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Zahra Hazari

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2003
Career Development and DiversityScience Education and PedagogyEducation, Achievement, and GiftednessGender and Technology in EducationScience Education and Perceptions

Publications

108

Citations

6,250

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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Zahra Hazari studies why students, especially women, choose to pursue or leave physics and other STEM fields, focusing on concepts like 'physics identity' (how much someone sees themselves as a physics person), sense of belonging, and classroom experiences that shape these feelings. This work often combines survey data, statistical modeling, and sometimes machine learning to understand and improve STEM education and career pathways. The research has practical aims, such as designing more inclusive teaching materials and understanding the role of mentors, informal science experiences, and teaching practices.

STEM identity and career pathwaysGender and equity in physics/STEM educationSense of belonging and counterspaces in undergraduate educationActive learning and teaching practices in STEMScience and math teacher identity development

Publication output was fairly steady through the late 2010s, peaked sharply in 2020, and has since declined to a lower but ongoing rate of a few papers per year.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.4/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 17 publications17202021: 7 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Physical Review Physics Education Research×10
  • ACM Transactions on Computing Education×4
  • Science Education×3
  • The Physics Teacher×3
  • Figshare×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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