| Periodical Title | The Philosophers’ Magazine |
| Author(s) | Eric Schwitzgebel; Liam Kofi Bright; Carolyn Dicey Jennings; Morgan Thompson; Eric Winsberg |
| Abstract | This paper explores recent data on the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of philosophy students and faculty in the United States. We find women underrepresented in philosophy at all levels from first-year intention to major through senior faculty. The past four years show an increase in the percentage of women philosophy undergraduates, but it remains unseen if this will eventually appear at more advanced stages. Since 2000, substantial increases exist in the racial and ethnic diversity of philosophy majors at all education levels from first-year undergraduate through PhD, with declines in non-Hispanic White philosophy majors and increases in all other commonly measured racial/ethnic groups except Native Americans/Alaska Natives. Despite generally increasing diversity, people identifying as Hispanic (any race) or non-Hispanic Native American, Alaska Native, or Black remain substantially underrepresented in philosophy compared to their U.S. population presence, and sometimes also other majors. We focus on race, Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity, and gender due to available temporal data from multiple databases, allowing both trend analysis and examination across philosophy’s academic pipeline. This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Thematic Cluster/Special Issue | Diversify the Discipline |
| Pages | 71-90 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Published Keywords | philosophy, diversity, race, ethnicity, gender, representation, students, faculty, trends This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work. |
| Date Published | May 2021 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.5840/tpm20219343 |
| URL | https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?cluster=16623042748938399608&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 |
| Open Access? | No |
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