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Astronomoms: Doubting
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Presented at the last AAS meeting shows that 60% of female astronomers suffer from impostor syndrome, the (unjustified) "fear of being exposed by colleagues for a lack of knowledge or ability". In comparison, 47% of male astronomers say they suffer from this. Since these fears could be a factor leading people away from astronomy, it may be one of the many things explaining why so few women make it all the way. So let's make a first baby step he...
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Astronomoms: May 2009
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Over at Women in Astronomy. They posted in the weekly STATUS newsletter. A review of a seminar given by Prof. Katheryn Johnston last week summarizing some results from the social and psychological science research along with her personal perspective on why women progress so slow in science. I recommend you check out her slides which are posted here: http:/ www.cfa.harvard.edu/cfawis/kathryn johnston.pdf. Up We have comparable citation indexes, a...
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Astronomoms: January 2011
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Science Topics on BBC Women's Hour. BBC Women's Hour - Listen again. 2011 is the International year of Chemistry - If girls do better than boys at A level Chemistry, why don't more young girls dream of a truly exhilarating career in science. How can we change this? Dr Patricia Fara, a science historian from Clare College Cambridge discusses. Discussion starts at 34 minutes 20 seconds -. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/. 1 The main character is...
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Astronomoms: Science Topics on BBC Women's Hour
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Science Topics on BBC Women's Hour. BBC Women's Hour - Listen again. 2011 is the International year of Chemistry - If girls do better than boys at A level Chemistry, why don't more young girls dream of a truly exhilarating career in science. How can we change this? Dr Patricia Fara, a science historian from Clare College Cambridge discusses. Discussion starts at 34 minutes 20 seconds -. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/. What can men do to help?
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Astronomoms: March 2010
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Presented at the last AAS meeting shows that 60% of female astronomers suffer from impostor syndrome, the (unjustified) "fear of being exposed by colleagues for a lack of knowledge or ability". In comparison, 47% of male astronomers say they suffer from this. Since these fears could be a factor leading people away from astronomy, it may be one of the many things explaining why so few women make it all the way. So let's make a first baby step he...
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Astronomoms: January 2010
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Signing back in after a while. Since I last wrote in June, Nr.2 was born, we moved to another country, and I started a new job. Hopefully this will be enough to forgive my silence on this blog! Let's go back to last June where I left this off. I was getting a lot of work done. The summer went well, but flew right by too quickly. I will hopefully have time in the coming weeks to write more about my maternity leave, and about how the fears...
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Astronomoms: December 2009
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Wednesday, December 2, 2009. A Minor Inconvenience of Early Pregnancy. Note: this was written on July 24th 2009, but I've delayed posting until I told all my friends and family about the new baby, since my "annonymity" here is extremely suspect! And in fact this excuse is now a poor one too - what can I say - life happens! Constant mild nausea, increased motion sickness, and vomiting 3-4 mornings every week (for 7 weeks! August 26th Update: I'm just now about 14 weeks...
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Astronomoms: Childcare!
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Monday, February 8, 2010. I'm happy to report that things have suddenly taken a turn for the better: we have found some childcare for Baby! This means that in no time I'll be back at work full time, while feeling great that the kids are well taken care of. That feeling is priceless, I realize I had it at my previous job, without knowing it until we were put in this uncomfortable situation. February 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM. February 9, 2010 at 3:15 AM. My four-month-old son...
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Astronomoms: Two is hard
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Well it's been a long time, and I hate blogs that are just lists of excuses, but I have to say two kids is hard. much harder than one! I'm also loosing interest in anonymous blogging - I find it actually reduces what I can say as I don't want to give too much away. And every (female) astronomer I've met knows who I am anyway so it seems a bit pointless! So I'm not sure where this blog is going in the future, if anywhere. So the only solutio...
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Astronomoms: July 2009
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On being an Astronomer and a Mother. Monday, July 27, 2009. A really pretty galaxy. Just wanted to point out today's Astronomy Picture of the Day. A really pretty galaxy shown beautifully by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Thursday, July 23, 2009. Baby Gaps and Paying for Maternity Leave. A couple of interesting posts recently over at Female Science Professor. Which are very relevant here at present since 2/3 authors (not me! Are out on Maternity Leave. In the first Baby Gap. Followed by a list of several s...