AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of July 30, 2010 eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson & Michele Montgomery This week's issues: 1."The Literature" vs. Tierney 2. Blewett Scholarship Recipients Announced for 2010 *** FOLLOWING JOB POSTING TAKEN FROM WIPHYS *** 3. Physical Scientist Position at NASA Headquarters 4. How to Submit, Subscribe, or Unsubscribe to AASWOMEN 5. Access to Past Issues of AASWOMEN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. "The Literature" vs. Tierney From: Elizabeth Freeland [papagena_at_earthlink.net] [Elizabeth has written a well-researched and thought-provoking response to the Tierney articles in the NY Times that have been discussed in previous editions of the newsletter, and on the Women in Astronomy blog at blogspot.com. Its length precludes inclusion in full here, but the entire response is up at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com . -- eds.] I recently read the article "Legislation Won't Close Gender Gap in Sciences" 6/7/10 by John Tierney. Tierney argues that requiring scientists to attend workshops to enhance gender equity is a waste of money because gender bias does not exist. I find flaws with how he draws his conclusion, take issue with his lampooning of the NSF ADVANCE program, and believe that actively addressing bias can help reduce it. That said, Tierney's first claim is that people who believe gender bias exists only dredge up a study of the Swedish Medical Research. That's a bit unfair, although it is true that, as physical scientists, we often don't do as good a job as we should in using the research in economics, psychology, and sociology to support our arguments. To help remedy this, and simultaneously take on Tierney, I briefly review the studies he brings up and throw in a few I've heard about elsewhere. Admittedly, towards the end I have fewer sources. Perhaps, though, others can respond and let us all know of recent studies which could fill the gaps. See the full post at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Blewett Scholarship Recipients Announced for 2010 From: WIPHYS July, 29, 2010 The Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) announces 2010 recipients Natalia Drichko of Johns Hopkins University and Marija Nikolic-Jaric of the University of Manitoba. The Blewett Scholarship enables women to return to physics research after having had to interrupt their careers for family reasons. Read more about the Blewett Scholarship recipients at http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/blewett/2010-recipients.cfm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Physical Scientist Position at NASA Headquarters From: WIPHYS July 29, 2010 This position involves responsibility for managing a significant fraction of the research programs of NASA's Earth Science Division in the areas of Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction (MAP). For instruction on how to apply and qualification requirements please access the full text vacancy announcement by searching under announcement number HQ10B0145 at http://www.usajobs.gov. The vacancy closes August 24, 2010. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. How to Submit, Subscribe, or Unsubscribe to AASWOMEN [Please remember to replace "_at_" in the below e-mail addresses.] To submit to AASWOMEN: send email to aaswomenaas.org All material sent to that address will be posted unless you tell us otherwise (including your email address). To subscribe or unsubscribe to AASWOMEN go to http://lists.aas.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aaswlist and fill out the form. If you experience any problems, please email itdept_at_aas.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Access to Past Issues of AASWOMEN Past issues of AASWOMEN are available at http://www.aas.org/cswa/AASWOMEN.html Each annual summary includes an index of topics covered. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ AASWList mailing list AASWList@aas.org http://lists.aas.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aaswlist End of AASWList Digest, Vol 41, Issue 5 ***************************************