Gender Biases in RateMyProfessors.com Student Evaluations of Professors: An Archival Study

Previous research has shown that evaluations of professors have had racial and gender biases based on numbered ratings of things like overall quality and easiness (Sonntag et al. (2009); Reid, 2010). Using a coding method and archival data of previous evaluations of full-time professors at Grand Valley State University, we\u27re going to look at the choice of wording used in each evaluation in the past 6 months. Based on previous theory and research, we can expect to see more gender stereotypes held in evaluations of female professors and more achievement-related words and phrases for male professors