Pitching the profession: Faculty guest speakers in the classroom

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-165

  Mooney, Linda A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032372273     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318829     Document Type: Article

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