Status - Full Table of Contents
June 2016
No issue published
January 2016 - PDF, 10.3 MB
The Gender Distribution of AAS Members: 2015 – by Kevin B. Marvel - p. 1
From the Editor – by Nancy Morrison - p. 3
Expanding Potential, A Program for Inclusivity – by Nancy Morrison - p.5
The True Meaning of Techquity – by Libby Schaaf (Source: AWIS Magazine, Winter 2016) - p. 7
Women’s VC [Venture Capital] Champion Weighs in on Systemic Transformation – by Jonathan Sposato (Source: AWIS Magazine, Fall 2015) - p. 9
Book review: Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity by Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell and Stella M. Nkomo – by Nancy Morrison - p. 14
June 2015 - PDF, 7 MB
The NASA SMD E/PO Community's Commitment to Diversity: Engaging Women and Girls in STEM – by Bonnie Meinke, Andrea Jones, Nancy Alima Ali, and the NASA SMD E/PO Community - p. 1
From the Editor – by Nancy Morrison - p. 3
Proudness: What Is It? Why Is It Important? And How Do We Design for It in College Physics and Astronomy Education? – by Angela Little - p. 7
Struggling Against Gender Bias in STEM Fields – by Ramin Skibba - p. 15
Book review: Archaeology, Sexism, and Scandal by Alan Kaiser – by Gerrit Verschuur - p. 18
January 2015 - PDF, 946 KB
Using Non-Cognitive Assessments in Graduate Admissions to Select Better Students and Increase Diversity – by Casey W. Miller - p. 1
From the Editor – by Nancy Morrison - p. 4
Senior Women Moving into Leadership Positions: Has ADVANCE Affected Junior and Senior Women Scientists Differently? – by Sue V. Rosser - p. 11
Women of Color in Academia: A Conference – by Nancy D. Morrison - p. 21
Book review and author interview: The Falling Sky by Pippa Goldschmidt – by Nicolle Zellner - p. 30
June 2014 - PDF, 3.11 MB
CSWA Survey: Two-Body Careers in Astronomy – by Erica Rodgers - p. 1
Note from the Editor – by Nancy Morrison - p. 3
How Workplace Climate Changes the Knowledge We Generate – by Meg Urry - p. 12
On Planck’s Law, Blackbodies and the Physics of Diversity – by Jedidah C. Isler - p. 16
Math and Verbal Performance of Men and Women Under Competition and Time Pressure – by Nancy Morrison - p. 19
January 2014 - PDF, 1.7 MB
The 2013 CSWA Demographics Survey – by A. Meredith Hughes - p. 1. Supplemental tables
Note from the Editor – by Nancy Morrison - p. 3
Why We Resist Unconscious Bias – by Meg Urry - p. 10
NSF Support of Women in Academia Since 1982 – by Nancy Morrison - p. 13
Report on "NextGen VOICES Results: Work-Life Balance" – by Johanna Teske - p. 17
Fed Up with Sexual Harassment – by Dara Norman - p. 20
June 2013 - PDF, 1.8 MB
Raising the Bar in Physics Graduate Education – by Meg Urry - p. 1
Note from the Editor – by Katy Garmany - p. 3
Women Who Changed Modern American Science – by Nancy Morrison - p. 8
One Personʼs Advice on the Two-Body Problem – by Annika Peter - p. 11
Book review: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers – by Joannah Hinz - p. 13
January 2013 - PDF, 250 KB
Toward More Inclusive Family-Friendly Policies – by Megan Reiter - p. 1
Note from the Editor – by Katy Garmany - p. 3
"Unraveling Hardwiring" reprinted from Delusions of Gender Ch 16, by Cordelia Fine - p. 5
"Women vs Women" – by Joan Schmelz (reprinted from her blog posts) - p. 11
Practical Strategies for Soft Money Researchers Who Work Remotely – by Karly Pitman - p. 13
Book review: American Women and World War II by Doris Weatherford, and The Women Who Lived for Danger: Behind Enemy Lines During WW II by Marcus Binney – by Gerrit L. Verschuur - p. 16
June 2012 - PDF, 408 KB
GPS Groups: A Peer-Problem-Solving Approach To Mentorship – by Evgenya L. Shkolnik, Alexandra Surcel, Anat Shahar, and Hannah Jang-Condell - p. 1
