We've Come a Long Way, Maybe:
Academic Climate Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology 
Prepared for the American Anthropological Association, 12 May 2008
This report presents findings from a survey on academic climate issues in American anthropology departments. It was conducted by the Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology, a committee of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). We hope that the report can be used by faculty, departments, university administrators, and the AAA as a guide toward understanding current academic climate issues, and as a resource for addressing them.
COSWA 2008 Survey

Social Science PhDs Five+ Years Out:
Anthropology Report
To assess the career paths of PhDs and the quality of doctoral education in U.S. social science programs, the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) at the University of Washington, Seattle surveyed a national sample of recent social science PhDs in six fields, yielding career and family data spanning the from the beginning of graduate school to 6 to 10 years post-PhD. The following report contains responses from anthropologists, and was authored by Elizabeth Rudd, Emory Morrison, Joseph Picciano and Maresi Nerad.
CIRGE 2008 Survey

1998 Biennial Survey of Anthropology Departments in the United States 
The survey included questions about the faculty members within each department. Using departmental data on 1,795 anthropology faculty members that includes tenure status, academic ranks, subfield specialties, ethnicities, salary and time in service.
1998 Survey

1997 AAA Survey of Anthropology PhDs
In 1997, questionnaires were sent to 389 1996-97 anthropology PhDs for whom mailing addresses were provided by departments. A total of 163 usable questionnaires was received, for a return rate of 42%.
1997 Survey

1996 Biennial Survey of Anthropology Departments in the United States
To monitor the academic fitness of anthropology, the American Anthropological Association has produced a biennial survey of departments as a basis for longitudinal study of enrollment, degrees, curricula, faculty size, tenure rates, salaries and noteworthy academic trends. The 1996 AAA Survey of Departments was compiled, in part, from questionnaires mailed in 1996 to 317 four-year colleges and universities listed in the 1995-96 AAA Guide, for a return rate of 64%.
1996 Survey

1995 Survey of PhD Recipients
In 1995, questionnaires were sent to 300 1994-95 anthropology PhDs for whom mailing addresses were provided by departments. A total of 151 usable questionnaires was received, for a return rate of 50%.
1995 Survey

1990 Survey of Anthropology PhDs
In 1989, survey questionnaires were sent to all 1989-90 PhDs and to those 1987-88, 1985-86, 1981-82, 1976-77 and 1971-72 PhDs who returned forms for the 1984 and 1982 surveys. In all, questionnaires were mailed to 1229 anthropology PhDs; 840 (68%) returned usable responses for the 1990 Survey of Anthropology PhDs.
1990 Survey