The very ivory tower: pathways reproducing racial-ethnic stratification in US academic science

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dc.citation.firstpage1250en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber7en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleEthnic and Racial Studiesen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1270en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber44en_US
dc.contributor.authorThomson, Robert A. Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSalazar, Esmeralda Sánchezen_US
dc.contributor.authorEcklund, Elaine Howarden_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-12T15:10:05Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-05-12T15:10:05Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractWe theorized that income racial-ethnic stratification among academic scientists is perpetuated by inequality of scientific capital including institutional prestige, research funding, publishing, and tenure. We tested our model with original survey data of US biologists and physicists (n = 1,160). Findings indicated that white scientists reported higher incomes than non-white scientists despite no significant differences in productivity, funding, or institutional status. Black scientists reported earning the lowest pay, while Hispanic scientists reported incomes statistically similar to those of white scientists. We also observed racial-ethnic inequality in promotion to tenure, which indirectly contributed to racial-ethnic stratification in pay. While overrepresented in our sample relative to the US population, East Asian scientists experienced particular disadvantages in promotion. Our findings challenge the Model Minority Myth, and they have implications for our understanding of the reproduction of a racial order, even in science, a field characterized by explicit overtures of tolerance and inclusion.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThomson, Robert A. Jr., Salazar, Esmeralda Sánchez and Ecklund, Elaine Howard. "The very ivory tower: pathways reproducing racial-ethnic stratification in US academic science." <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies,</i> 44, no. 7 (2021) Taylor & Francis: 1250-1270. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2020.1786144.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2020.1786144en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110506en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
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dc.titleThe very ivory tower: pathways reproducing racial-ethnic stratification in US academic scienceen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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