AMS MEMBERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS: Profile of AMS Membership Residing Outside the United States of America

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“…Given the relatively modest increase in the White Ph.D.s, these results indicate that the doctorate-holding portion of the AMS membership became more racially and/or ethnically diverse between 1993 and 2005, with considerable increases in the proportion of Ph.D. meteorologists classifying themselves as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic. However, care must be taken in any attempt to generalize this to the condition of the profession in the United States, since the 2005 survey received a record proportion of responses from members living abroad (Muñoz and Czujko 2008). Overall, racial diversity increases as a function of advanced degree, although some of this may be correlated with residency outside the United States; Muñoz and Czujko (2008) found nonresident respondents much more likely to have Ph.D.s than U.S. respondents.…”

“…However, care must be taken in any attempt to generalize this to the condition of the profession in the United States, since the 2005 survey received a record proportion of responses from members living abroad (Muñoz and Czujko 2008). Overall, racial diversity increases as a function of advanced degree, although some of this may be correlated with residency outside the United States; Muñoz and Czujko (2008) found nonresident respondents much more likely to have Ph.D.s than U.S. respondents. Turning to the full range of data in Fig.…”