Utilizing Multidimensional Measures of Race in Education Research: The Case of Teacher Perceptions

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 564-583

  Irizarry, Yasmiyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

immigration status; inequality; multidimensional measure of race; race and ethnicity; teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962880814     PISSN: 23326492     EISSN: 23326506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332649215580350     Document Type: Article

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