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Opinion: Use science to stop sexual harassment in higher education

Kathryn B. H. Clancy, Lilia M. Cortina, and Anna R. Kirkland
PNAS September 15, 2020 117 (37) 22614-22618; first published August 19, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2016164117
Kathryn B. H. Clancy
aDepartment of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801;
bBeckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801;
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Lilia M. Cortina
cDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
dDepartment of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
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dDepartment of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
eInstitute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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vol. 117 no. 37 22614-22618
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2016164117
PubMed: 
32817430

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
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1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue September 15, 2020.
  • Published first August 19, 2020.

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  1. Kathryn B. H. Clancya,b,1,
  2. Lilia M. Cortinac,d, and
  3. Anna R. Kirklandd,e
  1. aDepartment of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801;
  2. bBeckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801;
  3. cDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
  4. dDepartment of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109;
  5. eInstitute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: kclancy{at}illinois.edu.
  • The authors declare no competing interest.

  • ↵*A 21-person committee of experts coauthored the 2018 National Academies report. Although we served on that committee, the views expressed here are our own.

  • Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this work are those of the authors and have not been endorsed by the National Academy of Sciences.

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