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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

My mum got me a PhD sword... and not just any sword... a perfect replica of Glamdring. 📚🗡️🧝🏻‍♀️🎓

Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I spoke about my center's funding loss in this Time article and NSF "declined to comment". That feels like a flex 💪🏻 time.com/7279068/trum...

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Finally submitted my thesis last night. All ~250 pages of it. After 34 years I am finally done with school. Dr Jess of astrophysics ❤️ I'm really fucking proud of myself!

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A second tattoo for my doctorate, so that when I punch Nazis I can remember why. So ready to work, so ready to fight for what's right. 🧠

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I just sent this out, and I know it's going to need changes but it's time to breathe and remember that 5 years ago another school told me I would never do this and now I've written a thesis, whilst running a 501, and comms for a university center... oh and working nights on a telescope. 🔭🧪🪐🧠

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One of the best ways to work against fascism is the power of loving, cooperative, respectful, community. Channel your inner Hobbit and we can bring down the darkness together. Happy Valentine's Day ❤️💙💜💛🖤💚🐉📚

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You can take the girl out of Hawai'i... #hawaii

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Lost my vans 😭 so spiced up my Target slip-ons. My left foot says "The First Duty is to Truth" 🖖🏻 My right foot says "Eat a Bag of 🍆" I will using my feet to communicate today. #ScienceThreads

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Celebrating the launch of Europa Clipper by watching one of my favourite 2010's SciFi films: Europa Report! 🔭🛰️🧪 #nasa #europa #EuropaClipper #astronomy #phd #phdlife

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 13/07/2024

This has GOT to be my favorite spam of all time. PLEASE SUBMIT ARTICLES TO OUR JOURNAL, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 15% PLAGIARISM. Who's in?

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

Finally, I want to include this incredible Word Cloud, indicating text responses from participants about how the sonifications made them feel.

A word cloud of the words participants used to describe their emotional response to the sonifications. Words that were used more frequently by participants are represented by larger text, whereas less frequent responses are represented by smaller text. The largest and thus most commonly used words are “awe,” “calm,” and “curiosity.” Slightly smaller words include “peaceful,” “interesting,” “curious,” “wonder,” “relaxing,” “soothing,” “beautiful,” and “intrigued.” Some of the smaller words include “exciting,” “ethereal,” “mysterious,” “amazement,” and “impressed.”

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

We also asked some overall questions that were not specific to the individual sonifications. We found that the experience encouraged sighted users to learn more about accessibility!

Three histograms separately representing the responses of the BLV and sighted groups to the final prompts provided after listening to all three sonifications (see Section 2.3 for the list of prompts). For all three prompts, the average rating of the BLV group is higher than that of the sighted group, and there is a noticeable difference in the distribution of both groups’ ratings. Again for all three prompts, BLV participants were more likely to give a rating of 5 than sighted participants, and the mode rating for the BLV group in response to all three prompts was 5. By contrast, the mode response of the sighted group was 4 to the prompts regarding being motivated to listen more and about wanting to learn more about how others access information about the Universe and was 5 for the prompt regarding wanting to learn more about the Universe. The average rating is greater than 4.0 for both groups across all three prompts, and ratings of 4 or 5 make up the majority of responses.

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

We recorded responses, including whether they enjoyed the sonification, felt they learned something about the astronomical object, and trusted the data was faithful to the science. My favorite finding is that the sighted and BVI folks enjoyed the experience equally.

Three histograms separately depicting the responses of the sighted and BLV groups to the prompt “I enjoyed the sonification.” Each astronomical object, the Galactic Center, Cassiopeia A, and the Deep Field, has a separate histogram. The response histograms for the BLV and sighted groups for each of the sonifications appear approximately concurrent, with the response ratings for the BLV group being slightly higher than the sighted group for the Galactic Center and Cassiopeia A sonifications. These differences are not statistically significant, however. The average rating for all sonifications in both the sighted and BLV groups for all three sonifications is between 4.1 and 4.5. Overall, the ratings of the level of enjoyment appear similar between the three sonifications.

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Strider just got up. Stretched with his butt towards me. Loudly farted in my face. Then walked out the room. What a life.

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

I *think* I know what this is advertising... a gamified pelvic floor exercise toy? Is this the future?

