Participation of Women in Behavior Analysis Research: Some Recent and Relevant Data

Li, Anita; Curiel, Hugo; Pritchard, Josh; Poling, Alan

doi:10.1007/s40617-018-0211-6

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“…Faculty members were designated as men or women according to their first names as outlined by McSweeney and Swindell (1998). If gender could not be determined on this basis, a Google search was conducted using the person's full name to determine gender from sources such as a university webpage, as described by Li, Curiel, Pritchard, and Poling (2018). Visiting professors and all lecturers were excluded from the data set.…”

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The Gender Pay Gap for Behavior Analysis Faculty

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Pritchard³

et al. 2019

Behav Analysis Practice

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We examined publicly available faculty salaries for men and women faculty members at 16 university programs accredited by the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI). Overall, 52.4% of the 103 faculty members were women, although there were twice as many men as women at the full-professor level. Our data suggest that ABAI-accredited training programs pay women less than men at all academic levels. Both in absolute terms and relative to the wage gap reported in other areas of psychology, the difference in mean wages for women and men in our sample was substantial. The mean salaries of men were 13%, 6%, and 15% greater than those of women at the assistant-, associate-, and full-professor levels, respectively. At all levels, the highest salary reported was earned by a man, and the lowest salary was earned by a woman. This is an embarrassment for our discipline. It is time for a change, and we behavior analysts have the tools to make change happen. Let us put those tools to good use.

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“…We also evaluated the percentage of women and men as first and senior author from 2014 through November 2019, using procedures identical to Li et al (2018). Similar to the previous study, we reviewed each article and recorded if the first, second, and last author was a woman or a man on the basis of their first names.…”

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“…Therefore, authorship trends in this journal (and the detection of biases therein) are particularly relevant to the current cultural contingencies governing the discipline of applied behavior analysis. As such, researchers have evaluated authorship trends in JABA including percentage of articles authored by new or veteran authors, as well as authorship demographics (e.g., gender; Dunlap et al, 1998;Dymond et al, 2000;Li et al, 2018;Matthews, 1997). Dunlap et al (1998) and Dymond et al (2000) both assessed the number of JABA articles with new authors (defined as having no publications in JABA within the previous 5 years) versus veteran authors (defined as having a publication in JABA within the previous 5 years) from 1975 to 1995 and 1975 to 1999, respectively Cicoria, 2019).…”

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Authorship trends in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: An update

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Bradtke

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J of App Behav Analysis

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Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) is considered the flagship journal for the discipline of applied behavior analysis. Thus, popular research topics and other publication trends within JABA reflect the current cultural and scientific contingencies governing the field of behavior analysis. Researchers have previously quantified a number of authorship trends in JABA (and other behavior-analytic journals) across a number of variables, such as gender identity and sex of author, country of origin, or seniority within the field (Dunlap et al., 1998) to examine demographic and organizational factors associated with successful publication in JABA. These analyses ought to be conducted continuously to monitor trends and detect any potential biases (e.g., sexism). Accordingly, the purpose of the present investigation was to replicate previous research in this area (e.g., Dymond et al., 2000) and provide an update of current publication trends within JABA. Implications for future research and publishing practices are discussed.

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“…However, TBA's editorial board's representation of women decreased from 50% to 30.4%. Li, Curiel, Pritchard, and Poling (2018) added to this body of literature and shared women's contributions in authorship and editorial appointments in JABA, JEAB, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, The Psychological Record, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, and TBA. Across all journals, the mean percentage of women editors was 37.7% and the mean percentage of first authors who were women was 42.7%.…”

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“…The primary findings of Nosik et al (2018) and Li et al (2018) focused on the publication and editorial trends of the scientific community of behavior analysis. Although these data are encouraging and demonstrate gains toward parity, Nosik et al (2018) anchored their data in relation to age cohorts and career milestones often associated with later career achievement.…”

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Why WIBA?

Sundberg

Zoder‐Martell

Cox

2019

Behav Analysis Practice

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Historically, men have dominated the field of behavior analysis; however, recent trends have indicated increased participation by women. As a result of these recent changes to the field of behavior analysis, the inaugural Women in Behavior Analysis Conference (WIBA) was hosted in 2017. WIBA was initially established to highlight the accomplishments of women in the field of behavior analysis, to provide opportunities for early career behavior analysts to obtain mentorship, and to encourage meaningful discourse about gender issues in the field. Since the inaugural conference, WIBA has attempted to establish a platform for promoting gender equality but most recently has incorporated efforts related to the needs surrounding social justice and inclusiveness in the field of behavior analysis. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the WIBA conference. The history of WIBA is discussed, including the impetus for establishing the conference. This paper highlights existing issues on gender equality in the field of behavior analysis and the larger community, serves to demonstrate how WIBA is part of the solution, and shares accomplishments to date. Furthermore, future directions and goals are presented.

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Participation of Women in Behavior Analysis Research: Some Recent and Relevant Data

Cited by 38 publications

References 28 publications

The Gender Pay Gap for Behavior Analysis Faculty

The Gender Pay Gap for Behavior Analysis Faculty

Authorship trends in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: An update

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