Gender discrimination in physics and astronomy: Graduate student experiences of sexism and gender microaggressions

Physical Review Physics Education Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Barthelemy, Ramón S ^a   McCormick, Melinda ^b   Henderson, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011382320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24699896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020119     Document Type: Article

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