²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ was named to an “honor roll” of universities with full female professors in economics. The list was compiled by the (CSWEP) of the American Economic Association.
The honor roll comes from self-reported survey data from institutions granting Ph.D.’s in economics collected in fall 2008. CSWEP has conducted the survey annually since 1972, and this year’s response rate was 92 percent. The reported data showed that 40 percent of all participating departments have no female full professors.
²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ has long been committed to recruiting and retaining senior female faculty in economics, said , department chair. He said two professors who are women, and , are elected fellows of the , the most prestigious learned society in the field of economics. A third, , won this year’s Chancellor’s ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ Award.
“Our goal is always to recruit the best candidates in economics and we are proud that a significant portion of them are women,” Li said. “These senior faculty serve as role models and mentors for attracting and retaining the best women doctoral students as well as junior faculty.”
On the honor roll, had the most women with six female full professors (or 18 percent of the department). Also on the list were with five (or 15 percent) and , five (25 percent). Joining ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ (19 percent) with four each were (44 percent), (10 percent) and (27 percent).
Additionally, CSWEP reported that nationwide there is only one female full professor for every 10 males in Ph.D. granting departments. However, one in three first-year Ph.D. students in economics is female.
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