Communicating to develop white racial identity in an interracial communication class

Communication Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-242

  Miller, Ann Neville ^a,b   Harris, Tina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Instructional Communication; Interracial Communication; Multicultural Education; White Racial Identity; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944489976     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520500356196     Document Type: Article

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