"i once was lost, but now am found": The mathematics journey of an african american male mathematics doctoral student

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1125-1147

  Jett, Christopher Charlie ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American male students; critical race theory; mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053043104     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934711404236     Document Type: Article

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