Background on Gender Equity Studies

In Fall, 2000, the FAS Policy and Planning Advisory Committee charged a sub-committee comprised of representatives from P&P and the Women's Faculty Caucus to examine the issue of gender equity for Arts & Science faculty. The members of that sub-committee did an enormous amount of work on this important issue. In addition to piloting a study by an external consultant, the work of this sub-committee resulted in the development of a faculty database that allows FAS Institutional Research to track important indicators such as hiring, promotion, and salaries.  After the initial report was submitted in 2002, the Policy and Planning Advisory Committee recommended that every two or three years a new study be mounted to look at gender equity issues. As such, the 2007 and 2005 gender equity studies included updated analyses of the 2002 data. The 2010 gender equity study shows that we continue to have much to be proud of within FAS, and everyone who has been involved with gender equity issues over the years, from department chairs to the deans to the Women's Faculty Caucus, is to be congratulated for their efforts.

Members of the 2010 Gender Equity Committee

Kathleen Gerson, Sociology, Chair

Shara Bailey, Anthropology

David Engel, Hebrew and Judaic Studies

Sydney Ludvigson, Economics

Carol Reiss, Biology

Florencia Torche, Sociology

David Vintinner, Director, Institutional Research (Ex-Officio)

Rachel Krug, Senior Institutional Research Analyst (Ex-Officio)

Gender Equity Reports

2010 Arts and Science Faculty Equity Study

2007 Arts and Science Faculty Equity Study

2007 Executive Summary Gender Equity Committee Report for FAS Faculty

2007 Presentation Gender Equity Committee Report for FAS Faculty

2005 Arts and Science Faculty Equity Study

2002 Arts & Science Faculty Equity Study