The Gender and Race-Ethnicity of Faculty in Top Science and Engineering Research Departments
Abstract
This study examines the gender and racial-ethnic composition of faculty in top research departments for science and engineering "S-E - disciplines. There are critical masses of at least 15% women in top research departments in biological sciences, psychology, and social sciences but not in physical sciences and engineering. Blacks and Hispanics together make up only 4.1% of the faculty in our study. Black and Hispanic females are the most poorly represented groups; together, they make up only 1% of the faculty in top S-E research departments. For most S-E disciplines, less than 15% of full professors in top research departments are women or non-Whites.
- Publication:
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Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
- Pub Date:
- 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v11.i4.50
- Bibcode:
- 2005JWMSE..11..389B