Here are a few papers and other resources I’ve read recently.
UV and Galactic Astrophysics
Lapi, A., G. Gandolfi, L. Boco, F. Gabrielli, M. Massardi, B. S. Haridasu, C. Baccigalupi, A. Bressan, and L. Danese. 2024. “Constraining the Initial Mass Function in the Epoch of Reionization from Astrophysical and Cosmological Data.” arXiv. http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07401.
Davis, Dustin, Karl Gebhardt, Erin Mentuch Cooper, John Chisholm, Robin Ciardullo, Daniel J. Farrow, Steven L. Finkelstein, et al. 2021. “Detection of Lyman Continuum from 3.0 < z < 3.5 Galaxies in the HETDEX Survey.” The Astrophysical Journal 920 (October): 122. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1598.
Kumari, Nimisha, Ricardo Amorín, Enrique Pérez-Montero, Jose Vílchez, and Roberto Maiolino. 2021. “Hardness of Ionizing Radiation Fields in MaNGA Star-Forming Galaxies.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508 (1): 1084–1101. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2495.
Sánchez, Sebastián F. 2020. “Spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Properties of Low-Redshift Star-Forming Galaxies.” Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 58 (1): 99–155. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-astro-012120-013326.
Equity, Accessibility, and Decolonizing Science
Aarnio, Alicia, Nicholas Murphy, Karen Knierman, Wanda Diaz Merced, Alan Strauss, Sarah Tuttle, Jacqueline Monkiewicz, et al. 2019. “Accessible Astronomy: Policies, Practices, and Strategies to Increase Participation of Astronomers with Disabilities” 51 (September): 239. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1907.04943.
Kahanamoku, Sara, Rosie ’Anolani Alegado, Aurora Kagawa-Viviani, Katie Leimomi Kamelamela, Brittany Kamai, Lucianne M Walkowicz, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Mithi Alexa de los Reyes, and Hilding Neilson. 2020. “A Native Hawaiian-Led Summary of the Current Impact of Constructing the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.” arXiv E-Prints. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2001.00970.
Venkatesan, Aparna, David Begay, Adam Burgasser, Isabel Hawkins, Ka’iu Kimura, Nancy Maryboy, Laura Peticolas, Gregory Rudnick, Doug Simons, and Sarah Tuttle. 2019. “Collaboration with Integrity: Indigenous Knowledge in 21st Century Astronomy” 51 (September): 20. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1908.02822.
Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda, Lucianne M. Walkowicz, Sarah Tuttle, Brian Nord, and Hilding R. Neilson. 2020. “Reframing Astronomical Research through an Anticolonial Lens — for TMT and Beyond.” arXiv E-Prints. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2001.00674.
Brinkworth, Carolyn, Allison Byrd Skaer, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Johanna Teske, and Sarah Tuttle. 2016. “Building an Inclusive AAS – The Critical Role of Diversity and Inclusion Training for AAS Council and Astronomy Leadership.” arXiv E-Prints. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1610.02916.
Other resources, readings, and organizations:
- In what ways are STEM subjects colonized?
- Bridging the Gap in Native American Attainment in Higher Education: The Role of Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions
- Society of Indigenous Physicists
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Native Americans in Science
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society