Overall
Summary of responses
YSM faculty respondents report feeling considerably more respected by their early-career faculty colleagues than by their chair/section chief or senior-career colleagues.
Most YSM faculty respondents report feeling their department fosters a respectful climate and engaging environment.
By faculty track
Summary of responses
YSM ladder faculty respondents report higher levels of respect for their work than other tracks. The greatest degree of respect comes from early career colleagues, regardless of track.
Perceptions of departmental atmosphere are lowest for YSM research faculty.
By gender
Summary of responses
YSM faculty feel similarly supported by their early-career faculty colleagues, but male YSM faculty respondents report significantly more support from their senior-career peers and their chair/section chief.
Non-binary/transgender/rather not say/self-identified YSM faculty are considerably less likely to report a supportive atmosphere in their department/section.
Note: Categories are not mutually exclusive, as survey respondents were asked to select all answers that apply. To maintain confidentiality for categories with small response sizes, “Non-binary”, “Transgender”, “Rather not say”, and self-identified open-response gender identities have been grouped together. If any group contains fewer than 5 respondents, all response counts are rounded to the nearest 5 to prevent inference of specific group sizes.
By underrepresented minority (URM) status
Summary of responses
URM YSM faculty respondents report less respect from faculty colleagues and their chair/section chief than non-URM YSM faculty.
URM YSM faculty are slightly less likely to report a supportive atmosphere in their department/section than non-URM YSM faculty. International YSM faculty respondents report the least supportive atmosphere.
Note: URM stands for “underrepresented minority.” See our Data Definitions page for more information.