Note from the Editor – by Katy Garmany - p. 3
A Workshop on Self-Promotion Techniques for Women – by Nancy Morrison - p. 5
On Hearing What is Said – by Gerrit L. Verschuur - p. 7
Gender-Specific Brains: Fact or Fiction – by Laura L. May Hoopes (Reprinted with permission from the Association for Women in Science, Fall 2011) - p. 10
ACS Awards: A Call for Action, Reprinted with permission from C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News, digital edition 12 Mar 2012) - p. 13
January 2012 - PDF, 1.4 MB
What Balance? Lessons from the AAS Special Work/Life Balance Panel, 11 Jan 2011 – by Blake Bullock - p. 1
Science Cheerleaders visit NASA – by Lynn Cominsky - p. 3
The Fourth International Conference on Women in Physics – by Meg Urry - p. 5
Unconscious Bias – by Caroline Simpson - p. 11
America’s Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines – Book Review by Joannah Hinz - p. 14
July 2011 - PDF, 1.1 MB
Building Respect and Inclusion in Astronomy: Strategies for Addressing and Overcoming Harassment – by Sheryl Bruff and Bernice Durand - p. 1
Editor’s Comments – by Katy Garmany - p. 2
'Women in Science' Groups as Instruments of Change – by Meredith Danowski - p. 10
Leaders in Science and Engineering: The Women of MIT – by Edmund Bertschinger - p. 11
Introduction to Unconscious Bias – by Joan T. Schmelz and Patricia Knezek - p. 14
Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer among the American Romantics – Book Review by Kate Brutlag Follette - p. 16
January 2011 - PDF, full size, 2.6 MB
Women in Astronomy; Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Diverse Workforce – by Anne Kinney - p. 1
Women and the Imposter Syndrome in Astronomy – by Rachel Ivie and Arnell Ephraim - p. 4
Do you think that’s appropriate? A survey of perceptions of behavior in student-advisor relationships – by Adam J. Burgasser - p. 8
STATUS Spotlight: Prof. Kelsey Johnson – by Joannah Hinz and Katy Garmany - p. 11
Book Review: Under the Radar: The first woman in radio astronomy – by Gerrit Verschuur - p. 12
June 2010
No issue published
January 2010 - (pdf)
Women and Mission Leadership – by Susan Niebur
Gender Differences in Academia – by Fran Bagenal
She is an Astronomer – by C. G. De Pree
Snippets
June 2009
No issue published
January 2009 - (pdf)
The Ongoing Demographic Shift in the AAS – by Kevin Marvel
Note from Editor – by Fran Bagenal
So, now you have a PhD... – by STATUS readers
In Praise of Daycare – by Meg Urry
Teaching as Hypatia of Alexandria – by Fran Bagenal
Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Upping the Numbersi – by Jennifer L. Hoffman
Snippets - News Briefs and Highlights – by the Editors
June 2008
No issue published
January 2008
No issue published
June 2007 - (pdf)
Women in Canadian Astronomy: Fifteen Years of Hard Data – by Michael A. Reid and Brenda C. Matthews
Center for Astrophysics Gender Equity Report – by the Editors
Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Very Successful Women - by Ellen Daniell
Affecting the Climate for Women in Physics: The CSWP Site Visit Program – by Meg Urry
Review of Two Paths to Heaven's Gate, Nan Dieter Conklin - by Joan T Schmelz
Snippets: News Briefs and Highlights
January 2007 - (pdf)
Using a Legal Toolkit to Fix the Leaky Pipeline: Overcoming Discrimination through the Interplay of Science and Strategy – by Charlotte Fishman
Denice Denton: A Personal Remembrance – by Meg Urry
Making Institutional Change – by Denice Denton
Does Gender Matter? - by Ben A. Barnes
White men, white coats, little change - by Nancy Forbes
Spotlight: A Section of Status - by the Editors
Review: The Female Brain, Louann Brizendine (Morgan Road: 2006. 279 pp. $24.95) - by Rebecca M. Young and Evan Balaban
