About IU Bloomington Faculty
Who we are: The Bloomington Faculty of Indiana University2011-12 Highlights
Carnegie Classification—Research University, Very High Activity
Member—Association of American Universities (AAU)
Member—Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
- ♦ 1,534 tenured and tenure-track faculty and librarians:
- 64.3% men, 35.6% women,
- 8.9% Asian, 4.3% Black/African American, 3.2% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native American, 1.3% multi-ethnic
- ♦ 1,187 full-time non-tenure faculty and academic professionals:
- 52.1% men, 47.9% women,
- 13.5% Asian, 3.2% Hispanic/Latino, 3.1% Black/African American, 0.5% Native American, 1.7% multi-ethnic
- ♦ From 2007–11, hired 366 total tenure faculty
- 267 from AAU, 101 from CIC, 53 from Ivy League,
- 24 from international institutions
2011-12 Full-time academic appointees by school
Arts & Sciences . . . 1361
Business . . . 241
Music . . . 176
Education . . . 155
Health, Physical Education & Recreation . . . 162
Library . . . 83
Informatics and Computing. . .82
Public & Environmental Affairs . . . 85
Law . . . 60
Optometry . . . 53
Journalism . . . 31
Library & Information Science. . . 16
Other Academic Programs . . . 23
Medical and Health Sciences . . . 31
Research & University Graduate School . . . 101
Academic Support Offices . . . 61
Total . . . 2,721
Awards received 2011
- 10 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
- 1 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Resident Fellow
- 3 Guggenheim Fellow
- 2 Institute for Advanced Study Resident Member
- 3 National Humanities Center Resident Fellow
For further facts about faculty at IU Bloomington, see Bloomington Fast Facts.

