Astronomy
- Why Gender Equity Is Everyone's Business
I thought of starting this blog entry with a top-10 list of reasons, but it is hard to balance humor and earnestness (I'm a diversity geek, after all!), so I'll take the earnest approach. Perhaps with a dash of humor. First, the earnest:...
- Aaswomen Newsletter For September 25, 2015
AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of September 25, 2015 eds: Daryl Haggard, Nicolle Zellner, Meredith Hughes, Elysse Voyer & Heather Flewelling This week's issues: 1. Astronomy in Color 2. Gender-disparity...
- Women In Astronomy, 1000 Posts Later
Today marks our 1000th blog post on the Women-in-Astronomy (WiA) blog. I thought I'd use this post to talk about some of the blog's history and where I see our future. Former Bloggers-in-Chief Hannah Jang-Condell and Laura Trouille as well as...
- Inclusive Astronomy Meeting: June 17-19, 2015 At Vanderbilt University
This guest post is composed by the organizers of the Inclusive Astronomy meeting. We are pleased to announce and invite the participation of all to the inaugural meeting on Inclusive Astronomy to be held June 17-19, 2015, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,...
- Who Are We?
I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to this community. My name is Jessica Kirkpatrick. I am one of the new members of the CSWA. As part of my membership commitment, I will be regularly blogging on the Women...
Astronomy
Astronomy in Color
A group of astronomers started a new blog last week: Astronomy in Color. The blog consists of members of the astronomy community committed to increasing diversity by recognizing, confronting and removing the barriers to racial equity and inclusion. They are committed to an intersectional feminist approach combined with a framework of cultural materialism to understand the past and present repercussions of systemic oppression of marginalized groups on our ability to study the Universe.
Astronomy in Color kicked off the blog with two great posts. One which is an introduction to the lingo of the social justice movement with definitions of commonly used social justice vocabulary words. The second is a statement of support for Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas high schooler who was arrested for bringing a home-made clock to school.
We at the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, and the Women in Astronomy Blog are very excited at the formation of Astronomy in Color, and look forward at ways to collaborate and support each other in increasing inclusion and equity in the Astronomy community.
- Why Gender Equity Is Everyone's Business
I thought of starting this blog entry with a top-10 list of reasons, but it is hard to balance humor and earnestness (I'm a diversity geek, after all!), so I'll take the earnest approach. Perhaps with a dash of humor. First, the earnest:...
- Aaswomen Newsletter For September 25, 2015
AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of September 25, 2015 eds: Daryl Haggard, Nicolle Zellner, Meredith Hughes, Elysse Voyer & Heather Flewelling This week's issues: 1. Astronomy in Color 2. Gender-disparity...
- Women In Astronomy, 1000 Posts Later
Today marks our 1000th blog post on the Women-in-Astronomy (WiA) blog. I thought I'd use this post to talk about some of the blog's history and where I see our future. Former Bloggers-in-Chief Hannah Jang-Condell and Laura Trouille as well as...
- Inclusive Astronomy Meeting: June 17-19, 2015 At Vanderbilt University
This guest post is composed by the organizers of the Inclusive Astronomy meeting. We are pleased to announce and invite the participation of all to the inaugural meeting on Inclusive Astronomy to be held June 17-19, 2015, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,...
- Who Are We?
I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to this community. My name is Jessica Kirkpatrick. I am one of the new members of the CSWA. As part of my membership commitment, I will be regularly blogging on the Women...