Snippets: News Briefs and Highlights - by the Editors
Notes From a Life - by STATUS Readers
June 2006 - (pdf)
Caroline Herschel as an Observer – by Michael Hoskin
The Feminine Mystique – by Betty Friedan
Editor's Note – by Fran Bagenal
Betty Friedan: Feminist icon of the 1960s, renowned for her bestseller, The Feminine Mystique – by Sheila Rowbotham
The Betty I Knew – by Germaine Greer
Breaking for Families: Women physicists find taking a leave is often hazardous to their career – by Kendra Snyder
New Childbirth Policy for Female Graduate Students – by Michael Pena with Gail Mahood
Snippets: News Briefs and Highlights – by the Editors
Notes From a Life – by STATUS readers
January 2006 - (pdf)
Implementing Change and Finding Balance at NASA's GSFC – by Amy Simon-Miller
Editor's Note – by Fran Bagenal
Career vs. Family - How "The Man" Can Help – by Sarah Gibson
The Balancing Act: A Postdoc's Perspective – by Hannah Jang-Condell
Dorrit Hoffleit: From four-lead clovers to variable stars – by Pangratios Papcosta
Book Review: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections – by Dorritt Hoffleit
Book Review: Beamtimes and Lifetimes: the World of High Energy Physicists – by Beth Hufnagel
Apollo Fever – by Fran Bagenal
Feedback – by Edward Adelson
Snippets: News Briefs and Highlights – by the Editors
June 2005 - (html) (pdf)
From the Editor – by Fran Bagenal
Interview with Margaret Kivelson
The Poster Project: Using Visual Means to Challenge Stereotypes – by the Editors
Raise Your Hand if You're a Woman in Science – by Virgina Valian
I'm Wired for Science – by Shannon McClintock
Diminished – by Discrimination We Scarcely See – by Meg Urry
Invisible Bias – by Chris Berdik
Applying to Graduate School II – by Fran Bagenal
Notices: A Section of STATUS – by the Editors
Notes From a Life – by STATUS readers
January 2005 - (pdf)
Beatrice Tinsely: A Tribute – by Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.
Nobel Prize for a "Computer" named Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921) – by Pangratios Papacosta
What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics? – by Barbara L. Whitten, Suzanne R. Foster, and Margaret L. Duncombe
Applying to Graduate School – by Fran Bagenal
Notes From a Life – by STATUS readers
Women in Canadian Astronomy: A Ten Year Survey – by Michael A. Reid and Brenda C. Matthews
Progress on Gender Equity at Nine Top Research Universities – by J.L. Sokoloski
Childcare at University of Arizona: Investing in the Future – by Joannah Hinz and Jill Bechtold
June 2004 - (pdf)
Pliers, pulsars and extreme physics – by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Editor's Note – by Fran Bagenal
Portrait of a Decade: Results from the 2003 CSWA Survey of Women in Astronomy – by Jennifer L. Hoffman and Meg Urry
The Leaky Pipeline for Women in Physics and Astronomy – by Fran Bagenal
Voices from the Pipeline – by Sheila Widnall
The Astronomical Community Loses a Rising Star – by Patricia Knezek, Joannah Hinz, and Meg Urry
Diversity in Astronomy and Astrophysics: A Study of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty ad PhD-Granting Departments – by Laura Lopez
A Prize Response – by Chris Russell
Notices: A Section of Status – by the STATUS Editors
Notes From a Life – by STATUS Readers
January 2004 - (pdf)
"Summary of Women in Astronomy II Conference: Diversity Breeds Excellence" – by Meg Urry available in the October and December 2003 AAS Newsletters
Editor's Note – by Patricia Knezek
A Graduate Student's Perspective on the Women in Astronomy II Conference – by Jane Rigby
The Postdoc Perspective on the Women in Astronomy II Conference – by Beth Holmes
Pictures from the Women in Astronomy II: Ten Years After Conference – by the Editors
