How female science, math teachers influence whether young women major in STEM fields
2016 study published in Social Problems that looks at how female math and science teachers influence high school students’ decisions to major in STEM fields.
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2016 study published in Social Problems that looks at how female math and science teachers influence high school students’ decisions to major in STEM fields.
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2016 study published in Social Problems that examines how racial disparities in school suspension rates affect racial differences in student achievement in math and reading.
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2015 study published in the Journal of Social Issues that looks at how mass media influences the way Native Americans see themselves and how others see and understand them.
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2015 study published in the Review of Educational Research that examines 112 studies on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in higher education, with a focus on the “model minority” myth.
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2016 collection of research that looks at the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine from various angles, including vaccination rates, vaccine safety and the real and perceived barriers to vaccination.
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2016 research brief from the Scholars Strategy Network that offers insights into the discrimination faced by transgender Americans, including its impacts on health and wellbeing.
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2016 study published in Social Problems that investigates whether white people with higher cognitive abilities are more likely to support racial tolerance and racial equality.
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2015 study published in Demography that analyzes immigration’s effect on the childcare prices and women’s childbearing decisions.
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2015 study published in the Journal of Public Policy that examines whether and how public opinion about education reforms are affected when residents of Tennessee are presented with student-performance data.
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A 2015 study published in Political Communication looks at the frequency, effectiveness and perceptions of credibility of using male versus female voice-overs in political television ads.
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