The Racial and Gender Equity collection brings together a wide variety of research generated by the Portland State University community that is centered on the issues of racial justice, gender equity and related topics. Find more with advanced search; example: Black Lives Matter

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Submissions from 2026

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Testing Potential Correlations Between Childhood Lead Exposure and Authoritarianism in Adulthood, Kragen Anderson

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Universal Communications Module: Converting IEEE2030.5 XML Files to ANSI/CTA-2045, Wyatt Bilodeaux

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Integration as Resistance: How Palestinian Chileans Have Acted as Transnational Activists from 1870-2008, Eloise H. Brentano

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Fundamentalist Disorientations for Queer Subjects: Narrative and Theory, Betty Canoso

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"But Oh, What Harm Those Basics Would Cause": How Journalists Can Better Interview Vulnerable Sources Utilizing an Ethic of Care, Noah Carandanis

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The Educational Gender Gap Explored Through the Lens of Hegemonic Masculinity, Marcell V. Csikos

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Strategic Anti-Transgender Policy Diffusion: Interest Groups, Courts, and the Two-Track Politics of Gender Regulation, Henry Danford

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Reconfiguring Dependency: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Development in Ethiopia and Nigeria, Alexander N. Freund

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An Integrated Framework for Memory-Centric Analysis: from Trace Collection to Co-Design, Dhruv Gajaria, Prajwal Challa, Yasodha Suriyakumar, Joseph Manzano, Nathan Tallent, and Andrés Márquez

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Patient Characteristics Associated with Telehealth Use in a Large Federally Qualified Health Center, Priyanka Gautom, Cara L. Eckhardt, Lisa K. Marriott, Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, and Gloria D. Coronado

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Transforming Equity: A Systemic Analysis of the Equity Model of Social Justice Education Through the Lens of Conflict Transformation Theory, Precious J. Golden

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Who Keeps Us Safe? Youth Resistance and Security Regimes at the Neoliberal University, Arwen Hansell

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The Scars of Renewal: How the legacy of urban renewal informs community response to gentrification in San Francisco's Fillmore District, Christopher I. Hayes

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¡Estamos Aqui!: The Underrepresentation of Latinos in Professional Sports and Sports Media, Antonio T. Hernandez

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The Social Construction of Risk: How Media Socially Constructs Risk Perceptions Surrounding School Shootings Among College Students, Natalie Jobe

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(Re)Claiming Homeplace: Dance as Embodied Resistance & Healing for Health & Spatial Justice, Preeya Kannan

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The Good Knight, Elektra Koozer

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Psychological Architecture: Evaluating the "Greenhouse Model" as an Organizational Standard for LGBTQ+ Psychological Well-Being, Ava Lee

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A Twilight World of Unspeakable Horror: Lesbian Camp and The Vampire Lovers (1970), Mirielle LeMay

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"I Know Who I Am": Gender-Creative Children Draw-And-Tell Their Social and Healthcare Experiences, Eline L. Lenne, Ben Anderson-Nathe, Christina J. Sun, and Martha Driessnack

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Citizenship Denied, Accountability Deferred: A Neorealist Analysis of International Law and the Rohingya Crisis, Farah Mahmoud

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Not Everyone Gets a Tree: Housing Values, Street Trees, and Equity in Portland, Matthew S. Moller

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Madwoman Makings: The Modern Girl as an Object of Fear and Fascination in Unno Jūza’s "Mrs. Hirumi's Refrigeration Bag", Eliza Joy Mortimer

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More Than "Programs for Women": Centering Incarcerated Women's Voices in the Evaluation of Prison Programming, Winter Ohara-Frantz

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The Explored Experiences of Latino Families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Devlynne S. Ondusko, Veronica I. Underwood Carrasco, Astrid Platteau, Susanne Klawetter, Roberta Suzette Hunte, Emily Hawkins Carter, Morinne Osborne, and Jaime W. Peterson

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Navigating Homelessness and Housing Accessibility: An Ethnography of Guests at Operation Nightwatch, Chase Kawika Patton

