Astronomy
Regarding amydove's comment to WIA 2009: Criticisms that the meeting didn't really have an outcome: it will. The CSWA has been tasked to develop a Strategic Plan, which includes identification of issues to be addressed, goals to achieve, strategies by which to achieve them, and next actions.
During the meeting, we mined the crowd for ideas for our future vision and work. Issues that came up (which include some of the ones you have seen here) are:
* since the traditional path is taken by a minority of people, then shouldn't we redefine "traditional" -- it certainly doesn't mean "usual" or "normal!"
** one thing from the meeting that struck me was that men with children are viewed more positively than men without (it's a marker of stability and maturity), while women with children are viewed more negatively (she'll have extra demands on her time).
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The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy and the AAS Employment Committee have compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers. The interviews share advice and lessons learned from...
- Report From Special Session On Diversity At Austin Aas
The CSWA helped sponsor a Special Session entitled "Increasing Diversity in Your Department" at the 219th AAS Meeting in Austin last week. We had four terrific speakers for this session, and the CSWA will post their slides on our website soon. For now,...
- Dr. Ms.
From the Washington Post: Report: More women than men in U.S. earned doctorates last year for first time As the article notes, the gender ratio for undergraduate and masters degrees has been tipped toward women for a while now. So it was only matter of...
- Aas 215 -- Owlm
So, last week was the 215th AAS Meeting in Washington, DC. I found the meeting to be pretty overwhelming. In fact, the title of this post is a reference to the OWLT, in case it wasn't clear. It was the biggest AAS Meeting in history, which for me...
- Aaswomen For December 18, 2009
AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of December 19, 2009 eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson & Michele Montgomery This week's issues: 1. Unearned Advantage and Disadvantage2. Unconcious Bias: the CSWA special session proposal for the Miami...
Astronomy
WIA 2009 - results?
Regarding amydove's comment to WIA 2009: Criticisms that the meeting didn't really have an outcome: it will. The CSWA has been tasked to develop a Strategic Plan, which includes identification of issues to be addressed, goals to achieve, strategies by which to achieve them, and next actions.
During the meeting, we mined the crowd for ideas for our future vision and work. Issues that came up (which include some of the ones you have seen here) are:
- the importance of mentoring, but lack of a reward system to do it;
- the effect of unconscious bias (but not much on how to address it; hmmm);
- the over-emphasis on the "traditional" academic career path and corresponding lack of recognition and inclusion of people pursuing "non-traditional" paths*;
- that as women pursue a work-life balance, they tend to be more negatively impacted than men**
* since the traditional path is taken by a minority of people, then shouldn't we redefine "traditional" -- it certainly doesn't mean "usual" or "normal!"
** one thing from the meeting that struck me was that men with children are viewed more positively than men without (it's a marker of stability and maturity), while women with children are viewed more negatively (she'll have extra demands on her time).
- Career Profiles: Astronomer To Senior Staff Scientist In Industry
The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy and the AAS Employment Committee have compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers. The interviews share advice and lessons learned from...
- Report From Special Session On Diversity At Austin Aas
The CSWA helped sponsor a Special Session entitled "Increasing Diversity in Your Department" at the 219th AAS Meeting in Austin last week. We had four terrific speakers for this session, and the CSWA will post their slides on our website soon. For now,...
- Dr. Ms.
From the Washington Post: Report: More women than men in U.S. earned doctorates last year for first time As the article notes, the gender ratio for undergraduate and masters degrees has been tipped toward women for a while now. So it was only matter of...
- Aas 215 -- Owlm
So, last week was the 215th AAS Meeting in Washington, DC. I found the meeting to be pretty overwhelming. In fact, the title of this post is a reference to the OWLT, in case it wasn't clear. It was the biggest AAS Meeting in history, which for me...
- Aaswomen For December 18, 2009
AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of December 19, 2009 eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson & Michele Montgomery This week's issues: 1. Unearned Advantage and Disadvantage2. Unconcious Bias: the CSWA special session proposal for the Miami...