Committees

Committee on Employment

History: Name changed to present name by Executive Committee action, June 1988 (172nd meeting, Kansas City).

Members: Appointed by the Board of Trustees. Select Trustees appointed by President, with approval of Board, to serve as Board of Trustees Liaisons in ex officio capacity.

Term: Three years, June - June, from the close of one Annual Members' Meeting to the close of the next Annual Members' Meeting.

Chair: One year.

Charge: To facilitate the professional development and employment of astronomers at all career stages and on all career paths, and to promote balance and fairness in the job market.

Events & Deadlines

No upcoming events or deadlines.

Board of Trustees Liaison

Doris Daou

NASA Astrophysics Division
Board Liaison

Term: Jun 2020 – Jun 2026

On leave until January 2025

Committee Chair

Julia R. Kamenetzky (She/Her/Hers)

Westminster University
Chair
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Term: Jun 2021 – Jun 2024

Committee Members

Rica Sirbaugh French

MiraCosta College & Center for Astronomy Education

Term: Jun 2022 – Jun 2025

Christopher C. Lindner (He/Him/His)

Indeed
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Term: Jun 2021 – Jun 2024

David Principe (He/Him/His)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Term: Jun 2021 – Jun 2024

Chelsea E. Sharon (She/They)

Yale-NUS College
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Term: Jun 2021 – Jun 2024

Meredith E. Danowski (She/Her/Hers)

Ball Aerospace

Term: Jun 2021 – Jun 2024

Alexander Hubbard

Lightbox
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Term: Jun 2022 – Jun 2025

Emily I. Mason

Predictive Science Inc.
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Term: Jun 2022 – Jun 2025

Joseph E. Pesce (He/Him/His)

NSF, GMU, & CU Boulder
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Term: Jun 2022 – Jun 2025

Kavitha Arur (She/Her/Hers)

UMBC/NASA Goddard
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Term: Jun 2020 – Jun 2024

Quyen N. Hart (She/Her/Hers)

Space Telescope Science Institute
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Term: Jun 2023 – Jun 2026

Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin

Florida Space Institute

Term: Jun 2023 – Jun 2026

Eileen T. Meyer (She/Her/Hers)

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Term: Jun 2023 – Jun 2026

Amit Vishwas (He/Him/His)

Cornell University

Term: Jun 2023 – Jun 2026