How academic biologists and physicists view science outreach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ecklund, Elaine Howard ^a   James, Sarah A ^a   Lincoln, Anne E ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC BIOLOGIST; ACADEMIC PHYSICIST; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NARRATIVE; POLICY; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SCIENCE OUTREACH; SCIENTIST; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; PHYSICS;

BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84860728323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036240     Document Type: Article

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