Demographic Inertia Revisited: An Immodest Proposal to Achieve Equitable Gender Representation among Faculty in Higher Education

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsRobyn MarschkeRobyn Marschke, a native of North Dakota, works in the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology (2004) and is an alumna of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Sandra Laursen is a Ph.D.-trained chemist, science educator, and professional developer. In her research with Ethnography & Evaluation Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she studies issues of quality and equity in science education and careers from the K-12 through postgraduate levels. Joyce McCarl Nielsen is Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean for Social Sciences, and a co-principal investigator on an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In earlier work she helped define the field of gender studies with her texts, Sex and Gender in Society and Feminist Research Methods. Dr. Patricia Rankin is a particle physicist, PI of an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant, and Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She worked as a program officer at the NSF for two years and has a long-standing interest in remedying the underrepresentation of women in science and technology fields.Sandra LaursenRobyn Marschke, a native of North Dakota, works in the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology (2004) and is an alumna of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Sandra Laursen is a Ph.D.-trained chemist, science educator, and professional developer. In her research with Ethnography & Evaluation Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she studies issues of quality and equity in science education and careers from the K-12 through postgraduate levels. Joyce McCarl Nielsen is Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean for Social Sciences, and a co-principal investigator on an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In earlier work she helped define the field of gender studies with her texts, Sex and Gender in Society and Feminist Research Methods. Dr. Patricia Rankin is a particle physicist, PI of an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant, and Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She worked as a program officer at the NSF for two years and has a long-standing interest in remedying the underrepresentation of women in science and technology fields.Joyce McCarl NielsenRobyn Marschke, a native of North Dakota, works in the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology (2004) and is an alumna of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Sandra Laursen is a Ph.D.-trained chemist, science educator, and professional developer. In her research with Ethnography & Evaluation Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she studies issues of quality and equity in science education and careers from the K-12 through postgraduate levels. Joyce McCarl Nielsen is Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean for Social Sciences, and a co-principal investigator on an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In earlier work she helped define the field of gender studies with her texts, Sex and Gender in Society and Feminist Research Methods. Dr. Patricia Rankin is a particle physicist, PI of an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant, and Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She worked as a program officer at the NSF for two years and has a long-standing interest in remedying the underrepresentation of women in science and technology fields.Patricia RankinRobyn Marschke, a native of North Dakota, works in the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She earned a Ph.D. in sociology (2004) and is an alumna of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Sandra Laursen is a Ph.D.-trained chemist, science educator, and professional developer. In her research with Ethnography & Evaluation Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she studies issues of quality and equity in science education and careers from the K-12 through postgraduate levels. Joyce McCarl Nielsen is Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean for Social Sciences, and a co-principal investigator on an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In earlier work she helped define the field of gender studies with her texts, Sex and Gender in Society and Feminist Research Methods. Dr. Patricia Rankin is a particle physicist, PI of an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant, and Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She worked as a program officer at the NSF for two years and has a long-standing interest in remedying the underrepresentation of women in science and technology fields.