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GENDER AND THE SMT Report on gender statistics within the Society for Music Theory
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Overview SMT gender statistics: membership, conference participation and journal publication Challenges to SMT Review of gender imbalances in other societies
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Statistics Sources: Society records, archived newsletters 2001 - 2007 Statistical significance of percentages Record of gender in the SMT
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SMT Membership Overall membership Comparison to AMS and SEM Membership in administrative structures
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AMS and SEM Membership SMT: average 28% female AMS: average 46% female SEM: average 50% female
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Female Administration Ad hoc committees and ex officio members excluded 3 categories: Executive Board Editorial Boards All other committees
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SMT Conference Participation Female participation relative to female membership: Proposal submissions Acceptances --> representation Female vs Male acceptance rates
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SMT Journal Participation Music Theory Spectrum, Music Theory Online Female participation relative to female membership: Article submissions Acceptances --> representation Female vs Male acceptance rates
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Conclusions Female membership rates in the society have declined over the past seven years, from 31% to 27% Administration Relative to female membership rates, women are over-represented on some SMT committees; Women are under-represented on SMT editorial boards.
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Conclusions (cont.) Conference participation Relative to female membership rates, women are under-represented in proposal submissions and paper presentations at SMT annual meetings; Rates of acceptance for paper proposals by women are comparable to those by men.
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Conclusions (cont.) Journal publication Relative to female membership rates, women are under-represented in journal submissions and in publications, both in MTS and MTO; Rates of acceptance for article submissions by women are significantly below those of men.
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Challenges for SMT Raise the membership rates of women by attracting more women to the Society; Include more women on editorial boards; Encourage women to submit paper proposals for annual meetings; Encourage women to submit journal articles for publication; Examine reasons why journal acceptance rates for women are significantly lower than those for men.
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ACLS Strategies Relying heavily on the society’s leadership to achieve the objective of gender balance; Electing more women to governing council; Deliberately promoting women as president of the Society; Appointing women to influential committees and boards within the Society, including the program committee and the nominating committee;
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ACLS Strategies (cont.) Insisting there be at least one women on all program panels; Introducing new prizes specifically for women; Exploring ways to include childcare at conferences; “Aggressively” recruiting women at graduate student level.
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