A Proven and Practical Approach to Hiring Women and Minorities – by Kathryn Johnson (with helpful comments from Daniella Claretta and Julianne Dalcanton)
Attracting and Retaining Women in Science and Engineering – by Sue V. Rosser
Do Babies Matter? - The Effect of Family Formation on the Lifelong Careers of Academic Men and Women – by Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden
Notes From a Life – by STATUS Readers
June 2003
No issue published
January 2003 - (pdf)
Speeding up the Long Slow Path to Change – by Meg Urry
Women Partners in Law Firms: Best Practices for Much-Needed Change – by Linda Dakin-Grimm
Women, Math, and Stereotype Threat – by Dianne M. Quinn
"Show Me the Money": Salary Equity in the Academy – by Donna R. Euben
My Mother, the Scientist – by Charles Hirshberg
Notes From A Life – by STATUS Readers
Letter from Carolin Herschel (1750-1848) Poem – by Siv Cedering
Review of the Status of Women at the Space Telescope Science Institute – by the Editors
June 2002 - (pdf)
The Status of Women in Physics - What, Why, and How to Change – by Aparna Venkatesan and Meg Urry
Reconcilable Differences: What it would take for marriage and feminism to say "I do" – by Janet C. Gornick
New Study at MIT Finds That Female Faculty Members Still Feel Marginalized – by Scott Smallwood
Women Who Have Children Early in Careers Hurt Their Chances to Achieve Tenure, Report Finds – by Thomas Bartlett
Origins and Results from the Reports on the Status of Women Faculty at Caltech – by Anneila I. Sargent
Book Review: Sex and Power, – by Susan Estrich Reviewed – by Meg Urry
American Astronomical Society's Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (AAS/CSWA) Website Updates – by Amy Simon-Miller
Clarification on January 2002 STATUS Article on Top Astronomy Graduate Schools in the U.S. – by Meg Urry
Letter to the Editors – by Ann Zabludoff, Jim Liebert, Rob Kennicutt
January 2002 - (pdf)
Gender Inequality and Cultural Change – by Catherine Pilachowski and Anneila Sargent
Women Physicists and Chemists are Making Slow Progress in Academe – by Valerie J. Kuck
Things Your Professor Should Have Told You – by Alice S. Huang
Addendum: "Yields" and "Parity Indices" for Top Astronomical Institutions – by Meg Urry and Valerie Kuck
Women in Academe, and the Men Who Derail Them – by Wendy M. Williams
Maria Mitchell: A Life in Journals and Letters, edited – by Henry Albers, College Avenue Press, Clinton Corners NY, 2001 Book Review – by Vera C. Rubin
Rosalind Franklin and the Double Helix – by Joan Schmelz
Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia, – by Emily Toth Book Review – by Ann Wehrle
Announcing the Poetry Collection "A Responsibility to Awe" – by Alson Campbell
June 2001 - (pdf)
Evaluation of the Status of Women in Astronomy – by Andrea Dupree
Women in Science at U.S. Universities: Criticism and Defense of the MIT Report – by Meg Urry
The Charge of The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) – by Catharine Jay Didion and Kelly Meeker
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Illogical Dimensions to being a woman scientist – by Kristy Dyer
Anonymous Letter to the Department Faculty – by Anonymous
Women and the Work/Family Dilemma – by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker Book Review – by Ann Werhle
Why Women Leave Science – by Diane Hoffman-Kim
January 2001 - (pdf)
A Tribute to Margaret Burbidge – by Vera C. Rubin
Women Editors of the Astrophysical Journal – by You-Hua Chu
The Two-Body Problem, Part II: Seeking Employment Solutions for Dual-Science-Career Couples – by Laurie McNeil and Marc Sher
"Good Morning Gentlemen, and Meg" - Astronomy: A Woman's Choice – by Ann Finkbeiner