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Reinvesting in a Lived Experience Workforce: An Exploration of Why Peer Support Specialists Leave the Field, Morgan Rae Pelot

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Geographic and Systemic Disparities in Maternal Health: A Systems Analysis of Prenatal Care Access Across Rural Oregon, Cecelia A. Petrik

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PACTS: Critical Dispositions Necessary for a Culturally Responsive and Transformative School, Family, and Community Partnership for Black Pan-African Immigrant Students and Families, Jada Phelps, John Nimmo, Talgat Bainazarov, Zahra Abukar, Jamal Dar, Michelle Stratton, Leslie Ann Locke, and Tianyang Xu

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Using a Place-Based Harms Typology to Inform Community Practice and Research: Illustrative Cases and Contexts, Jason Sawyer, Greer A. Hamilton, Amie Thurber, and Amy Krings

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Seeing a Future Where I Exist as Myself: An Exploration of Suicidality as a Response to Sociopolitical Oppression in Transgender and Gender Expansive Populations, Alexander Ray Sequoia

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Role Congruence Meets Feminist Identity: Disaggregating Causes of the Double Bind on Women Political Candidates, Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, Melody E. Valdini, Jeanette Morehouse Mendez, and Tracy Osborn

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Black Women In Oregon Academia, Topanga Shakur-Freeman

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Trans and Gender Diverse Experiences with Healthcare Professionals, Victor N. Soto

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Understanding the Experiences and Visibility of Asexual People and Guiding Policy to Effectively Protect Asexuality, Lizzie Stravens

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An Assessment of Historical Planning Processes and Greenspace Distribution (1975–2024): A Case Study of Portland, Oregon, USA, Quadri Olatunbosun Taiwo, Vivek Shandas, and Damilola Emmanuel Oluyege

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Expectations and Realities in Primary Care Appointment Access in the United States: A National Study, Brigham Walker, Ethan Tsai, Alexandra Shimanovsky, Edel Doherty, Sarah E. Tinkler, and Rajiv Sharma

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Measuring Indigenous Cultural Strengths: a Systematic Review of a Decade of Approaches., Melissa L. Walls, Danica Love Brown, Victoria M. O'Keefe, Evan J. White, Miigis Gonzalez, Ivy Blackmore, Tara L. Maudrie, Meenakshi Richardson, Timothy R. Werwie, Hariata G Tai Rakena, and multiple additional authors

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A Plague on Both Your Houses: Archetypes of Political Choice, Martin Zwick

Submissions from 2025

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When My Intersecting Identities of Being Racially Oppressed and Privileged Become Blurred: An Autoethnographic Dive Into Unlocking the Polarities of Who I Am, Susan Acosta

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Philosophy in Action: Ni Una Menos and Liberation Theory, Matthew D. Albertson

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"I'm strictly t4t": Trans for Trans Connections in the Contemporary, Madi Lou Alexander

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Woman-to-woman Marriage in West Africa: a Vanishing Tradition of Power and Agency, Bright Alozie

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Writing Back to Empire: Anticolonial Petitioning and Decolonisation in Postwar British West Africa, 1945–1960, Bright Alozie

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Performance Methodologies in Suicide Prevention Research: Queerness, Colonization, and Co-Performative Witnessing in Indigenous Community, Antonia R. G. Alvarez

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Codifying Capital: Legal Power, Racial Hierarchy, and the Gendered Dynamics of Law, Tavia Andrew

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Conceptualising Coercion in Child/forced Marriage through an Intersectional Lens: Narratives of Survivors and Practitioners in the US, Sundari Anitha and Manjusha Gupte

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"Our Vision Is That Black Mothers and Birthing People, Fathers, and Partners Are Safe, Honored, and Respected Throughout Pregnancy and Parenthood": Black Birth Workers' Agenda for Black Maternal Health in Oregon, Sarah Marguerite Applin

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Black Artists in Conversation With Black Grief, Morrison Atlas

