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What Are Our Fields About? Survey Suggests Disconnect between Professionals and the Public

By Pete Burkholder and Krista Jenkins
November 18, 2019

What would a diverse group of people say if asked, “When you hear the word _________ (fill in the name of your field), what do you think it means?”

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