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WOMEN IN ACADEMIA
Share of chemistry faculty positions at top 50 universities is still only about one in eight
FULL PROFESSOR
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ALL FACULTY
TOTAL
WOMEN
%
TOTAL
WOMEN
%
TOTAL
WOMEN
%
TOTAL
WOMEN
%
Arizona State Ua
23
2
9%
4
1
25%
8
2
25%
35
5
14%
California Inst. of Technology
17
2
12
3
0
0
5
1
20
25
3
12
Columbia U
16
1
6
1
0
0
5
1
20
22
2
9
Cornell Ub
25
1
4
5
1
20
4
0
0
34
2
6
Emory U
13
0
0
3
0
0
4
1
25
20
1
5
Florida State Ua
21
3
14
7
0
0
8
3
38
36
6
17
Georgia Inst. of Technologya
15
0
0
4
0
0
12
2
17
31
2
6
Harvard Ub
17
1
6
0
0
nm
6
2
33
23
3
13
Indiana U, Bloomington
18
0
0
3.5
0.5
14
7
2
29
28.5
2.5
9
Johns Hopkins U
12
0
0
1
0
0
4
1
25
17
1
6
Louisiana State U
16
0
0
9
1
11
4
2
50
29
3
10
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
22
3
14
1
0
0
7
2
29
30
5
17
Michigan State U
19
2
11
11
2
18
5
0
0
35
4
11
North Carolina State U
15
1
7
8
0
0
7
2
29
30
3
10
Northwestern U
20.5
0
0
2
1
50
5
1
20
27.5
2
7
Ohio State U
22
1
5
12
2
17
5
1
20
39
4
10
Pennsylvania State U
17
1
6
6
2
33
9
4
44
32
7
22
Princeton U
20
0
0
4
3
75
3
0
0
27
3
11
Purdue U
32
3
9
6
3
50
11
3
27
49
9
18
Rutgers Ub
27
6
22
8
3
38
3
1
33
38
10
26
Stanford U
16
1
6
3
0
0
3
0
0
22
1
5
Texas A&M U
36
3
8
3
1
33
5
1
20
44
5
11
U of Akron
12
2
17
0
0
nm
5
0
0
17
2
12
U of Arizona
23
4
17
4
0
0
5
1
20
32
5
16
U of California, Berkeley
43
4
9
0
0
nm
9
1
11
52
5
10
U of California, Irvine
25
1
4
2
1
50
7
2
29
34
4
12
U of California, Los Angelesa
39
6
15
6
1
17
9
4
44
54
11
20
U of California, San Diegoa
27
3
11
5
1
20
8
0
0
40
4
10
U of California, Santa Barbaraa,c
21
0
5
5
0
0
7
3
43
33
3
9
U of Chicago
19
1
5
3
1
33
4
0
0
26
2
8
U of Colorado, Bouldera
26
4
15
5
1
20
8
2
25
39
7
18
U of Florida
31
1
3
12
2
17
4
1
25
47
4
9
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
27
2
7
4
1
25
7
1
14
38
4
11
U of Kansas
11
2
18
6
1
17
7
4
57
24
7
29
U of Masachusetts, Amherst
11
0
0
5
2
40
4
0
0
20
2
10
U of Michigan
26
1
7
5
1
20
9
1
17
40
3
8
U of Minnesota, Minneapolis
20
1
5
8
2
25
12
1
8
40
4
10
U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
24
2
8
4
2
50
8
1
13
36
5
14
U of Notre Damea
16
0
0
8
1
13
6
2
33
30
3
10
U of Oklahomaa
15
0
0
5
2
40
6
1
17
26
3
12
U of Pennsylvania
22
2
9
5
0
0
4
1
25
31
3
10
U of Pittsburgh
13
0
0
8
2
25
8
1
13
29
3
10
U of South Carolinaa
18
1
6
2
0
0
7
1
14
27
2
7
U of Southern California
20
1
5
3
0
0
3
1
33
26
2
8
U of Texas, Austina
34
1
3
5
1
20
8
0
0
47
2
4
U of Utah
19
1
5
5
1
20
5
1
20
29
3
10
U of Virginia
20
0
0
3
1
33
2
0
0
25
1
4
U of Washington
31
1
3
5
1
20
5
2
40
41
4
10
U of Wisconsin, Madison
36
2
6
0
0
nm
8
2
25
44
4
9
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State U
14
1
7
12
2
17
3
0
0
29
3
10
TOTAL
1,082.5
75
7%
239.5
47.5
20%
308
66
21%
1,630
188.5
12%
NOTE: Appointments as of 2002–03 academic year. a Chemistry and biochemistry. b Chemistry and chemical biology. c UCSB actually ranks 51 on NSF's 2000 list of top chemistry funders, but UC San Francisco, which ranks 17, has no chemistry department. nm = not meaningful.
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