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Teaching From Past Example: Various Interpretations of Livy's Rape of Lucretia, June Baeck

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Room 1: Digital Accessibility and OERs: How, Why, and When, Stewart C. Baker

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Teacher Candidates’ Attempts to Implement Anti-Ableist Pedagogy and The Constraints Therein, Benjamin Barnett-Perry

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Postsurgical Pain, Psychosocial Functioning, and Cannabis Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults Undergoing Gender Affirming Surgery, Eleanor Battison, Emily A. Kenyon, Corrin Murphy, Eline Lenne, Danielle N. Moyer, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing, and Anna C. Wilson

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Indigenous Futures: Decolonizing Conservation and Restoring Ecological Sovereignty, Jasmine Beach

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Oregon’s Compulsory Education Act: Americanism, Nativism, and Assimilation, Andrea M. Bell

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Tree-equity and Environmental Justice Discourses Among Urban Forestry Professionals in Portland: Current Impacts and Future Implications, Axcelle Deone Bell

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The Power of Positive Lesbian Representation in Television: How it Affects the Well-Being and Identity Formation of LGBTQ+ Adults, Brittany Berry

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Mental Health in Prisons: Examining Variations in Disorders Across Custody Levels, Ariel Bysiek

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From Prohibition to Prescription: Exploring Injustice, Bias, and Science-Based Solutions, Alexander Campos

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Defining Antisemitism or Activism?: An Analysis of Congressional Debate Over the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023, John Carpenter

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Costly Compliance: Stipulated Agreements in Oregon’s Nonpayment Eviction Cases, Colleen Carroll, Minji Cho, and Lisa K. Bates

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Displaced: Distinguishing Housing Outcomes from Judicial Outcomes in Oregon’s Eviction Cases, Colleen Carroll, Minji Cho, and Lisa K. Bates

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Their Will is Wealth: American Billionaires, Illiberal Capital, and their Immunity to Federal Law, Conor Kawika Carroll

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Addressing Disparities Among Latine Students in Special Education, Jesabel Jannette Centeno

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Accessible Bike Map Design: A Review and Critique of Portland’s Bike Maps, Zachary Cheyney

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A Generalized Lehmer Conjecture for the Trace of T, Liubomir Chiriac and Erin Williams

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A Mixed-Methods Study on Extended Parental Separation Among Mexican and Central American Immigrants: Insights From Legal Violence and the Stress Process, Natalie J. Cholula

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"Where Will My Family Go?" The Financial, Housing, and Health Challenges of Families Facing Eviction, Natalie J. Cholula, Alex Farrington, Lisa K. Bates, Marisa A. Zapata, and Jacen Greene

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The Equity Imperative: Transforming Research Coproduction for Impact: Comment on “Research Coproduction: an Underused Pathway to Impact”, Kathleen P. Conte and Marisa Zapata

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Beyond Translating Cultures: Organizational Cultural Brokering and Latin@/e/x Community Resilience after the "Mobile Home Parks" Fire, Christine Atalie da Rosa

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Disability in Exile: The "Union of Russian Invalids" in Interwar Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, Evguenia Davidova

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Protests, Epistemic Injustice, and the Movement for Black Lives, Sofia De Ferrari

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Gatekeeping as an Online Adjunct Clinical Instructor in Counselor Education, Bernadet DeJonge, Deborah J. Rubel, and Yun Shi

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#Clandestini: How Italy's Center-Right Parliamentary Coalition Frames the Migrant Crisis on Social Media, Jenna Lynn DePasquale

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An Erotics Manifesto: Developing Critical Feminist Theory Through Erotic Fiction, Cairn Des Lions

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Support Beyond Services: Examining the Role of Neighbor Relationships, Housing Staff, and Place in Mental Health Recovery, Kenna Estell Dickard

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Model Explanations for Gender and Ethnicity Bias Mitigation in AI-Generated Narratives, Martha Otisi Dimgba

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An Exploration of Holistic Admissions Protocol in Graduate School: Implications for Access and Equity, Kelly Doherty

