October 27, 2003
Volume 81, Number 43
CENEAR 81 43 pp. 58-59
ISSN 0009-2347



WOMEN IN ACADEMIA
Only 8% of full chemistry professors at top 50 universities are women


FULL PROFESSOR
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ALL FACULTY
TOTAL WOMEN % TOTAL WOMEN % TOTAL WOMEN % TOTAL WOMEN %
Arizona State Ua 23 2 9% 5 0 0% 7 3 43% 35 5 14%
California Inst. of Technology 18 2 11 3 0 0 5 1 20 26 3 12
Columbia U 17 1 6 1 0 0 5 1 20 23 2 9
Cornell Ub 21 1 5 4 1 25 4 0 0 29 2 7
Emory U 17 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 25 24 1 4
Florida State Ua 15 2 13 8 1 13 7 3 43 30 6 20
Georgia Inst. of Technologya 18 1 6 7 0 0 7 1 14 32 2 6
Harvard Ub 16 1 6 3 0 0 3 2 67 22 3 14
Indiana U, Bloomington 17 0 0 6 2 33 8 0 0 31 2 6
Johns Hopkins U 14.5 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 50 19.5 2 10
Louisiana State U 19 0 0 6 1 17 6 2 33 31 3 10
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 24 3 13 2 1 50 6 2 33 32 6 19
Michigan State U 22 2 9 8 2 25 4 0 0 34 4 12
North Carolina State U 15 1 7 6 0 0 6 3 50 27 4 15
Northwestern U 20.5 1 5 2 1 50 5 1 20 27.5 3 11
Ohio State U 20 1 5 10 2 20 4 1 25 34 4 12
Pennsylvania State U 18 2 11 6 1 17 6 4 67 30 7 23
Princeton U 22 1 5 3 2 67 3 0 0 28 3 11
Purdue U 33 3 9 6 2 33 8 3 38 47 8 17
Rice U 16 0 0 2 1 50 4 1 25 22 2 9
Rutgers Ub 30 6 20 8 4 50 2 0 0 40 10 25
Stanford U 16 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 21 1 5
Texas A&M U 37 3 8 4 1 25 4 1 25 45 5 11
U of Akron 12 2 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 17 2 12
U of Arizona 20 4 20 2 0 0 5 1 20 27 5 19
U of California, Berkeley 42 5 12 2 0 0 9 1 11 53 6 11
U of California, Irvine 20 1 5 3 1 33 5 1 20 28 3 11
U of California, Los Angelesa 33 6 18 7 2 29 9 3 33 49 11 22
U of California, San Diegoa 26 5 19 4 0 0 11 0 0 41 5 12
U of Chicago 16 2 13 0 0 nm 5 0 0 21 2 10
U of Colorado, Bouldera 20 4 20 7 1 14 7 0 0 34 5 15
U of Florida 22 1 5 10 3 30 4 1 25 36 5 14
U of Georgia, Athens 20 0 0 3 1 33 4 1 25 27 2 7
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 28 2 7 5 1 20 6 1 17 39 4 10
U of Maryland, College Parka 26 4.5 17 5 0 0 7 0 0 38 4.5 12
U of Massachusetts, Amherst 11 1 9 7 2 29 5 0 0 23 3 13
U of Michigan 24 1 4 4 1 25 11 3 27 39 5 13
U of Minnesota, Minneapolis 25 2 8 5 1 20 9 1 11 39 4 10
U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 23 2 9 4 2 50 9 1 11 36 5 14
U of Notre Damea 18 0 0 6 1 17 7 2 29 31 3 10
U of Oklahomaa 14 0 0 5 2 40 6 1 17 25 3 12
U of Pennsylvania 22 2 9 6 1 17 4 0 0 32 3 9
U of Pittsburgh 13 0 0 8 2 25 8 1 13 29 3 10
U of South Carolinaa 17 1 6 2 0 0 8 1 13 27 2 7
U of Southern California 21 1 5 2 0 0 4 2 50 27 3 11
U of Texas, Austina 30 1 3 5 1 20 10 2 20 45 4 9
U of Utah 21 2 10 3 0 0 6 1 17 30 3 10
U of Washington 32 2 6 5 0 0 6 3 50 43 5 12
U of Wisconsin, Madison 33 2 6 0 0 nm 8 2 25 41 4 10
Wayne State Universityc 12 0 0 6 2 33 7 2 29 25 4 16
TOTALS 1,070 87.5 8% 225 46 20% 297 63 21% 1,592 196.5 12%
NOTE: Appointments as of 2003–04 academic year. a Chemistry and biochemistry. b Chemistry and chemical biology. c Wayne State University actually ranks 51 on NSF's 2001 list of top chemistry funders, but UC San Francisco, which ranks 12, has no chemistry department. nm = not meaningful.
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