SGMA Committee Application

The AAS Committee for Sexual-Orientation and Gender Minorities in Astronomy (SGMA) works to promote equality for sexual-orientation and gender minorities (SGMs) within our profession, including those identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, queer, or asexual.

We welcome applications to join the SGMA committee for a three-year term starting in June 2024. Applications are due 11:59 pm US Eastern Time on March 31, 2024.

Individuals at any career stage are invited to apply and non-AAS members may apply as long as they become members if selected. Committee members are expected to support and promote the goals of the committee and to participate in monthly zoom meetings.

SGMA seeks diverse representation to represent the full demography of the AAS, and so astronomers of all genders, sexes, career stages, races, ethnicities, neurodiversity or disability status, and sexual orientations, including allies, are encouraged to apply. The committee especially encourages people of color to apply.

For full transparency, we have also made our evaluation rubric public for potential applicants to refer to when drafting their applications. To select committee members, the applications will first be anonymized. Each committee member will then evaluate the applications based on the rubric. Finally, the current committee members will vote to select the new members. Note that no applicants will be eliminated based on the rubric alone, committee members can vouch for applicants even if the grades are low based on the rubric.

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Application Questions 
For the following questions, please refrain from using the names and gender-specific pronouns of any person or institution, including yours. This helps us anonymize your applications before evaluating them. 
Q1: SGMA seeks members from a range of careers and across career stages to support and promote the goals of SGMA. Please tell us: Where are you in your career in astronomy (early, mid, or late career)? What type of astronomy career are you in or are pursuing (academic research, teaching, national lab or research center, aerospace industry, data science, etc.)? [1000 characters or less] *
Q2: What is your primary motivation for joining SGMA? [1000 characters or less]   *
Q3: What causes or tasks do you hope SGMA will work on within the AAS and within astronomy more generally? [1000 characters or less] *
Q4: How can your skills contribute to SGMA’s mission as a committee member? [The committee acknowledges and expects that those earlier in their career may have had less opportunity to gain experience, and will try to account for this in evaluation.] [1000 characters or less] *
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