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Judith S. Kleinfeld is professor of psychology and director of the Northern Studies Program at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. She has published extensively on gender issues and won awards for her research on the education of children with fetal alcohol syndrome.
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Kleinfeld, J.S. The small world problem. Soc 39, 61–66 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02717530
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