Date
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Speaker
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Topic
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8/30
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Harriet Dinerstein
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Introduction: Format and Goals for this Seminar
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9/5
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Erin Bonning, Seth Redfield, Kurtis Williams, & Peter Yoachim
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A First Look at the Job Market: The Post-doc Scene
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9/12
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Angela Speck
Assistant Professor, U. Missouri-Columbia
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Careers: The Faculty Track at Research Universities
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9/19
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Tommy Greathouse
Southwest Research Institute
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Careers: Working for Non-Profit Research Institutes
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9/26
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Mary Kay Hemenway
former AAS Education Officer and
currently Secretary of the ASP
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The Professional Societies of Astronomy: AAS, ASP, IAU
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10/3
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Harriet Dinerstein
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Report on the NASA-Sponsored Conference, "Astrophysics in the Next Decade," and Introduction to the Decadal Report Process
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10/10
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John Mather
Senior Project Scientist, JWST, and Chief Scientist, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (GSFC/NASA HQ)
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Careers: Working for NASA
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10/17
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No class meeting
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Agenda: To recuperate from the Bash Symposium earlier this week!
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10/24
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Chris Sneden
Lead Editor, Astrophysical Journal Letters
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The Process of Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Assigned reading: "The Martial Art of Scientific Publications,"
http://www.aas.org/career/ArtofSciPub.php
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10/31
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Harriet Dinerstein
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Professional Norms and Ethical Issues in Research (a scary topic!)
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11/07
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John C. Robinson (tentative)
KLA Tencor; Ph.D. in Experimental Physics, UT Austin
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Careers: Working for Industry
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11/14
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To Be Announced
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11/21
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To Be Announced
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11/28
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Rob Robinson
Recent member of the HST Telescope Allocation Committee; Former Chair of the HET Time Allocation Committee
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The Process of Peer Review for Observing and Grant Proposals
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12/05
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To Be Announced
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