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

Excited to give a talk tomorrow to the Stanford University School of Medicine Special Interest Group for Neurodiversity. These folk have been kind enough to share the link to sign up to the group's email list: lnkd.in/g3Cr-HrB #Neurodivergent #Autism #ADHD #GraduateSchool #DisabledInSTEM 🧠

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

I don't live in Nashville so I don't get to see the Vanderbilt folk much, but I got to catch up with a bunch of them at AAS and I'm so grateful to have such a supportive, friendly, and inclusive department in which to do my work and be allowed to thrive. Love y'all ❤️ #aas243 #astronomy #vanderbilt

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

Hi #AAS243, as we are all tired... wondering when the next coffee break is... and worrying if United will charge us for our heavy swag-filled luggage, I would suggest taking a break to come see my talk on the statistics of binarity in evolved stars at 3:20pm in Room 223.

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

In 30 minutes come to room 243 for an evening with Maunakea Observatories. Always with the food, wine, and, a lil' bit of learning! #aas243

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Loving our pre-conference workshop so much that I forgot to post about it until @aussiastronomer gave an incredible talk about using social media at conferences. #AAS #AAS243 #Conferences #ConferencingSuccessfully #Astronomy

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

A few spots remain for our AAS Workshop for new attendees to learn how to get the most from a large astronomy conference. Learn from AAS veterans about their top tips + food and swag! Add the workshop to your registration at the AAS Website! #STEM #Diversity #Astronomy #AAS243 🧪🔭🛰️

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

On todays list of side effects no cancer doctor/OB doctor bothers to mention because WHO CARES IF WOMEN CAN ENJOY SEX. This whollllleeeeeee cancer thing is a ride y'all. #CIN #Cancer #CervicalCancer #CancerBS

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Forgot to add the pic! See last post for deets! 🧪🔭🛰️🧠

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Tonight I spoke at Maunakea Wonders, for future teachers of HI. When people ask why I live in HI but attend VU, it's because I feel deeply attached to the islands and want to be of service. Alongside me on the panel, my first ever UG Angelu, who is kicking ass. So proud!

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

I'll be speaking next week at the 2nd annual International Forum on Research Excellent in Long Beach, CA. I'm excited to discuss how we can support our neurodivergent students and help them thrive! #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #STEM #phdchat #astrotwitter #DisabledInSTEM 🧠🧪🔭

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Decided to start writing my novel today, so I asked AI to draw me a cover as inspiration, and it did a pretty good job! Look at that fierce protagonist and her dogs!! #elves #fantasy #nanowrimo #dragons #river 📚

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Not in the mood today. I hope my doctor thinks I'm as hilarious as I do. Yes I forgot my last name 8 years after changing it.

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Was just googling cute autism t-shirts and then I saw this and now I'm mad and sad. #Neurodiversity

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Excited to be both moderating and speaking at the first international summit on Neurodiversity at Work, starting tomorrow. There is still time to register: kidskintha.org/inclyousion. To avoid time zone craziness, everything is available both async and sync. #NeurodiversityAtWork #Neurodiversity

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Someone trying to scam me into... letting them draw me? A first time for everything I suppose 🙃🙃

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

Getting some professional photos done in a couple of weeks so wanted to see what AI could do in the meantime. Takeaways: it still hasn't mastered hands and for some reason thinks I should wear a Star Fleet nurses uniform 😂😂 #ai #headshots #StarTrek 🖖🏻

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

Heading for a wedding! 💒💒❤️❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

Happy Star Trek Day y'all. Science officer Jess reporting for duty! 🖖🏻🖖🏻 #StarTrekDay #StarTrek

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Excited that in 2 weeks the conference I have been working on with Indian Non-profit Kidskintha will be going LIVE. 40+ speaker over 8 timezones! Y'all should sign up just to see how I managed these speakers into a synchronous situation. #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #Accessibility 🧠🧪

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

This is how Strider sits to watch Star Trek with me. He gets worried when Captain Picard is in trouble (his favourite)! #StarTrek 🖖🏻🐶

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

When Nordle decides she doesn't care if I'm late to a meeting, she will not come in the house this day. It's a sunny day protest.

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

After 2 years of confidence building in my shy rescue dog he decided to show me his new found confidence today... by breaking out and chasing a lady w/ small dog down the road (everyone's fine). Thanks Rusty for showing me my hard work has paid off 🙄 now can we channel that energy elsewhere please.

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

When there are too many J names on your paper, and you're not sure if it's a collaborator or if you just have too many tabs open. In this case turns out it was both!!

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

When I scan the Universe it reveals truth and gives meaning, it's what I'm meant to do! 🚀🧪🎵

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Jessica Schonhut-Stasik @jesstella.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

What fresh LaTeX error hell is this!

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