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Racial equity in physics education research

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Injustices and oppression are pervasive in society, including education. An intersectional, equity-oriented approach can help remove systemic obstacles and improve the experience of marginalized people in physics education through decolonial and critical race lenses.

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  1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, OH, USA

    Geraldine L. Cochran

  2. MEGA Imagination LLC, Dover, DE, USA

    Simone Hyater-Adams

  3. California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, USA

    Miguel Rodriguez & Ximena C. Cid

  4. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Diana Sachmpazidi

  5. Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

    Katemari Rosa

  6. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Ramón S. Barthelemy

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Cochran, G.L., Hyater-Adams, S., Rodriguez, M. et al. Racial equity in physics education research. Nat. Phys. 20, 336–338 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02424-0

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