Open AccessReply [to “Comment on ‘Righting the balance: Gender diversity in the geosciences’”] by Floyd Herbert
Author(s) -
Bell Robin,
Kane Mark,
Miller Roberta B.,
Mutter John C.,
Pfirman Stephanie,
Kastens Kim
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo130005
Subject(s) - gender equity , gender balance , diversity (politics) , equity (law) , balance (ability) , women in science , gender diversity , gender equality , on board , sociology , political science , environmental ethics , law , psychology , gender studies , archaeology , management , geography , philosophy , economics , corporate governance , neuroscience
In our article “On Gender Equity in the Geosciences,” we are not advocating a quota of 50% women in the geosciences, but rather, suggesting that the field would be strengthened if all the individuals with doctorates in the geosciences (including the 28% of all Ph.D.s who are women) were to remain active in these fields [ National Science Board , 2002; Kastens , 2003]. Currently, only about 13% of employed Ph.D.s in these fields are women, which means that there is a considerable loss of trained scientists in the Earth, atmospheric, and oceanographic sciences. Even the entry‐level hires at Ph.D.‐granting institutions are only 20% female [ Holmes et al, 2003].