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Knaub, Alexis V.; Maier, Steven J.; Ding, Lin – Physics Teacher, 2020
The issue of sexual harassment in science is gaining much needed attention. In physics, a 2019 survey study found that 68% of female undergraduate respondents experienced sexual or sexist harassment in a physics environment. In 2018, the National Academy of Science released a report to address the prevalence of sexual harassment in sciences,…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Prevention, Physics, Classroom Environment
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Gonsalves, Allison J.; Chestnutt, Hannah R. – Physics Teacher, 2020
There is recent evidence suggesting that formal and informal support networks for minoritized students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can contribute to their persistence in the field. These counterspaces can serve as "safe spaces" where deficit notions of minoritized students can be challenged and where a…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Social Support Groups, Social Networks, Physics
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White, 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