In 2009, the female faculty constituted 28.13 (18 out of 64) of
the STEM faculty versus 34.57 (28 out of 81) at the end of the
grant period in 2016 (refer to Table 1). Secondly, female STEM
faculty advanced to the professor rank, moving the percentage of
female, STEM full professors from 0 to 6.2 between 2009 and 2016
(refer to Table 2). Overall, there has been a clear pattern of slow
growth of women in STEM, especially at the highest tenured
ranks.
Table 1: Percentage of Female Faculty in STEM-Related Administrative Units at Gannon University, 2009-2014 Data
STEM-Related Administrative Units
| Program/Department |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
| Bioinformatics
Department |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Biology
Department |
28.57 |
35.71 |
38.46 |
50 |
52.94 |
50 |
52.94 |
61.11 |
| Bio-Medical Engineering |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| Chemistry
Department |
25 |
37.5 |
37.5 |
33.33 |
44.44 |
50 |
62.5 |
62.5 |
| Computer & Information Science |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
40 |
50 |
33.33 |
| Electrical & Computer
Engr. |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
25 |
22.22 |
18.18 |
20 |
| Environmental Science Dept. |
33.33 |
50 |
33.33 |
33.33 |
33.33 |
33.33 |
33.33 |
33.33 |
| Industrial Engineering |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Mathematics
Department |
28.57 |
28.57 |
28.57 |
28.57 |
28.57 |
33.33 |
33.33 |
20 |
| Mechanical
Engineering |
14.29 |
14.29 |
14.29 |
14.29 |
16.67 |
11.11 |
9.09 |
14.29 |
| Physics
Department |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Psychology
Program |
50 |
55.56 |
50 |
44.44 |
40 |
33.33 |
55.56 |
37.5 |
| Software
Engineering |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| STEM TOTAL |
28.13 |
33.33 |
32.31 |
34.29 |
36.11 |
32.88 |
36.71 |
34.57 |
| UNIVERSITY TOTAL |
45 |
46.94 |
46.19 |
45.81 |
45.73 |
45.41 |
48.46 |
48.74 |
2.Female faculty do not have a strong presence at higher ranks.
Table 2: Percentage of Male and Female STEM Faculty across Rank Levels at Gannon University, 2009-2016 Data (Instructor rank is not included)
Male and Female STEM Faculty across Rank Levels
| Rank |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
| Professor - Male |
18.8 |
18.2 |
20 |
22.9 |
23.6 |
20.5 |
17.7 |
17.3 |
| Professor - Female |
0 |
0 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
6.2 |
| Associate Professor - Male |
23.4 |
24.2 |
24.6 |
18.6 |
18.1 |
17.8 |
15.2 |
14.8 |
| Associate Professor - Female |
12.5 |
15.2 |
10.8 |
11.4 |
9.7 |
6.8 |
11.4 |
9.9 |
| Assistant Professor - Male |
25 |
19.7 |
18.5 |
20 |
18.1 |
19.2 |
17.7 |
21 |
| Assistant Professor - Female |
12.5 |
15.2 |
16.9 |
15.7 |
19.4 |
19.2 |
12.7 |
11.1 |