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BUDDY TEAM 9: The Legacies of HIV/AIDS Caregiving (New York City, 1990-1993), Jeff Donaldson-Forbes

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One Health Policy Communities’ Perspectives on Zoonoses Risk Factors and Management: A Multiple Qualitative Methods Approach, Lisset M. Dumet, Erin Kenzie, Julia M. Goodman, Veronika Merino Osorio, Vanessa Cruz Chavez, Ruth Atto, Percy Vilchez Barreto, and Seth O’Neal

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Beyond the Shadow of Large Cities: Small and Mid-Sized Cities as Hidden Epicenters of Eviction, Evicted in Oregon, Alex Farrington, Colleen Carroll, Azad Amir-Ghassemi, Safia Goldsmith, and Lisa K. Bates

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"It Had to Stop": Content Analysis of Fox News Library Censorship Discourse, Lex Faller

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Immigrant Families and Stress, Nikita Farhaj, Lily Hinden, and Alex Foster

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Eviction Court in Multnomah County: Improved Legal Outcomes for Tenants Amidst Rising Eviction Filings, Alex Farrington, Lisa K. Bates, Colleen Carroll, Yi Wang, Azad Amir-Ghassemi, Minji Cho, Natalie J. Cholula, and Andrew Lindstrom

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“I Have Nowhere to Go” : An Examination of Post-Eviction Housing Outcomes of Evicted Tenants, Alex Farrington, Natalie J. Cholula, and Lisa K. Bates

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Spread, Natalie Ann Flaherty

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The Roots of Ethno-Political Strife in Ceylon: The Dividing Power of British Colonialism, Audrey Francioch

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Who's Afraid of Femininity? An Examination of Hegemonic Masculinity and Envy, Shiloh R. Frost and Emily Shafer

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Why You Always So Political? The Experiences and Resiliencies of Mexican/Mexican American/Xicanx Students in Higher Education [Podcast], Martín Alberto Gonzalez

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Justice Impacted Mothers: An Autoethnographic Study Exploring the Impacts of Quality Prison Visitation with Children, Sarah E. Gore

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Home Visitor Well-Being in Oregon: Influences on Stress, Mental Health and Risk for Staff Turnover Oregon’s 2023 Home Visiting Workforce Survey, Beth L. Green, Yumi Lee, Nicole Lauzus, Ron Joseph, and Erin Gaines

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Gender Differences in Dishonesty when Leaders Make Decisions on Behalf of Their Team, Kerstin Grosch, Stephan Muller, Holger A. Rau, and Lilia Wasserka-Zhurakhovska

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Plural Water Narratives: an Environmental Justice Lens on a Systematic Review of Q-Methodology Water Research, Melissa Haeffner, Alida Cantor, Janet Cowal, Andrea Bryant, Darius Mani Yaw, Kinna Je Palacios, Daniela Serna, Bryce Sprauer, and Abigail Tran-Gruver

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"I Just Kind of Wish People Knew We Existed:" Rethinking Queer Visibility, Identity, and Belonging in Rural America, Alyson C. Hagen

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Unsettling Home: Traces of an Unrepaired Settler-Colonial Past in "Redding, California," 1846-1924, Celeste Hegy

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Welcoming Historically Under-Represented Groups in Higher Education Through Awareness of Standard English Ideology, John Hellermann, Lynn Santelmann, Jennifer Mittelstaedt, Janet Cowal, and Steven L. Thorne

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Race, Reflection and Resistance: An Autoethnographic Journey in Social Studies Curriculum Development, Jesse Nicholas Hendryx-Dobson

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Let's Talk About Sex, Baby! Gender Roles in Parent-Child Sexual Communication, Alexandra Henrici

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Understanding the U.S. Maternal Healthcare System at the Intersection of Asian American Birth Outcomes and the Model Minority Stereotype: A Literature Review, Sophia Hevel

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An Examination of Disparities in ADHD Diagnosis Between Men and Women, Julia Holloway