Hopper, T. S., & Tossas-Betancourt, C., & Walczyk, P., & Hirshfield, L. (2022, August), The implementation and assessment of a social media initiative to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM (Research)  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41056

\bibitem{asee_peer_41056}
  Hopper, T. S., \& Tossas-Betancourt, C., \& Walczyk, P., \& Hirshfield, L. (2022, August), \emph{The implementation and assessment of a social media initiative to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM (Research)}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41056

Theo S Hopper, Christopher Tossas-Betancourt, Peter Walczyk, and Laura Hirshfield.  "The implementation and assessment of a social media initiative to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM (Research)".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41056 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41056}
  Theo S Hopper, Christopher Tossas-Betancourt, Peter Walczyk, and Laura Hirshfield.
  "The implementation and assessment of a social media initiative to increase visibility of LGBTQIA+ individuals in STEM (Research)".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41056 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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