Much has been written in the past two decades about women in academic science careers,
but this literature is contradictory. Many analyses have revealed a level playing field, with …

We follow female college graduates in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and
compare the trajectories of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics …

Amid ongoing public speculation about the reasons for sex differences in careers in science
and mathematics, we present a consensus statement that is based on the best available …

Based on a representative national sample of 1564 academic researchers, we investigate
the impacts of research grants and contracts on the nature and extent of faculty research and …

Since 1984, when Cole and Zuckerman referred to gender differences in productivity among
academic scientists as a puzzle, sociologists have sought to explain these differences by …

This monograph seeks to inform faculty, staff, administrators, and students about the nature
of and structure in doctoral programs that lead to doctoral student development. It is …

The popular adage “publish or perish” has long defined individual career strategies as well
as scholarly investigations of earnings inequality in academe, as researchers have relied …

Trends in broadening participation of African Americans in engineering and computer
science have not significantly improved despite significant investments and efforts of …

This chapter examines major lines of research in the sociology of science that can inform a
more encompassing sociology of academic careers. Higher education studies of faculty can …

There is limited information available regarding factors that contribute to the academic
advancement of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) communities. In this project, we …