Christopher Moore is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Coastal Carolina University. He lives in Myrtle Beach, SC with his wife and two children.That is, if you are male. Here is a great study from UC-Davis documenting the significant effect professor gender has on female students’ performance in physics:
http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/scarrell/gender.pdf
Since there is not much I can do about being a dude, then I have to find other ways to reduce the gender gap in my courses. Akira Miyake at the University of Colorado proposes values affirmation:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6008/1234.abstract
Surprise! Noah Finkelstein is on this paper. Is it me, or does it seem like he’s on EVERY physics education research paper that has come out in the last few years?
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Thanks for the paper!
K in Los Angeles
Physics Graduate Student
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