If we have any job openings at the AAS Executive Office or in any of our satellite offices, we'll post them here.
The AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA) and the AAS Committee on Employment have compiled dozens of interviews highlighting the diversity of career trajectories available to astronomers both inside and outside of academia.
Use of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members Is a Long-Term Trend, Study Finds
Monday, April 5, 1999
By Courtney Leatherman
For Job Hunters in Academe, 1999 Offers Signs of an Upturn
Many institutions report a surge in hiring fortenure-track posts
January 29, 1999
By Denise K. Magner
Copyright 1999, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Posted with permission on aas.org. This article may not be posted, published, or distributed without permission from The Chronicle.
Survey Points to Mismatch Between Ph.D. Students, Their Programs, and Their Potential Employers
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
By Scott Smallwood
Copyright 2001, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Posted with permission on aas.org. This article may not be posted, published, or distributed without permission from The Chronicle.
Why You'll Want a Mentor Outside the Ivory Tower, Too
Friday, December 7, 2001
By Robin B. Wagner
Copyright 2001, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Posted with permission on aas.org. This article may not be posted, published, or distributed without permission from The Chronicle.
By Michelle Thaller, csmonitor.com / January 28, 2004
Pasadena, CA
Every January, professional astronomers converge on a medium-sized convention center for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society. This year, the good city of Atlanta (not so medium sized) was host to this event, and seeing as I had gone to graduate school in Atlanta, I was looking forward not only to catching up on all the cutting-edge astronomy that would be presented at the convention, but also to re-connecting with old friends.
AAS-meeting abstracts are archived by the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and thus become permanent records in the professional literature.
The Martial Art of Scientific Publication
by E.N.Parker as published in Eos, vol. 78, no. 31, 16 September 1997.
Article by Richard M. Reis, which originally appeared in the Chronicle
of Higher Education. All rights reserved by Richard M. Reis. Reprinted here by permission of the author.