SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ONLINE SURVEY RESULTS

SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Q1: If you, or someone you know, left the field [of music theory], what were the reasons?

SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Q2: Are there issues particular to music theory that may result in women leaving [the field]?

SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Q3: Does your research fall within the broad remit of SMT? If not, does that affect your desire to participate in the Society?

SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Q4: Have you received encouragement and support from music theory faculty members, be they male or female, to submit conference proposals and journal articles, and to pursue a career in music theory?

SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Q5: What, if any, changes would encourage women to enter and stay in the field?

SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Q6: How might the SMT, and the CSW in particular, seek to improve the gender balance?

SOCIETY FOR MUSIC THEORY – COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN POINTS FOR DISCUSSION: Make clear to graduate students that one can be a music theorist without mastering every aspect of the field; Make clear to graduate students that one can be a music theorist without mastering every aspect of the field; Regularly appoint women as editors of the Society’s journals; Regularly appoint women as editors of the Society’s journals; Offer small travel stipends to young women to make it possible for them to attend the national conference; Offer small travel stipends to young women to make it possible for them to attend the national conference; Initiate a “conference buddy” program geared specifically towards women, as well as a broad mentoring program, beyond the conference proposal program already in place; Initiate a “conference buddy” program geared specifically towards women, as well as a broad mentoring program, beyond the conference proposal program already in place; Identify the best theory students and encourage them to pursue a music theory career; Identify the best theory students and encourage them to pursue a music theory career; Improve the advertising of and advocacy for our discipline. Improve the advertising of and advocacy for our discipline.