• This is an informal group of women scientists and graduate students at CfA who meet more or less monthly to discuss topics of mutual interest. These topics might include career paths, work-family issues, research problems, parenting, politics, rewards, salaries, advisors, mentors, promotions, policies ... etc. - whatever the group wants to bring up.
• To communicate with this group, email cfawis@cfa
  
  
• WIS-Chats, located here!

Meetings and Links

• Tuesday, July 21, 2009, Tea Room (P226) 4:00 pm: Professor Joan Schmelz, University of Memphis, CfA Sabbatical Visitor will lead a discussion about activities of the AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) of which she is the Chair.

• Wednesday, June 3, 2009, Tea Room (P226) 12 noon: Women in Astronomy III. Nancy Brickhouse, Director of the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Division, will lead the continuation of the discussion about the CfA preparation for the Women in Astronomy III Meeting, 21-23 October 2009.

• Wednesday, May 20, 2009, Pratt Conference Room 11:00 am: Women in Astronomy III. The third meeting in the Women in Astronomy series will be held 21-23 October, 2009 in College Park MD. What should CfA contribute to this meeting? Come to discuss ideas and options. The meeting web site can be found here where you can sign up to get on the mailing list for announcements.

• Tuesday, May 12, 2009, Pratt Conference Room 11:00 am: Professor Kathryn Johnston, Columbia University will give a special seminar: Women (and Other Minorities) in Science and Engineering: A Personal Perspective. Professor Johnston relates: This seminar consists of a set of slides which can be found here (pdf file) summarizing what I have learned (through committee work and attending talks) about the social and psychological science literature that might be relevant to understanding the slow progress of women in science. My intention is not to give a thorough review, my field is Local Group Science, but rather to use the slides as a starting point for discussion. Co-sponsored by CfAWIS, the Institute for Theory and Computation, and the Department of Astronomy.

• Thursday, October 9, 2008, Tea Room (P-226) 5:00 pm: Professor Bernice Durand, University of Wisconsin - Madison will discuss informally her experiences at Wisconsin drawing from her positions as Professor of Physics (now Emerita) and Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate (now Emerita).

• Friday, September 26, 2008, Pratt, 12:30 pm: Opening Meeting Discussion of CfA responses to the Gender Equity report including Division mentors and reviews for postdocs. A new program of data-gathering for employment and promotion will be introduced by Christine Jones (HEAD).

• Programs for 2007-2008 (Semester 1 and 2) can be found here.

• Programs for 2006-2007 (Semester 1 and 2) can be found here.

• Programs for 2005 can be found here.