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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Professional Societies' Questionnaires and Reports on Women Faculty of Color

The Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST), in partnership with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) is engaged in a project to enhance the collection, reporting and use of data about women faculty in STEM, with a focus on women of color. On June 18, 2009 we conducted our first workshop. The main goal of the workshop was to determine the extent to which professional science and engineering societies’ existing data collection efforts could provide information on women of color in the professoriate.

Prior to the workshop, professional society reports and questionnaires relating to women of color in science and engineering positions were collected. The following pages present inks to the professional societies’ reports and questionnaires:

Professional Society Reports on Minority and Women Faculty

Professional Society Questionnaires on Minority and Women Faculty

The workshop was attended by 24 individuals representing 16 professional societies. Surveys from 10 organizations were shared with participants. Presentations were made by Frehill, Ivie and Anne MacLachlan of the University of California at Berkeley.

Lisa Frehill, CPST: ADVANCE indicators and the need for professional society data.

Rachel Ivie, AIP: Professional Society Data on Women and Minority Faculty in STEM.

Anne MacLachlan: Issues to consider when surveying minority faculty.

For more information about the project including the project summary and planned work products, click here.

For additional information, please contact the co-PIs for the project: Lisa Frehill, Research Director, CPST or Rachel Ivie, Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics.

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation, HRD#0820057. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.