Review of Girls and Women in STEM: A Never Ending Story

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v22.1862

Author Biography

Brooke Midkiff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Brooke Midkiff is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina. She is pursuing a degree in Policy, Leadership, and School Improvement along with a graduate minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. Brooke specializes in quasi-experimental methods, with a focus on aggregate, state-level data. Her research interests are in gender issues in education including women and the politics of education, feminist critical policy analysis, and sex education policy. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with her daughter Sophia.

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Published

2015-05-20

How to Cite

Midkiff, B. (2015). Review of Girls and Women in STEM: A Never Ending Story. Education Review, 22. https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v22.1862

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2015

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Book reviews

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