The veiling of queerness: Depoliticization and the experiences of LGBT engineers

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cech, Erin A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING WORKS; LOW PRIORITIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84884334690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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