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  • Geography
  • Higher Education
  • Sociology of Science

Background:

  • The field of geography has a documented history of underrepresentation of U.S. citizen racial and ethnic minorities.
  • Doctoral degree conferral records serve as a measurable indicator of this persistent disparity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine historical efforts to address minority underrepresentation in geography since the 1960s.
  • To analyze current underrepresentation and its persistence within geography doctoral programs and departments.
  • To identify specific drivers contributing to the racial and ethnic representation disparity.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of doctoral degree conferral rates for domestic underrepresented minorities (URM) versus White recipients.
  • Data spanned 23 years (1997-2019) across geography, social sciences, and the entire academy.
  • Identification of four key drivers exacerbating the disparity.

Main Results:

  • Geography consistently lagged behind the social sciences and the broader academy in URM doctoral degree conferrals over the study period.
  • The underrepresentation gap in geography has notably widened in the last decade.
  • Identified drivers include insufficient dedicated funding, limited prior exposure to geography, passive recruitment, and predominantly White departmental environments.

Conclusions:

  • The discipline of geography exhibits persistent demographic underperformance regarding racial and ethnic minority representation in doctoral programs.
  • Addressing this disparity requires proactive and measurable changes within academic geography.
  • A call to action is issued for geographers to actively promote representational equity.