Maintaining credibility and authority as an instructor of color in diversity-education classrooms: A qualitative inquiry

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-105

  Perry, Gary ^a,e   Moore, Helen ^a,b   Edwards, Crystal ^a,c   Acosta, Katherine ^a   Frey, Connie ^a,d  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^e SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 59149086631     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0030     Document Type: Review

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