Compromising Scholarship: Religious and Political Bias in American Higher Education

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209 Supplemental Material Supplemental Table 5.1. Breakdown of Whether Belonging to Selected Social Groups Enhances or Damages Job Applicants by Discipline % Enhances Repub. % Damages Repub. % Enhances NRA % Damages NRA % Enhances ACLU % Damages ACLU % Enhances Fund. % Damages Fund. Political Science 0.0% 15.4% 1.5% 29.2% 18.5% 4.6% 1.5% 41.5% Anthropology 1.0% 32.3% 3.0% 44.0% 24.0% 1.0% 1.0% 67.3% History 6.2% 22.5% 3.8% 30.8% 16.5% 3.8% 1.3% 52.5% Physics 8.0% 10.0% 4.0% 30.0% 20.4% 8.2% 4.0% 52.0% Chemistry 1.4% 16.4% 0.0% 36.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 38.4% Experimental Biology 0.0% 10.9% 0.0% 29.1% 20.0% 3.6% 0.0% 36.4% Language – English 1.3% 26.9% 2.5% 43.0% 30.4% 3.8% 0.0% 71.4% Language – Non-English 0.0% 16.1% 0.0% 39.3% 21.4% 0.0% 0.0% 41.9% Philosophy .7% 23.5% 2.0% 31.4% 21.1% 4.6% 0.0% 54.2% Sociology .9% 28.7% 1.9% 40.4% 29.6% 2.1% .8% 49.2% 210 || supplemental material % Enhances Evangel. % Damages Evangel. % Enhances Mormon % Damages Mormon % Enhances Atheist % Damages Atheist % Enhances Muslim % Damages Muslim Political Science 1.6% 39.1% 0.0% 21.5% 3.0% 10.6% 4.6% 7.7% Anthropology 2.0% 58.8% 2.0% 34.3% 8.9% 0.0% 2.0% 1.0% History 3.8% 29.1% 0.0% 20.0% 5.0% 8.8% 7.5% 2.5% Physics 4.0% 38.0% 0.0% 28.6% 10.4% 8.3% 2.0% 14.0% Chemistry 0.0% 31.1% 1.4% 20.5% 13.7% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7% Experimental Biology 0.0% 21.8% 0.0% 9.1% 3.6% 3.6% 0.0% 3.6% Language – English 1.3% 52.6% 0.0% 34.6% 6.5% 3.9% 9.1% 3.9% Language – Non-English 3.2% 25.8% 0.0% 16.1% 3.2% 0.0% 3.2% 0.0% Philosophy 3.3% 34.0% 1.9% 29.2% 9.9% 7.9% 7.8% 7.2% Sociology 3.0% 38.8% .6% 15.5% 6.4% 3.5% 6.2% 4.8% Supplemental Table 5.1. Breakdown of Whether Belonging to Selected Social Groups Enhances or Damages Job Applicants by Discipline (continued) supplemental material || 211 Supplemental Table 5.2. Breakdown of Sex and Teaching at a Religious College or University by Discipline Male Female Secular Religious Political Science 60.0% (42)* 40.0% (28) 83.8% (57) 16.2% (11) Anthropology 46.2% (49) 53.8% (57) 94.0% (94) 6.0% (6) History 61.7% (50) 38.3% (31) 75.0% (57) 25.0% (19) Physics 86.0% (43) 14.0% (7) 90.2% (46) 9.8% (5) Chemistry 73.4% (58) 26.6% (21) 87.5% (70) 12.5% (10) Experimental Biology 61.4% (35) 38.6% (22) 88.5% (46) 11.5% (6) Language – English 65.1% (54) 34.9% (29) 81.3% (65) 18.8% (15) Language – Non-English 18.2% (6) 81.8% (27) 91.2% (31) 8.8% (3) Philosophy 68.8% (110) 31.3% (50) 77.6% (121) 22.4% (35) Sociology 52.5% (203) 47.5% (184) 86.7% (327) 13.3% (50) *Number of respondents in parentheses. 212 || supplemental material Political Science, Male (n = 42) Political Science, Female (n = 28) Anthropology, Male (n = 49) Anthropology, Female (n = 57) History, Male (n = 50) Democrat 4.293 4.083 4.432 4.463 4.06 Republican 3.756 3.667 3.574 3.523 3.96 Green Party 4.098 4.0 4.114 4.226 4.041 Libertarian 3.927 3.917 3.932 3.963 3.98 Communist Party 3.275 3.917b 3.727 3.981 3.367 NRA 3.659 3.458 3.267 3.472 3.796 ACLU 4.22 4.167 4.378 4.352 4.1 Heterosexual 4.071 4.208 4.044 4.0 4.02 Homosexual 4.0 4.095 4.043 4.163 3.82 Bisexual 4.048 3.917 4.0 4.073 3.76 Transgendered 3.667 3.708 3.783 4.091a 3.617 Atheist 3.810...