Longitudinal survey of female faculty in biological and agricultural engineering

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1397-1405

  Abadie, A ^a   Christy, A ^b   Jones, J ^c   Wang, J ^d   Lima, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Louisiana Office of Conservation   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Agricultural; Biological; Diversity; Engineering; Faculty; Female; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIA; AGRICULTURAL; BIOLOGICAL; DIVERSITY; FACULTY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; BIOGRAPHIES; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS; WAGES;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BIOENGINEERING; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVEYING; TEACHING; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 69849102290     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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