Astronomy
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 to endorse the Pasadena Recommendations.
Start by going to the web site and printing out the brochure
http://www.aas.org/cswa/pasadenarecs.html
Note: it is not important that all the recommendations are currently followed; it is important that the principles are supported.
2. Invite your department chair/boss/ research supervisor to attend a CSWA-sponsored session and/or Town Hall at the next AAS meeting.
This information is available on the AAS meeting web site.
3. Get a friend/colleague to subscribe to AASWOMEN, CSWA?s weekly electronic newsletter.
Simply send e-mail to majordomo_at_aas.org, with message in the BODY: subscribe aaswlist your_email_address
4. Comment on a Women_in_ Astronomy blog posting.
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/
5. Attend a career development workshop at an AAS meeting.
6. Get your friends/colleagues to read STATUS, CSWA?s semiannual publication. It consists of original and reprinted articles on topics relating to women in astronomy, in science and/or in society. Then get together to discuss an article.
http://www.aas.org/cswa/STATUS.html
7. Create a brochure of the family-friendly policies at your institution.
8. Put together an e-mail list of the postdocs in your department/ research group and invite them all out for coffee. (Suggested by Amber Straughn, GSFC)
9. Present a lunch talk in your department/research group summarizing the info and outcomes of the Women in Astronomy III conference. (Suggested by Laura Lopez, UCSC)
10. Make a suggestion to add to this list.
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Astronomy
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 to endorse the Pasadena Recommendations.
Start by going to the web site and printing out the brochure
http://www.aas.org/cswa/pasadenarecs.html
Note: it is not important that all the recommendations are currently followed; it is important that the principles are supported.
2. Invite your department chair/boss/ research supervisor to attend a CSWA-sponsored session and/or Town Hall at the next AAS meeting.
This information is available on the AAS meeting web site.
3. Get a friend/colleague to subscribe to AASWOMEN, CSWA?s weekly electronic newsletter.
Simply send e-mail to majordomo_at_aas.org, with message in the BODY: subscribe aaswlist your_email_address
4. Comment on a Women_in_ Astronomy blog posting.
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/
5. Attend a career development workshop at an AAS meeting.
6. Get your friends/colleagues to read STATUS, CSWA?s semiannual publication. It consists of original and reprinted articles on topics relating to women in astronomy, in science and/or in society. Then get together to discuss an article.
http://www.aas.org/cswa/STATUS.html
7. Create a brochure of the family-friendly policies at your institution.
8. Put together an e-mail list of the postdocs in your department/ research group and invite them all out for coffee. (Suggested by Amber Straughn, GSFC)
9. Present a lunch talk in your department/research group summarizing the info and outcomes of the Women in Astronomy III conference. (Suggested by Laura Lopez, UCSC)
10. Make a suggestion to add to this list.
- Aaswomen January 17, 2014
AAS Committee on the Status of Women AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of January 17, 2014 eds. Michele M. Montgomery, Daryl Haggard, Nick Murphy, & Nicolle Zellner SPECIAL EDITION: CSWA Climate Site Visit Program for Astronomy Departments...
- 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....
- 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...
- Aaswomen Newsletter For July 22, 2011
AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of July 22, 2011 eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson amp; Michele Montgomery This week's issues: 1. Latest Issue of STATUS Now Available2. Walmart Women3. Undergraduate Women Engineers: Race Matters4. Increasing...
- Aaswomen For October 30, 2009
AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of October 30, 2009 eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson & Michele Montgomery This week's issues: 1. What Can I Do? Inspirations from Women in Astronomy III2. "Female-Friendly" Department/Organization/Institution3....