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This is a presentation that was part of the April, 2007 Rice University NSF Advance Career Success Workshop for Faculty Women in Engineering and Natural Science. This presentation focused on reporting the status of women faculty at Rice University.

Workshop Authors: Kathy Collins and Mikki Hebl, Rice University.

Slide 1: the status of women at rice

  • History of STEM Women at Rice
  • Current Snapshot of STEM Women
  • STEM Comparisons with Other Schools
  • The 2001 Climate Survey: A Summary
  • Important Questions to Consider
  • Ongoing Research and Initiatives
  • Conclusions

Slide 2: history of women at rice

  • Alice Crowell Dean was a teaching fellow in Math (and acting librarian) after graduating from the first class of Rice in 1916.
  • It was not until 1950, that the first woman --Katherine Fischer Drew-- joined the faculty full time (History) and in 1962 was the first to achieve tenure. She graduated from Rice in 1944.

The lombard laws

"Places the Lombard laws in their historical context, showing the importance of barbarian codes, the development of the Lombard policy and society in the early Middle Ages, and the use of laws as sources for these topics. . . . The translation is excellent." --- Katherine Fischer Drew, Translator (1973)

Slide 3: history of women faculty in sciences and engineering at rice university

Women did not join the faculty full time in Science and Engineering until 1965.

  • 1965: Krystyna Ansevin, assistant professor in Biology
  • 1971: Mary Wheeler (Rice Phd), instructor in CAAM
  • 1972: Panayota Kazakos, assistant professor in Electrical Engineering
  • 1972: Kathleen Matthews, assistant professor in Biochemistry
  • 1974: Meera Blattner, assistant professor in CAAM
  • 1977: Yildiz Bayatizoglu, assistant professor in MEMS
  • 1978: Pat Reiff, assistant professor in Space Science
  • 1978: Susan Berget, assistant professor in Biochemistry

Slide 4: 15 women hired in stem (25% of all hires) in the last 5 years (2001-06)

Natural Sciences

  • Recruited 39 positions
  • Offers to women: 12
  • Offers to men: 29
  • Filled 26 positions
    • 6 were women (23% of total hires)
    • 50% acceptance rate (women)
    • 69% acceptance rate (men)

Engineering

  • Recruited 46 positions
  • Offers to women: 17
  • Offers to men: 42
  • Filled 33 positions
    • 9 were women (27% of total hires)
    • 53% acceptance rate (women)
    • 57% acceptance rate (men)

Slide 5: history on departures in stem

Seven women and 58 men resigned since 1992 in STEM

  • Natural Sciences
    • Two women resigned
    • 18 men resigned
  • Engineering
    • Five women resigned
    • 40 men resigned

Slide 6: a current snapshot

A current snapshot

Slide 7: how does rice stem compare with other advance schools?

Advance Institutions 2005 Faculty 2005 Women 2005 % Women
Rice
Engineering 101 13 13%
Sciences 118 18 15%
Case Western
Engineering 115 13 11%
Sciences 126 34 27%
Columbia
Engineering 145 12 8%
Sciences 178 26 15%
Georgia Tech
Engineering 684 96 14%
Sciences 353 67 19%

Slide 8: rice stem faculty by rank

(in 2005-06, women were 16.5% of stem faculty)
Rank Men Women % Women
Full Professors
Science 60 8 11.7%
Engineering 55 8 12.7%
Associate Professors
Science 16 1 5.8%
Engineering 14 1 6.6%
Assistant Professors
Science 24 9 27.2%
Engineering 19 4 17.4%
Total 188 31 14.2%

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Source:  OpenStax, 2007 advance faculty success workshop. OpenStax CNX. Aug 07, 2007 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10444/1.4
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