Nice white men or social justice allies?: using critical race theory to examine how white male faculty and administrators engage in ally work

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 488-514

  Patton, Lori D ^a   Bondi, Stephanie ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

critical race theory; higher education; social justice allies; white men

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RACIAL DISPARITY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84929027596     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2014.1000289     Document Type: Article

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