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Title: Career situation of female astronomers in Germany
Authors: J. Fohlmeister, Ch. Helling

We survey the job situation of women in astronomy in Germany and of German women abroad and review indicators for their career development. Our sample includes women astronomers from all academic levels from doctoral students to professors, as well as female astronomers who have left the field. We find that networking and human support are among the most important factors for success. Experience shows that students should carefully choose their supervisor and collect practical knowledge abroad. We reflect the private situation of female German astronomers and find that prejudices are abundant, and are perceived as discriminating. We identify reasons why women are more likely than men to quit astronomy after they obtain their PhD degree. We give recommendations to young students on what to pay attention to in order to be on the successful path in astronomy.

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Title: Survival Strategies for African American Astronomers and Astrophysicists
Authors: J. C. Holbrook

The question of how to increase the number of women and minorities in astronomy has been approached from several directions in the United States including examination of admission policies, mentoring, and hiring practices. These point to departmental efforts to improve conditions for some of the students which has the overall benefit of improving conditions for all of the students. However, women and minority astronomers have managed to obtain doctorates even within the non-welcoming environment of certain astronomy and physics departments. I present here six strategies used by African American men and women to persevere if not thrive long enough to earn their doctorate. Embedded in this analysis is the idea of 'astronomy culture' and experiencing astronomy culture as a cross-cultural experience including elements of culture shock. These survival strategies are not exclusive to this small subpopulation but have been used by majority students, too.

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Many professional astronomers have never even looked through a telescope.
Today, astronomers are to be found peering intently at their computer screens, looking at pictures and data gathered by many different kinds of instruments. In fact, most of the data they gather doesn't even come from what most people would think of as a telescope.

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"Telescope": Women in Astronomy



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The US National Women's Hall of Fame has selected Dr. Judith Pipher, a Spitzer Space Telescope astronomer, to join its ranks. Pipher is one of nine women to be inducted during a weekend of ceremonies October 6-7, 2007.

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Professional astronomical observing has many long periods of web surfing punctuated by stark periods of data analysis.



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I am just not a morning person.
I'm an astronomer. Astronomers are supposed to stay up until the wee early morning hours and then crash into bed before the sun rises and sleep until noon. Right? Right. My husband likes to be in bed by nine and is frighteningly perky in the morning. Well, maybe this fall, he should be the astronomer. For those of us who like to be awake to greet the first rays of the morning, the sky will be putting on a wonderful show. It's just not fair.
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