AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of May 15, 2009
eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson & Michele Montgomery
This week's issues:
1. Supremely Ignored
2. Site Visits
3. M. Hildred Blewett Scholarship
4. Postdoctoral Fellowship In Astrophysics-PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
*** FOLLOWING POSITIONS TAKEN FROM WIPHYS ***
5. Job Opportunities at the IAEA
6. How to Submit, Subscribe, or Unsubscribe to AASWOMEN
7. Access to Past Issues of AASWOMEN
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1. Supremely Ignored
From: Hannah at Women in Astronomy blog
[http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/]
Following up on the discussion about being ignored both here on the blog
and in AASWOMEN, here's an interesting article from last week in USA
Today about Justice Ginsburg. (See also commentary from the XX factor at
Slate.com.)
Much of the article is about Ginsburg's career history and strong
opinions about having another woman on the Court, but this part sticks
out:
"I don't know how many meetings I attended in the '60s and the '70s,
where I would say something, and I thought it was a pretty good
idea... Then somebody else would say exactly what I said. Then
people would become alert to it, respond to it."
Even after 16 years as a justice, she said, that still sometimes
occurs. "It can happen even in the conferences in the court. When I
will say something --- and I don't think I'm a confused speaker
--- and it isn't until somebody else says it that everyone will
focus on the point."
You'd think that in the 21st century and in the highest court in the
land that being ignored for being a woman wouldn't be an issue. Then
again, those of us familiar with being in a minority of around 11% (say,
in certain physical sciences) might understand how it happen.
Link to full post:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/05/supremely-ignored.html
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2. Site Visits
From: Hannah at Women in Astronomy blog
[http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/]
Do you think your department could use an external review of its climate
for women? The American Physical Society (APS) has a whole program set
up for conducting site visits. There's also a similar program directed
toward the climate for minorites.
This way, if you're concerned that your department could use help
identifying areas for improvement, you don't have to go and re-invent
the wheel. This has been done before at number of different
institutions. I'm only posting this now because I think people could use
a reminder that such resources exist. If you go to the webpage about
site visits, there's a number of links to resources, including
compliations of best practices. The site visit team may be external, but
the results of the visit are confidential.
Link to full post:
http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/05/site-visits.html
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3. M. Hildred Blewett Scholarship
From: WIPHYS April 22, 2009
The M. Hildred Blewett Scholarship for Women in Physics consists of an
award of up to $45,000 to enable women to return to physics research
careers after having had to interrupt those careers for family
reasons. Details on the scholarship and how to apply can be found at
http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/blewett/index.cfm
Applications are due June 1, 2009.
Please share this information with a woman in physics who may be interested!
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4. Postdoctoral Fellowship In Astrophysics-PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
From: Mindy G. Lipman [lipman
princeton.edu]
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
USA
Email Submission Address: postapp09astro.princeton.edu
Email Inquiries: jeremyastro.princeton.edu
Attention: J. Jeremy Goodman, Professor, Astrophysical Sciences
The Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, invites
applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astrophysics. Half of the
Fellow's effort will be numerical simulations and theoretical analyses
in support of the Princeton Magnetorotational Experiment
(http://mri.pppl.gov) in collaboration with Professor Jeremy Goodman and
Principal Research Physicist Hantao Ji. The other half will be research
at the Fellow's discretion but within computational astrophysics or
plasma physics, as the position is supported in part by the NSF Center
for Magnetic Self-Organization. Professor James Stone, in addition to
Goodman and Ji, will participate in possible computational astrophysics
projects. The start date can be as early as September 2009.
Appointments are for one year, renewable annually based on satisfactory
performance, for a total of up to three years, funds permitting.
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, bibliography and statement of
research interests, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation
sent to the above electronic address. Applications will be reviewed
beginning by July 1, 2009.
Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with
applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations. For information
about applying to Princeton and voluntarily self-identifying, please
link to http://www.princeton.edu/dof/about_us/dof_job_openings/
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5. Job Opportunities at the IAEA
From: WIPHYS May 14, 2009
The latest job vacancies at the IAEA can be found at
http://recruitment.iaea.org/phf/images/email/top_head.jpg. Should you
know of potential candidates, please do not hesitate to share these
vacancies with them. We particularly encourage women to apply. The full
listing of open vacancies, as well as procedures for applying are
available at http://www.iaea.org/About/Jobs.
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7. Access to Past Issues of AASWOMEN
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