Astronomy
Many graduate students and postdocs would like to do something to promote women in astronomy and help create a female-friendly workplace, but their time for such activities is limited. This is the second in a series of monthly posts with suggestions for those who want to help but don?t have the time to commit to being a full-fledged CSWA member. Today?s suggestion: give a lunch talk in your department/research group summarizing information on a Women-in-Science topic that interests you. You don?t have to start from scratch. Here are two suggestions for getting started:
(1) Check out the CSWA resources page for information on the two-body problem, work-life balance, sexual harassment, mentoring, unconscious bias, diversity, and taking a career break.
(2) Download Why So Few? from AAUW (it?s free). The report presents evidence that social and environmental factors contribute to the underrepresentation of women and girls in STEM. Focus on any chapter ? they are all good! Two of my favorites: Stereotypes and Spatial Skills. They even have a ready-made powerpoint presentation.
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We found that many postdocs and graduate students would like to do something to promote women in astronomy and help create a female-friendly workplace, but their time was limited. Here are some suggestions. 1. Get your department/company/ organization...
Astronomy
What Can I Do? Give a Talk on a Women-in-Science Topic
Many graduate students and postdocs would like to do something to promote women in astronomy and help create a female-friendly workplace, but their time for such activities is limited. This is the second in a series of monthly posts with suggestions for those who want to help but don?t have the time to commit to being a full-fledged CSWA member. Today?s suggestion: give a lunch talk in your department/research group summarizing information on a Women-in-Science topic that interests you. You don?t have to start from scratch. Here are two suggestions for getting started:
(1) Check out the CSWA resources page for information on the two-body problem, work-life balance, sexual harassment, mentoring, unconscious bias, diversity, and taking a career break.
(2) Download Why So Few? from AAUW (it?s free). The report presents evidence that social and environmental factors contribute to the underrepresentation of women and girls in STEM. Focus on any chapter ? they are all good! Two of my favorites: Stereotypes and Spatial Skills. They even have a ready-made powerpoint presentation.
- 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...
- Why So Few? Spatial Skills
The 2010 report entitled, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), investigates the area of spatial skills learning. One of the largest and most persistent gender gaps...
- Aaswomen For July 5th, 2013
AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of July 5, 2013 eds. Michele M. Montgomery, Daryl Haggard, & Nick Murphy This week's issues: 1. Dear Postdoc Colleague: Yes, the NSF is Serious About Career-Life Balance2....
- Cswa Town Hall Recap
by Hannah Jang-Condell This year's CSWA Town Hall at the Winter AAS Meeting was entitled "How Men Can Help Women in Astronomy." The idea behind this was that we cannot expect the representation of women in astronomy to get better if we rely only on...
- What Can I Do? Inspirations From Women In Astronomy Iii
We found that many postdocs and graduate students would like to do something to promote women in astronomy and help create a female-friendly workplace, but their time was limited. Here are some suggestions. 1. Get your department/company/ organization...