Women in Physics and Astronomy

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #117.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Compared with other scientific fields, women are extremely underrepresented in physics, although their representation has increased in the last 30 years. Almost half of all high school physics students are female, yet the percentage of physics bachelor's degrees earned by women has never been higher than 23%. Women earned 29% of the PhDs awarded by stand-alone astronomy departments in 2004. In contrast, women earned only 16% of the PhDs awarded in physics. In addition, very few Hispanic and African-American women earn physics degrees in the US. Representation of women on physics and astronomy faculties continues to be low. However, our data show that women's representation on physics and astronomy faculties is consistent with degree production in the past. We have recently collected new data on female physics and astronomy faculty. These data will be discussed, along with data on the types of faculty positions into which women are hired. New statistics on female department chairs also will be presented.

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