COVID-19 in Fall 2020: A Concerning Situation for Students
Universities are making plans for the fall. What happens for graduate students?
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Ayanna Jones
For our last post in #BlackInAstroWeek, we interview graduate student Ayanna Jones about her experience as a Black woman astrochemist!
#BlackInAstro: Black Women in Astronomy and Physics
Today’s post for #BlackInAstro week looks at the underrepresentation of Black women in astronomy and physics, and summarizes two papers on their lived experiences in the field.
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Cheyenne Polius
Graduate student Cheyenne Polius writes about her experience as a Black woman studying astrophysics in the UK!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: Ashley Walker
To start off a full week of #BlackInAstro posts, we interview Ashley Walker—the person who came up with the #BlackInAstro hashtag!
#BlackInAstro Experiences: KeShawn Ivory
Graduate student KeShawn Ivory writes on how being Black has affected his trajectory in astrophysics, what the field would ideally look like for him, what he needs non-Black folks in the field to understand and change, and how all these questions are really one and the same.