When students are in our physics classes, they are doing physics and are part of the professional physics community. Martha-Elizabeth Baylor explains how treating students as professionals and training them in all aspects of what it means to be a physicist benefits both students and the wider community.
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Baylor, ME. How positioning students in the professional physics community leads to a more inclusive community. Nat Rev Phys 3, 764–765 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-021-00385-4
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