Being and becoming: Gender and identity formation of engineering students

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chachra, Debbie ^a   Kilgore, Deborah ^b   Loshbaugh, Heidi ^c   Mccain, Janice ^d   Chen, Helen ^e  

^a FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85029089892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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