The Outlist of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Astronomers!
Purpose As professionals in astronomy, whether we are students, faculty, staff, librarians or are working in other positions, we all like to believe that our work environment is determined only by our capabilities as students and researchers, and that it is free from personal bias. A productive professional atmosphere depends on open and accepting interactions of individuals free from discrimination and harrassment. As openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered members of the astronomical community, we strongly believe that there is no place for discrimination based on sexual orientation or preference. We want to actively maintain and promote a safe, accepting and supportive environment in all our work places. We invite other LGBT members of the astronomical community to join us in being visible and to reach out to those who still feel that it is not yet safe for them to be public. As experts, TAs, instructors, professors and technical staff, we serve as professional role models every day. Let us also become positive examples of members of the LGBT community at large. For members of the non-LGBT community, we invite you to make visible your acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. We urge you to make visible (and audible) your objections to derogatory comments and "jokes" about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. |
| The Outlist |
In the light of the above statements, we, your fellow students, alumni/ae, faculty, coworkers, and friends, sign this message: |
| Name | Position/Affiliation | Web Page and/or Email |
| Diana Eva Azcarate | Research Scientist, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia |
iazcarate[at]yahoo.com |
| Joseph Barranco | Assistant Professor, San Francisco State | barranco[at]sfsu.edu |
| Omer Blaes | Professor, UCSB |
www.physics.ucsb.edu/~blaes blaes[at]physics.ucsb.edu |
| Elizabeth Bohlen | Computer Specialist, SAO |
hea-www.harvard.edu:80/~liz/ebohlen.html liz[at]iris.harvard.edu |
| Brian Cadwell | NRC Research Associate, Remote Sensing Division, NRL |
www.smart.net/~cadwell/ cadwell[at]rsd.nrl.navy.mil |
| Rob Cockcroft | Graduate Student McMaster University |
cockcroft[at]physics.mcmaster.ca |
| Richard Cool | Graduate Student Steward Observatory |
mizar.as.arizona.edu/~rcool rcool[at]as.arizona.edu |
| Jeff Coughlin | Graduate Student New Mexico State University |
astronomy.nmsu.edu/jlcough jlcough[at]nmsu.edu |
| Rolf Danner | Senior Scientist Civil Space, Northrop Grumman Space Technology |
www.rolfdanner.com rolfdanner[at]earthlink.net |
| Hagai El-Ad | Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard, CfA | merger.fiz.huji.ac.il/~eladh/ helad[at]cfa.harvard.edu |
| Scott Gaudi | Assistant Professor, Ohio State University |
www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~gaudi/ |
| Sven Geier | Graduate Student, Univ. Maryland | ___ |
| Paul Groot | Professor of Astrophysics Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
p.groot[at]astro.ru.nl |
| Uta Grothkopf | Librarian, European Southern Observatory |
www.eso.org/libraries/ esolib[at]eso.org |
| Lisa Harvey-Smith | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sydney |
www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~lhs lhs[at]physics.usyd.edu.au |
| Todd Henry | Professor, Georgia State University |
www.chara.gsu.edu/~thenry/ thenry[at]chara.gsu.edu |
| Eva Isaksson | Librarian, Observatory, Univ. Helsinki |
www.helsinki.fi/~eisaksso/ eisaksso[at]cc.helsinki.fi |
| Lancelot Kao | Professor, Dept. of Astronomy, City College of San Francisco |
fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lkao/ lkao[at]ccsf.cc.ca.us |
| Laura Kay | Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Chair, Dept. of Women's Studies, Barnard College |
www.astro.columbia.edu/~kay/research.html lkay[at]barnard.edu |
| Richard 'Doc' Kinne | Astronomical Technologist, American Assoc. of Variable Star Observers |
www.aavso.org/aavso/about/dockinne.shtml rkinne[at]aavso.org |
| David Koerner | Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University |
www.physics.nau.edu/~koerner David.Koerner[at]nau.edu |
| Jeff Kommers | Graduate Student, MIT |
space.mit.edu/~kommers kommers[at]space.mit.edu |
| Marek Kukula | PPARC Advanced Fellow, University of Edinburgh |
www.roe.ac.uk/~mjk mjk[at]roe.ac.uk |
| Kristen Larson | Associate Professor, Western Washington University |
physics.wwu.edu/larsonk/ larsonk[at]physics.wwu.edu |
| Ralf Launhardt | Astronomer, Max Planck Institute for
Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany |
www.mpia.de/homes/rlau rl[at]mpia.de |
| Stephen Lawrence | Assoc. Professor, Hofstra University | people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stephen_S_Lawrence Stephen.Lawrence[at]hofstra.edu |
| Franck Marchis | Assistant Researcher, UC Berkeley Principle Investigator, SETI Institute |
astro.berkeley.edu/~fmarchis |
| Jeremy Maune | PhD Student, Georgia State University | maune[at]chara.gsu.edu |
| Niruj R. Mohan | Postdoctoral Fellow, Leiden Observatory,
Netherlands (formerly at Raman Research Institute, India) |
mohan[at]strw.leidenuniv.nl |
| Jan-Uwe Ness | European Space Agency, Madrid | juness[at]sciops.esa.int |
| Sally Oey | Associate Professor, University of Michigan | www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~msoey |
| Merav Opher | Assistant Professor, George Mason University |
physics.gmu.edu/~mopher mopher[at]physics.gmu.edu |
| Glen Parish | PhD Student, University of Hertfordshire, UK | glenparish1@gmail.com |
| Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | PhD Student, Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario | chandadeepti[at]gmail.com |
| Michael Reid | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto |
mreid[at]astro.utoronto.ca |
| Jane Rigby | Graduate Student, Steward Observatory |
satchmo.as.arizona.edu/~jrigby jrr166[at]yahoo.com |
| Arend Sluis | Graduate Student, Rutgers | sluis[at]physics.rutgers.edu |
| Sean Stotyn | PhD student, University of Waterloo | smastoty[at]uwaterloo.ca |
| Theresa J. Summer | Graduate Student, UC Irvine | tsummer[at]uci.edu |
| Adam S. Trotter | Graduate Student, UNC |
www.physics.unc.edu/~atrotter atrotter[at]physics.unc.edu |
| Martin Volwerk | Assistant Research Geophysicist, IGPP, UCLA |
pdsppi.igpp.ucla.edu/~mvolwerk mvolwerk[at]igpp.ucla.edu |
| Patrick Woudt | Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town |
mensa.ast.uct.ac.za/~pwoudt pwoudt[at]circinus.ast.uct.ac.za |
| Ryan Wyatt | Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization, California Academy of Sciences, San Franscisco |
www.ryanwyatt.net ryan[at]ryanwyatt.net |
| E. J. Zita | Professor, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA |
academic.evergreen.edu/z/zita/ zita[at]evergreen.edu |
________________ | This space left blank for those who feel they cannot yet come out due to societal fear and ignorance |
| Name | Position/Affiliation | Web Page and/or Email |
| Marcel Agueros | Graduate Student, University of Washington |
www.astro.washingtAon.edu/agueros/
agueros[at]astro.washington.edu |
| Carles Badenes | Chandra Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University |
www.physics.rutgers.edu/~badenes/ badenes[at]physics.rutgers.edu |
| Amanda E. Bauer | Graduate Student, University of Texas at Austin |
amanda[at]astro.as.utexas.edu |
| Phillip Cargile | Graduate Student, Vanderbilt University |
p.cargile[at]vanderbilt.edu |
| Kevin Covey | Graduate Student, University of Washington |
www.astro.washington.edu/covey/
covey[at]astro.washington.edu |
| Sally Dodson-Robinson | Assistant Professor University of Texas |
www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/people/dodson-robinson/
sdr[at]astro.as.utexas.edu |
| Derek Fox | Assistant Professor, Penn State University |
www.astro.psu.edu/~dfox/
dfox[at]astro.psu.edu |
| Roger Freedman | Lecturer and Textbook Author Dept. of Physics, UC Santa Barbara |
www.physics.ucsb.edu/~airboy/
airboy[at]physics.ucsb.edu |
| Bryan Gaensler | Professor of Physics University of Sydney |
www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~bmg
bgaensler[at]usyd.edu.au |
| Paul J. Green | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Havard-Smithsonian CfA |
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| William Hathaway | Member Technical Staff, Computer Sciences Corporation |
hathaway[at]stsci.edu |
| Craig Heinke | Assistant Professor, University of Alberta (Edmonton) |
cheinke[at]phys.ualberta.ca |
| John Hibbard | Associate Scientist, NRAO/Charlottesville |
www.cv.nrao.edu/~jhibbard jhibbard[at]nrao.edu |
| David James | Research Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt |
djj[at]estrella.phy.vanderbilt.edu |
| Eric Jensen | Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College |
astro.swarthmore.edu/~jensen/ ejensen1[at]swarthmore.edu |
| Patricia Knezek | Assistant Scientist/Project Manager, NOAO/WIYN Observatory |
knezek[at]noao.edu |
| Aaron D. Lewis | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine |
casa.colorado.edu/~lewisad lewisa[at]uci.edu |
| Michael Lloyd-Hart | Associate Astronomer, Steward Observatory | athene.as.arizona.edu:8000 mhart[at]as.arizona.edu |
| Dave Lommen | Graduate Student, Leiden Observatory | dave[at]strw.leidenuniv.nl |
| Mercedes Lopez-Morales | Hubble Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
mercedes[at]dtm.ciw.edu |
| Geoff Marcy | Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley |
gmarcy[at]berkeley.edu |
| Jonathan McDowell | Astrophysicist, Chandra X-Ray Center | hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm jcm[at]cfa.harvard.edu |
| Jose Mena-Werth | Professor, Univ. of Nebraska, Kearney | werthj[at]unk.edu |
| Jon Miller | Assistant Professor, Univ. of Michigan | www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/~jonmm jonmm[at]umich.edu |
| Don Pollacco | Professor of Astrophysics, Queens University, Belfast | d.pollacco[at]qub.ac.uk |
| Dave Pooley | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
www.astro.wisc.edu/~pooley/ dave[at]astro.wisc.edu |
| Cara Rakowski | Graduate Student, Rutgers | rakowski[at]physics.rutgers.edu |
| Lawrence Rudnick | Professor, Univ. Minnesota |
umn.edu/home/larry larry[at]tc.umn.edu |
| Kristen Sellgren | Professor, Ohio State |
www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~sellgren/ sellgren[at]astronomy.ohio-state.edu |
| Steinn Sigurdsson | Faculty, Penn State | www.astro.psu.edu/users/steinn/ |
| Patrick Slane | Senior Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
hea-www.harvard.edu/~slane/ slane[at]cfa.harvard.edu |
| Keivan Stassun | Hubble Fellow, Univ. Wisconsin - Madison | www.astro.wisc.edu/~keivan keivan[at]astro.wisc.edu |
| Don Terndrup | Associate Professor, Ohio State | www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~terndrup terndrup[at]astronomy.ohio-state.edu |
| Joel Weisberg | Stark Professor of Physics and Astronomy and the Natural Sciences, Carleton College | www.people.carleton.edu/~jweisber/joelhome.html jweisber[at]carleton.edu |
| Kristin Woodley | Graduate Student, McMaster University | woodleka[at]univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca |
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This file was last updated February 9, 2010