Research

Studies show that women’s representation and advancement in academic faculty positions are affected by external factors that are unrelated to their ability, interest, and technical skills, such as:

  • Organizational constraints of academic institutions;
  • Differential effects of work and family demands;
  • Implicit and explicit bias; and
  • Underrepresentation of women in academic leadership and decision making positions.

The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment tracks demographics that describe student and faculty populations at UMaine, and continues to provide information in support of Rising Tide research. This data, which reflected the inequities at the heart of UMaine’s NSF ADVANCE proposal, includes numbers of tenure-eligible and tenured faculty by gender and rank, promotion and tenure review outcomes, years in rank as associate professor, and retention statistics.

View the data from the Office of Institutional Research by academic year:

2008 • 2009 2009 • 2010 2010 • 2011    2011 • 2012   
2012 • 2013 2013 • 2014 2014 • 2015 2015 • 2016
2016 • 2017 2017 • 2018 2018 • 2019 2019 • 2020

UMaine faculty have also used this data in analyzing the impact of Rising Tide initiatives and to expand the knowledge and literature base relative to women faculty in STEM/SBS, and other academic disciplines. These initiatives have connected researchers across disciplines to create a multi-faceted understanding of the contexts and cultures that facilitate or impede the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women faculty at UMaine.

Check out Rising Tide research findings.

NEW in 2019: Faculty Work-Life Survey 2018

Comparative Study of Gender Differences in Perceptions of Faculty Work-Life 2011 & 2015 (PDF)

Job Satisfaction Survey of Faculty in the Sciences 2013 (PDF)

NSF ADVANCE Social Science Study (PDF)

Report on Departmental Climate in the Sciences at the University of Maine (PDF)

Report on the Experiences in the Process of Promotion to Full Professor (PDF)

Survey of Faculty Job Satisfaction in STEM/SBS 2011 (PDF)

Other Relevant Studies: 

Internal Salary Equity Study for U Maine for the Academic Year 2011-2012 (PDF)

Mobilization in Response to Workplace Harassment: Lessons from One University Setting (2018; Kent State University Digital Commons)

View a comprehensive list of ADVANCE related research at UMaine:

Rising Tide Researchers Publication List (PDF)