Table 1.

Results From Study 1: Descriptive Statistics for Participants Classified as Eminent in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM); Humanities and Social Sciences; and Other Fields (n = 83)

Group and criterion	Participants (n)			Percentage of eminent participants
	Males	Females	Total
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)	37	1	38	45.8
R1 associate professor	1	0	1	1.2
R1 full professor	17	0	17	20.5
NIH/NSF grants ≥ $2.75 million	1	0	1	1.2
Fortune 500 executive	6	1	7	8.4
Number of patents ≥ 20	10	0	10	12.0
Emmy winner in visual effects	1	0	1	1.2
STEM exceptiona	1	0	1	1.2
Humanities and social sciences	10	1	11	13.3
Social sciences R1 full professors	2	1	3	3.6
Social sciences R1 associate professors	2	0	2	2.4
Humanities R1 full professors	2	0	2	2.4
Humanities R1 associate professors	2	0	2	2.4
Pulitzer Prize winner	1	0	1	1.2
Humanities exceptionb	1	0	1	1.2
Other	25	9	34	41.0
Law professors, partners at major firms, judges	8	2	10	12.0
Financial executives, hedge fund founders	4	0	4	4.8
Medical professors, directors of major divisions in hospitals	11	6	17	20.5
Military leadership	1	0	1	1.2
National cable channel executive	0	1	1	1.2
CEO of major health care organization	1	0	1	1.2

Note: R1 = research-intensive university; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation.

^aThe STEM exception was a professor in a small honors engineering college with a visiting position at a top STEM university in the United States. This individual is the author of several STEM books and is highly visible as an online STEM educator. ^bThe humanities exception was a professor in a non-research-intensive college with a publication record comparable with that of other individuals in the humanities/social-sciences group.