Community Participation in the 2023 AWP Conference & Bookfair
Gender and race/ethnicity data and response rate for presenters is consistent with data we have made public over the past several years. AWP uses responses in the aggregate only (in general sums and percentages) in reports to our funders and members. AWP never discloses anyone’s individual characteristics. AWP does not share individual characteristics with the subcommittee members who evaluate proposals.
Visit the How Events Are Selected for details about how the 2023 Subcommittee made their selections. AWP is grateful to the subcommittee for their hard work in providing a balanced and inclusive schedule for the 2023 conference.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide this information. Over the next couple of months, we expect the data to change slightly, because some panelists must step off events if they are committed to more than two accepted events. Event organizers will select replacements. AWP limits the number of events in which any one presenter may participate in order to increase the participation and inclusivity of the conference.
- 2023 Presenters Who Identify Themselves by Race or Ethnicity
- 2023 Presenters by Race or Ethnicity Compared to 2021–2022
- 2023 Nonaccepted Presenters by Race or Ethnicity Compared to Accepted Presenters
- 2023 Presenters Who Identified Themselves by Gender
- 2023 Presenters by Gender Compared to 2021-2022
- 2023 Nonaccepted Presenters by Gender Compared to Accepted Presenters
- 2023 Presenters Who Identified Themselves by Disability
- 2023 Presenters by Disability Compared to 2021-2022
- 2023 Nonaccepted Presenters by Disability Compared to Accepted Presenters
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2023 Presenters Who Identify Themselves by Race or Ethnicity*
*Statistics reflect 90.7% response rate.
Presenters identifying as mixed race include American Indian or Alaskan Native (38), Asian (80), Black or African American (45), Hispanic or Latino (69), Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (9), white (125), and another race not identified here (56).
2023 Presenters by Race or Ethnicity Compared to 2021–2022*
*Statistics reflect an 89.8% response rate among 2021 presenters, 789 presenters
Statistics reflect a 93.2% response rate among 2022 presenters, 1,408 presenters
Statistics reflect a 90.7% response rate among 2023 presenters, 1,336 presenters
2023 Nonaccepted Presenters by Race or Ethnicity Compared to Accepted Presenters*
*Statistics reflect 90.0% response rate
**This data represents a 65.1% acceptance rate for American Indian or Alaskan Native presenters, 53.7% acceptance rate for Asian presenters, 43.9% acceptance rate for Black or African American presenters, 48.7% acceptance rate for Hispanic or Latino presenters, 14.3% acceptance rate for Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander presenters, 34.3% acceptance rate for white presenters, 40.1% acceptance rate for presenters who identified as another race or ethnicity not specified, and 47.4% acceptance rate for mixed race presenters.
2023 Presenters Who Identified Themselves by Gender*
*Statistics reflect 95.0% response rate.
**Presenters identifying as multiple genders include agender (2), androgynous (5), bigender (1), cisgender (3), female (59), genderfluid (33), genderqueer (43), male (12), nonbinary (65), transsexual (7), transgender (34), two-spirit (6), and a gender not identified here (11).
2023 Presenters by Gender Compared to 2021-2022*
*Statistics reflect an 96.4% response rate among 2021 presenters, 846 presenters
Statistics reflect a 96.5% response rate among 2022 presenters, 1,449 presenters
Statistics reflect a 95.0% response rate among 2023 presenters, 1,399 presenters
2023 Nonaccepted Presenters by Gender Compared to Accepted Presenters*
*This data represents a 20% acceptance rate for proposed agender presenters, a 33.3% acceptance rate for proposed androgynous presenters, a 100% acceptance rate for proposed bigender presenters, a 25% acceptance rate for proposed cisgender presenters, a 41.3% acceptance rate for proposed female presenters, a 33.3% acceptance rate for proposed genderfluid presenters, a 58.8% acceptance rate for proposed genderqueer presenters, a 0% acceptance rate for proposed intersex presenters, a 38.9% acceptance rate for proposed male presenters, a 39.3% acceptance rate for proposed nonbinary presenters, a 64.7% acceptance rate for proposed transgender presenters, a 50% acceptance rate for proposed two-spirit presenters, a 33% acceptance rate for proposed presenters who identified as another gender not specified here, and a 44.2% acceptance rate for proposed presenters who identified as multiple genders.
2023 Presenters Who Identified Themselves by Disability*
*Statistics reflect a 26.5% response rate among 2023 presenters.
**Presenters identifying as having multiple disabilities include ambulatory (10), blind or vision (2), cognitive or learning (18), D/deaf or hearing (6), depression, anxiety, and/or emotional (46), mental (11), physical (28), speech (4), self-care (2), and a disability not identified here (9).
2023 Presenters by Disability Compared to 2021–2022*
*Statistics reflect a 12.4% response rate among 2021 presenters. Statistics reflect a 10.7% response rate among 2022 presenters. Statistics reflect a 26.5% response rate among 2023 presenters.
2023 Nonaccepted Presenters by Disability Compared to Accepted Presenters*
*Statistics reflect a 13.9% response rate among 2023 presenters.
*This data represents a 50% acceptance rate for presenters with an ambulatory disability, 14.3% acceptance rate for presenters with a blind or vision disability, 38.9% acceptance rate for presenters with a cognitive or learning disability, 33.3% acceptance rate for presenters with a deaf or hearing disability, 40.6% acceptance rate for presenters with a depression, anxiety, and/or emotional disability, 50% acceptance rate for presenters with a mental disability, 51.7% acceptance rate for presenters with a physical disability, 0% acceptance rate for presenters with a self-care disability, 0% acceptance rate for presenters with a speech disability, 53.2% acceptance rate for presenters with another disability not identified here, 36.9% acceptance rate for presenters who identified as having multiple disabilities, and a 38.6% acceptance rate for presenters who identified as having no disability.
