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Title: Code to Communicate: Empowering Bilingual Connections in Earth Science
The Earth sciences lack representation of Latine scholars in academia and industry. Latine scholars encounter systematic barriers within academic environments globally, including discrimination and gender biases, lack of guidance due to cultural differences, funding limitations for non-citizens, access burden of visa applications, and language-barriers for non-native English speakers (Carrera et al., 2023; Valenzuela-Toro and Viglino, 2021).  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2231647 2117519
PAR ID:
10544069
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
The Oceanography Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Oceanography
Volume:
36
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1042-8275
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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