From The Trenches - Views from Young Astronomers – by STATUS readers
Notes From a Life – by STATUS readers
June 2000 - (pdf)
The Status of Women in Astronomy – by Meg Urry
Cultural Impact on the Percentage of Women in Astronomy – by Regina Jorgenson and Vladimir Strelnitski
You All Treat Me Like the Junior Scientist – by John Foley
A Personal Journey of Exploration through the World of Women Astronomers – by Regina Jorgenson
The Two-Body Problem: Seeking Employment for Dual-Science-Career Couples – by Laurie McNeil and Marc Sher
Reflection on Status and STATUS – by William C. Keel
In Memory of Caroline Herschel – by Kristy Dyer
Pregnancy and the Workplace - A Personal Perspective – by Lisa Frattare
Pregnancy "Note From a Life:" – by a reader contributor
Remember When... – by the Editors
Notes From a Life – by STATUS readers
January 2000 - (pdf)
Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers – by Margaret Burbridge
Editors' Note – by Meg Urry and Lisa Frattare
Views From an Affirmative Activist – by Howard Georgi
Young Astronomers' Views: Employment and Affirmative Action – by Lynne Hilenbrand
Young Astronomers' Views: Gender Bias Perceptions – by Lynne Hilenbrand
Women and Science at Yale – by David Gelernter
A Softer Touch for Tough Women: Coaching World Class Soccer – by John Powers
Science Has No Gender – by Sethanne Howard
Ruby Payne-Scott – by Kristy Dyer
Sofia Krukovsky – by Michelle Thaller
Notes From A Life – by STATUS readers
June 1999 - (pdf)
Commentary – by Claude R. Canizares
MIT Women Win Fight Against Bias; School Admits Discrimination – by Kate Zernike
The Baltimore Charter and the Status of Women in Astronomy – by Meg Urry
Disparities in the Salaries and Appointments of Academic Women and Men – by Ernst Benjamin
Sexual Harassment: One (Male) Scientist's Journey – by Anonymous
Notes From A Life – by STATUS readers
I've Got a Little List – by Erica Jong
January 1999 - (pdf)
The Status of STATUS – by Meg Urry and Lisa Frattare
Women, Culture, and Science – by Steven Beckwith
Women in Science: The Project Access Study – by Gerhard Sonnert
Sex, Schemas, and Success - What's Keeping Women Back – by Virginia Valian
Behind the Scenes, Behind the Screens – by Lisa Frattare and Meg Urry
June 1998
No issue published
January 1998 - (pdf)
Women in Astronomy Database – by Priscilla Benson and Lisa Frattare
Keeper of the Base – by Lisa Frattare
From the Editor – by Kathryn N. Mead
To Encourage Young Scientists? Or Not? – by Alan Hale and Stephanie Lester
Update on Job Guidelines
June 1997 - (pdf)
About This Issue – by Kathryn N. Mead
Letters to the Editor
Graduate Education – by Zodiac Webster
Some Thoughts on Tenure – by Marc L. Kutner
Life After Astronomy – by Barry Meyers-Rice
From The Editor
January 1997 - (pdf)
About This Issue – by Kathryn N. Mead
Changes Can Be Made – by Carol Sibley
Physicists Working in Industry, Two Views – by Kathy Kirby and Nancy Forbes
Derailed on The Track to "Success" – by Anonymous
Update on Job Guidelines
New CSWA Web Pages
June 1996 - (pdf)
About This Issue – by Kathryn N. Mead
Women in Engineering and Science: Does Anyone Care? – by John A. White
How to Survive Sexual Harassment – by Anonymous
Report on the AWIS Leadership Conference for Women – by Wendee M. Brunish
Update on Job Guidelines – by Marc L. Kutner
January 1996 - (pdf)
Toward Fairer Job Searches: A Summary of the June AAS CSWA Session – by Nadine G. Barlow
October DPS CSWA Session – by Beatrice Muller
"Space for Women Day" at the Center for Astrophysics – by Julie Corliss
Results of Working Women Count! Questionnaires for Los Alamos National Laboratory – by Wendee M. Brunish
Personal Reflections on Extra Obstacles for Women in Science – by Jean Chiar