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Direct linkWhite, Susan; Ivie, Rachel – Physics Teacher, 2021
A recent "TPT" call for papers asks for "more research … about how to tear down and/or overcome the barriers to success that the world, and science, and academia, and the culture of physics put in the way of those who are not white and male." Women make up only 20% of bachelor's degree recipients in physics. Hispanic people…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Barriers, College Faculty
Johnson, Angela; Ong, Maria; Ko, Lily T.; Smith, Janet; Hodari, Apriel – Physics Teacher, 2017
Women of color are deeply underrepresented in physics. Between 2002 and 2012, only 1% of graduating physics majors were Black women and another 1% were Latinas; only 61 American Indian women total completed degrees in physics in those years (out of 48,000 physics majors). This isolation can lead to additional obstacles that women of color majoring…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
