Negotiating academic learning and research: The spiritual praxis of graduate students of color

Equity and Excellence in Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 456-472

  Shahjahan, Riyad Ahmed ^a   Barker, Lara ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 77954736346     PISSN: 10665684     EISSN: 15473457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10665680903212201     Document Type: Article

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