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Home : Research and Stats : Profession Trend Data : Full-Time Faculty Distribution by Rank and Gender
   
 

Full-Time Faculty Distribution by Rank and Gender

  
               
Distribution of Full-Time Faculty in Graduate Departments of Sociology by Rank and Gender of Faculty Member (In Percents), AY 1997/98 and 2000/01
               
  1997/98   2000/01
Rank Men Women (N)a   Men Women (N)a
Full Professor    78.6%    21.4% (1,187)      74.4%    25.6% (1,859)
Associate Professor 64.6 35.4 (741)   57.6 42.4 (1,185)
Assistant Professor 48.4 51.6 (519)   47.8 52.2 (1,183)
Instructor / Lecturer 54.5 45.5 (33)   39.0 61.0 (100)
Total 67.8 32.2 (2,480)   61.7 38.3 (4,337)
               


Source: ASA tabulation derived from: American Sociological Association, 1998 and 2001 Survey of Graduate Departments of Sociology.

a Number of faculty in responding departments in each category.
In academic year 1997/98 the greatest share of sociology faculty (about 48 percent) were full professors, more than twice the share of assistant professors. Men represented 79 percent of all full professors, but only half of assistant professors.  These patterns remain almost unchanged in academic year 2000/01, while there were small increases in the share of women associate and full professors compared to 1997/98.
               
               
           
               
               
             
               



Last Updated on July 06, 2005
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