Student perceptions of verbal and nonverbal cues leading to images of black and white professor credibility

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-273

  Hendrix, Katherine Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

College classroom interaction; Credibility; Higher education; Nonverbal communication; Prejudiced receivers; Professor credibility; Student teacher interaction; Verbal communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937260249     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646179709361758     Document Type: Article

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