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A Malik, A Johri, R Handa, H Karbasian… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org

# ILookLikeAnEngineer: Using social media based hashtag activism campaigns as a lens to better understand engineering diversity issues.

Broadening participation informal stem education

Handa, Johri, Karbasian, Malik

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Each year, significant investment of time and resources is made to improve diversity within engineering across a range of federal and state agencies, private/not-for-profit organizations, and foundations. In spite of decades of investments, efforts have not yielded desired returns-participation by minorities continues to lag at a time when STEM workforce requirements are increasing. In recent years a new stream of data has emerged-online social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram-that act as a key sensor of …

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