Astronomy
May has proven to be a very busy month for me, hence the lack of posting. It also isn't helped by the fact that I'm suffering a combination of writer's block and overthinking of topics to post on.
One topic I that's been tumbling about in my mind is the fact that May is Asian-Pacific American History Month, which ought to be important to me personally as an Asian American. I also understand that Asian Americans are under-represented in some fields of science and engineering, notably Astronomy. But talking about this for real would involve me actually looking up statistics and trying to determine how foreign nationals appear in the picture and expounding on the model minority myth and our invisibility in any discussions of race in this country and addressing issues that hard to talk about. Not that talking about Women in Astronomy is necessarily always easy, but I've had practice there.
Instead, I'll point you to some links that I've found particularly interesting lately.
A terrific report by and about women in astrobiology and planetary sciences from AbSciCon
Also, Susan Neibur, editor of the above blog, was recently diagnosed with a recurrence of inflammatory breast cancer, so she could use your support
Dr. Isis explains one of the reasons why I've been suffering from writer's block"
Female Science Professor writes about something that sounds very much like the Annie Jump Cannon Award. Food for thought.
- Cswa Success Stories And Future Challenges
Recent data on demographics and conversations with my NSF colleague, Lisa Frehill, opened my eyes to a somewhat surprising fact. Young women in astronomy (assistant professors, postdocs, students) from some racial and ethnic backgrounds (white and Asian)...
- Perspectives From Computer Science: Silent Technical Privilege
On Friday, October 3 MIT hosted a symposium addressing the well-known story told by Virginia Valian in Why So Slow? It was a big hit with the audience of more than 200 students, staff and faculty who came to hear an outstanding panel talk about...
- Gender & Race Differences In Nonacademic Careers For Stem Ph.d.s
Nonacademic career trajectories are an important and often overlooked piece of the conversation about recruitment and retention of women and minorities in STEM. A new analysis by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) shows 61% of STEM Ph.D.s...
- Ain't I A Woman? At The Intersection Of Gender, Race And Sexuality
Today's guest post is by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a Martin Luther King, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Department of Physics. She specializes in theoretical cosmology and has an interest in formal issues in field theory and relativity....
- Aaswomen For February 22, 2013
AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy Issue of February 22, 2013 eds. Caroline Simpson, Michele Montgomery, Daryl Haggard, and Nick Murphy This week's issues: 1. STATUS newsletter for January 2013 now available online2. Annie Jump Cannon...
Astronomy
May (be a) Post
May has proven to be a very busy month for me, hence the lack of posting. It also isn't helped by the fact that I'm suffering a combination of writer's block and overthinking of topics to post on.
One topic I that's been tumbling about in my mind is the fact that May is Asian-Pacific American History Month, which ought to be important to me personally as an Asian American. I also understand that Asian Americans are under-represented in some fields of science and engineering, notably Astronomy. But talking about this for real would involve me actually looking up statistics and trying to determine how foreign nationals appear in the picture and expounding on the model minority myth and our invisibility in any discussions of race in this country and addressing issues that hard to talk about. Not that talking about Women in Astronomy is necessarily always easy, but I've had practice there.
Instead, I'll point you to some links that I've found particularly interesting lately.
A terrific report by and about women in astrobiology and planetary sciences from AbSciCon
Also, Susan Neibur, editor of the above blog, was recently diagnosed with a recurrence of inflammatory breast cancer, so she could use your support
Dr. Isis explains one of the reasons why I've been suffering from writer's block"
Female Science Professor writes about something that sounds very much like the Annie Jump Cannon Award. Food for thought.
- Cswa Success Stories And Future Challenges
Recent data on demographics and conversations with my NSF colleague, Lisa Frehill, opened my eyes to a somewhat surprising fact. Young women in astronomy (assistant professors, postdocs, students) from some racial and ethnic backgrounds (white and Asian)...
- Perspectives From Computer Science: Silent Technical Privilege
On Friday, October 3 MIT hosted a symposium addressing the well-known story told by Virginia Valian in Why So Slow? It was a big hit with the audience of more than 200 students, staff and faculty who came to hear an outstanding panel talk about...
- Gender & Race Differences In Nonacademic Careers For Stem Ph.d.s
Nonacademic career trajectories are an important and often overlooked piece of the conversation about recruitment and retention of women and minorities in STEM. A new analysis by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) shows 61% of STEM Ph.D.s...
- Ain't I A Woman? At The Intersection Of Gender, Race And Sexuality
Today's guest post is by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a Martin Luther King, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Department of Physics. She specializes in theoretical cosmology and has an interest in formal issues in field theory and relativity....
- Aaswomen For February 22, 2013
AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy Issue of February 22, 2013 eds. Caroline Simpson, Michele Montgomery, Daryl Haggard, and Nick Murphy This week's issues: 1. STATUS newsletter for January 2013 now available online2. Annie Jump Cannon...