- Although women make up more than half of full-time psychology faculty, when it comes to racial/ethnic minorities, the psychology discipline is less diverse than others.1
- Women make up 56% of psychology faculty, which compares favorably to some fields but not others. In education, for example, 68% of faculty are female. But in physical sciences, only 29% are women and in computer/information sciences only 26% are.
- Only 17% of psychology faculty are racial/ethnic minorities, which is lower than the percentage in the physical sciences (22%), computer/information sciences (32%) and education (21%).
- In crossing gender and race/ethnicity, about 15% of male psychology faculty are racial/ethnic minorities: 5% are Hispanic, 4% are black, 4% are Asian and 2% are other races/ethnicities. About 18% of female psychology faculty are racial/ethnic minorities: 4% Hispanic, 6% black, 6% Asian and 2% other races/ethnicities. Those percentages are lower than the representation of racial/ethnic-minority faculty women and men in all disciplines combined.
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