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Home : Research and Stats : Profession Trend Data : Full-Time Sociology Faculty by Rank and Racial Ethnic Identity
   
 

Full-Time Sociology Faculty by Rank and Racial Ethnic Identity

  
Full-Time Sociology Faculty in Graduate Departments by Racial/Ethnic Identity and Faculty Rank,
Academic Year 1997-98 and 2000-01
Racial/Ethnic Identity
Rank Academic Year White Black Asian Hispanic Native American Other (N)
Full Professor 1997-98 90.5% 3.8% 3.1% 2.4% 0.3% NA (1,187)
2000-01 89.9 3.6 3.8 2.0 0.3 0.4 (1,823)
Associate Professor 1997-98 85.8 5.9 4.0 3.4 0.7 0.1 (741)
2000-01 80.8 9.0 5.7 3.5 0.5 0.5 (1,159)
Assistant Professor 1997-98 74.7 10.4 9.1 4.2 1.0 0.6 (518)
2000-01 76.6 10.3 6.7 4.4 1.2 0.8 (1,151)
Instructor/ Lecturera 2000-01 82.3 8.3 6.3 2.1 0.0 1.0 (96)
Other Rank 1997-98 75.0 12.5 6.3 3.1 3.1 NA (32)
2000-01 54.5 18.2 9.1 9.1 9.1 0.0 (11)
Total 1997-98 85.6 5.9 4.7 3.1 0.6 0.2 (2,479)
2000-01 83.6 7.0 5.2 3.1 0.6 0.5 (4,240)

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

a Instructor/lecturer data is not available for academic year 1997-98 due to too few cases.
Whites were over-represented among full professors (the largest rank of faculty), and blacks were slightly over-represented among assistant professors, in academic year 1997-98, compared to their share of PhDs in relevant cohorts. The small numbers of Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans were equally represented compared to their share of PhDs.
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