Astronomy
Senior woman in astronomy provide us with mentors and role models. They can sometimes change or even transform the culture, dynamics, and environment of a university department. They can stand with us and fight for us if we find ourselves the victim of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, or unconscious bias. They can make a department more female friendly.
CSWA has compiled a list of % women on the senior faculty (tenured professors only) for PhD astronomy departments in the US. For joint appointments, we attempted to include the % time devoted to the astronomy department. Numbers and percentages were confirmed by a member of each department except where noted. Please feel free to contact me with any changes, updates, and questions.
For comparison, 18% of full members of the AAS are women. In addition, 30% of named postdocs have been women for the past 20 years; these represent some of the most highly qualified potential candidates for faculty positions.
From: Joan Schmelz [jschmelz_at_memphis.edu]
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Astronomy
Senior Women: A Comparison of Astronomy Departments
| % Women | # Women | # Men | University | Department | Joint Appts. |
| 42.9 | 3 | 4 | Indiana Univ. | Astronomy | |
| 33.3 | 4 | 8 | Univ. of Washington | Astronomy | |
| 33.3 | 1 | 2 | Case Western Reserve Univ. | Astronomy | |
| 29.2 | 3.5 | 8.5 | Caltech | Astronomy | |
| 28.0 | 1.75 | 4.5 | Univ. of Wisconsin | Astronomy | 1 at 0.75; 1 at 0.5 |
| 23.8 | 5 | 16 | UCSC | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| 23.1 | 3 | 10 | Univ. Michigan | Astronomy | |
| 23.1 | 3 | 10 | Columbia Univ. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| 22.4 | 3 | 10.4 | Ohio State | Astronomy | 1 at 0.25; 3 at 0.05 |
| 20.0 | 2 | 8 | Univ. of Minnesota | Astronomy | |
| 20.0 | 4 | 16 | Univ. of Arizona | Astronomy | |
| 19.0 | 2 | 8.5 | Princeton Univ. | Astrophysical Sciences | 1 at 0.5 |
| 16.7 | 3 | 15 | UCLA | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 17 | Univ. of Colorado | Astrophysical & Planet. Sci. | |
| 14.3 | 2 | 12 | Univ. of Florida | Astronomy | |
| 14.3 | 2 | 12 | UMass | Astronomy | |
| 12.5 | 1 | 7 | Univ. of Illinois | Astronomy | 2 at 0.5 |
| 12.5 | 2 | 14 | Penn State | Astronomy & Astrophysics | |
| 11.8 | 2 | 15 | UC Berkeley* | Astronomy | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 18 | Univ. of Texas, Austin | Astronomy | |
| 9.5 | 2 | 19 | Cornell Univ. | Astronomy | |
| 8.3 | 1 | 11 | Harvard Univ. | Astronomy | 4 at 0.5 |
| 7.7 | 1 | 12 | Boston Univ. | Astronomy | |
| 7.4 | 1 | 12.5 | Univ. of Maryland | Astronomy | 1 at 0.5 |
| 4.7 | 1 | 20.5 | Univ. of Chicago | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 3 at 0.5 |
| 0.0 | 0 | 13 | Univ. of Virginia | Astronomy |
Senior woman in astronomy provide us with mentors and role models. They can sometimes change or even transform the culture, dynamics, and environment of a university department. They can stand with us and fight for us if we find ourselves the victim of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, or unconscious bias. They can make a department more female friendly.
CSWA has compiled a list of % women on the senior faculty (tenured professors only) for PhD astronomy departments in the US. For joint appointments, we attempted to include the % time devoted to the astronomy department. Numbers and percentages were confirmed by a member of each department except where noted. Please feel free to contact me with any changes, updates, and questions.
For comparison, 18% of full members of the AAS are women. In addition, 30% of named postdocs have been women for the past 20 years; these represent some of the most highly qualified potential candidates for faculty positions.
From: Joan Schmelz [jschmelz_at_memphis.edu]
- Evaluating How We Present Role Models In Stem
Posted by L. Trouille Univ. of Michigan social psychologists Diana Betz and Denise Sekaquaptewa recently published a thought-provoking article that I thought might be of interest to our readers -- "My Fair Physicist? Feminine Math and Science Role Models...
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CSWA would like to expand their recent study of Senior Women in Astronomy departments to include those in Physics & Astronomy departments. At this time we are only considering departments in the US with a PhD program. I need your help to compile...
- Aaswomen For March 18, 2011
AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of March 18, 2011 eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson, and Michele Montgomery This week's issues: 1. Senior Women: A Comparison of Astronomy Departments 2. Grad School Rankings: How Important...
- Aaswomen For June 18, 2010
AAS Committee on the Status of Women Issue of June 18, 2010 eds. Joan Schmelz, Caroline Simpson amp; Michele Montgomery This week's issues: 1. Responses to Tierney NYTimes article2. Female Science Professor Checklist3. Astrophysics Positions, Univ....