Gender and Teaching Evaluations [Interactive Graphic]

As sociologists, we know that people are evaluated differently based on their gender, but it can be hard for students to visualize this out of context.  This tool allows them to visualize gender and evaluations in a very relevant way: through professor ratings. Ben Schmidt looked at the evaluative words used in Rate My Professor reviews and compiled the results in this series of interactive charts. 

You can search for any word. The resulting graph will show you the difference between male and female professors in a variety of disciplines.    You can see one example above.  According to evaluations, men are funnier than women are more likely to be labeled as "genuises". Males are also more likely to be rated as intelligent and smart (though the gaps are smaller). . Males were also more likely to be "weird" in every discipline other than Physics.  Females were always more likely than males to be rated as  "nice" and to be rated as "mean".

  

Thanks to Dr. Schmidt, assistant history professor at Northeastern University, for putting together this data visualization.
Link: http://benschmidt.org/profGender/#