Thinking back on my undergraduate years, something rather interesting stands out - in both my primary major (Mathematics) and my minor (Philosophy), I was never once instructed by a woman (the exception is 2 weeks one filled in when the Calc prof suffered a stroke). In psychology, the other major, there was a largely even split, though the men again win by a 5-4 score. The five honors seminars I ended up taking were all also taught by men.

Kind of a fluke given I was at a large public university, but there were hardly any women professors in the math department, and women just didn't happen to teach the courses I wanted to take most times. Thus far, theology is operating on largely the same track - of 8 courses so far, 8 men. This is not to complain, I've had a very good experience with my set of instructors, it's just probably a rare occurrence these days.

This is kind of funny in a way given the recent blogosphere articles about the vanishing male - my experience has been of the vanishing female with the professors and majors I've chosen.

- Posted by in University at 3:01 AM