellow MWA Science (including 30% science support) Contact: Prof. Carole Jackson (carole.jackson_at_curtin.edu.au)
Research Associate/Fellow MWA extragalactic survey science Contact: Prof. Carole Jackson (carole.jackson_at_curtin.edu.au)
Research Associate/Fellow MWA massive and powerful galaxies Contact: Dr. Nick Seymour (nick.seymour_at_curtin.edu.au)
Research Associate/Fellow, X-ray binaries and radio transients Contact: Dr. James Miller-Jones (james.miller-jones_at_curtin.au.edu)
Research Fellow, stellar-mass quiescent black holes Contact: Dr. James Miller-Jones (james.miller-jones_at_curtin.au.edu)
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