Professional society data on women and minority faculty in STEM

1. Professional society data on women and minority faculty in STEM Rachel Ivie Statistical Research Center American Institute of Physics June 18, 2009

2. Societies that we contacted: engineering American Association of Engineering Societies American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering American Institute of Chemical Engineers American Society for Engineering Education American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers Assessing Women in Engineering Biomedical Engineering Society IEEE Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and Science

3. Societies that we contacted: life sciences American Association of Immunologists American Institute of Biological Sciences American Physiological Society American Phytopathalogical Society American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology American Society for Bone and Mineral Research American Society for Cell Biology American Society for Microbiology American Society for Pharm. & Experimental Therapeutics American Society of Agronomy American Society of Plant Biologists FASEB Institute of Food Technologies Society for Neuroscience Society of Toxicology The Endocrine Society The Genetics Society of America

4. Societies we contacted: health American Medical Association American Public Health Association Association of American Medical Colleges Society for Women's Health Research

5. Societies we contacted: math and computer science American Mathematical Society American Statistical Association Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Association for Computing Machinery Association for Women in Computing Computing Research Association Mathematical Association of America National Center for Women in IT Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics

6. Societies we contacted: physical sciences American Chemical Society American Geological Institute American Geophysical Union American Institute of Physics American Meteorological Society American Nuclear Society Biophysical Society Consortium for Ocean Leadership

7. Societies we contacted: social sciences American Anthropological Association American Economic Association American Political Science Association American Psychological Association American Sociological Association Association for Psychological Science Association of American Geographers

8. Sources of data collected From membership data bases From directories From surveys Of members Of departments Individual level Department level (aggregated)

9. Societies that volunteered information from membership data American Institute of Chemical Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers American Nuclear Society Society for Industrial and Applied Math American Society for Cell Biology Biophysical Society

10. Membership data All have information on sex Fewer have information on race/ethnicity Most have information on employer work at a university indicate their industry as "education" Comparability? Also differences in the way race is asked

11. Data from directories and other sources Directories American Geological Institute American Society for Engineering Education Faculty Roster and a survey of med schools Association of American Medical Colleges Specialized surveys National Center for Women and Information Technology

12. Data from surveys of members or individuals Association for Computing Machinery Society for Neuroscience American Meteorological Society American Chemical Society

14. Problem with data collected from individuals Often there is no list of people from which to draw a sample Membership surveys exclude those who are not members

15. Data from surveys of departments Individual-level data collected on race and sex American Sociological Association American Psychological Association Aggregate data collected American Institute of Physics Computing Research Association Consortium for Ocean Leadership American Statistical Association American Mathematical Society

18. Problem with department level surveys How accurate is information gathered from another person? Respondents may not know how to classify someone Respondents may not know which of your categories applies

19. Surveys that collect aggregated data can limit information available

20. Surveys that collect individual data from departments Can present a heavy burden for the respondent

21. After lunch Anne will address issues concerning asking questions about minority faculty We will discuss best practices in survey research and how we can be useful to programs like NSF ADVANCE.