Astronomy
Here's an interesting article: A Case Study of Gender Bias at the Postdoctoral Level in Physics, and its Resulting Impact on the Academic Career Advancement of Females, by S. Towers. From the abstract:
It's interesting that the author included that last statement about her qualifications. It's as if she knows that some gender-bias-denialist might question her statistical methods and what not.
Not only does this study demonstrably show gender bias, but it supports the view I've long suspected, that if you want to land a plum job, you gotta get your name out there, and the way to get your name out there is by giving talks at conferences.
Guess I ought to get moving on submitting those conference abstracts...
[hat tip: Thus Spake Zuska. cross posted at Twinke Twinkle YSO]
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Astronomy
Working Twice As Hard for Half the Credit
Here's an interesting article: A Case Study of Gender Bias at the Postdoctoral Level in Physics, and its Resulting Impact on the Academic Career Advancement of Females, by S. Towers. From the abstract:
The study finds that the female researchers were on average significantly more productive compared to their male peers, yet were allocated only 1/3 the amount of conference presentations based on their productivity. The study also finds that the dramatic gender bias in allocation of conference presentations appeared to have significant negative impact on the academic career advancement of the females.
The author has a PhD in particle physics and worked for 6 years as a postdoctoral research scientist. She is currently completing a graduate degree in statistics.
It's interesting that the author included that last statement about her qualifications. It's as if she knows that some gender-bias-denialist might question her statistical methods and what not.
Not only does this study demonstrably show gender bias, but it supports the view I've long suspected, that if you want to land a plum job, you gotta get your name out there, and the way to get your name out there is by giving talks at conferences.
Guess I ought to get moving on submitting those conference abstracts...
[hat tip: Thus Spake Zuska. cross posted at Twinke Twinkle YSO]
- Letter Of Recommendation For Letters Of Recommendation
My wife pointed out to me an interesting article in the May 2015 issue of Science about gender bias when writing letters of recommendation. It is by Science Editor-in-Chief Marcia McNutt and describes her personal experience in reviewing graduate...
- Gender Bias In Guest Observer Programs
A recent paper on arXiv (1409.3528) by I. Neill Reid at STScI is an eye-opener. It presents a detailed study of gender bias in HST guest observer selection. The results are very clear: female PIs are systematically less successful in winning...
- Report: Gender In Aas Talks
Cross-posted from University of Washington Astronomy PhD Candidate Jim Davenport's blog: Today I'm proud to announce that my AAS 223 Hack Day project is finally finished! Our "paper" (really an informal report) on the study of gender in AAS talks...
- Mind The Gender Gap
A recent Nature article discusses problems with the hiring and retention of women in science and engineering. The National Science Foundation finds that while female scientists have made steady gains in recent decades they face persistent career challenges....
- Academia And Family Structure
Today's guest blogger is Annika Peter. Annika studies dark matter and gravitational dynamics and is currently finishing up a postdoctoral position at UC Irvine. She is moving to a faculty position in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy at...