Cross-Post: New Survey Highlights Gender, Racial Harassment in Astronomy

A recent study, published in JGR-Planets, highlights gender and racial harassment faced by women and women of color. The study was conducted by social scientists Kate Clancy and Katherine Lee, space physicist/astrophysicist Erica Rodgers, and planetary scientist Christina Richey.

Find the summary AGU-AAS press release and a link to interviews with authors on the Women in Astronomy blog.

Read the original study.

And let’s find ways to improve the field for all.

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