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This research was conducted with the goal of better understanding the experiences of undergraduate women in physics as well as understanding the role that physics-related clubs play in cultivating and maintaining physics identity in undergraduates. We coded 31 interviews with undergraduate women in physics in the U.S. to examine the way their identities were shaped by the physics clubs that were accessible to them throughout their undergraduate career. This included the role that physics clubs played in undergraduate women's level of recognition, the strength of friendships (belonging) that they felt in their undergraduate experience and their level of career conceptualization. We are presenting these ideas as current undergraduate women in physics and will discuss our perspectives on how clubs can help.
