How do senior women faculty in psychology fare?

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Why is it important?

Although women doctorates in the U.S. are by no means under-represented at the entry level among tenure track faculty positions in cognitive/experimental psychology, their representation as tenured, full professors is alarmingly low, and has been low for decades. Yet even those who have achieved a senior status are not as visible in the profession (on a number of indicators we reviewed) as their male counterparts. Why is this the case, and how can it change?