ASIAN AMERICAN GENDER GAP IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Tracking Male versus Female College Students’ Paths toward Academic Careers

“Strangers” of the Academy: Asian Women Scholars in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 37-55

  Lee, Jaekyung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 47349089615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003447115-4     Document Type: Chapter

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