‘Teaching while Black’: Narratives of African American student affairs faculty

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 713-728

  Patton, Lori D ^a   Catching, Christopher ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Critical race theory; Faculty; Student affairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009545894     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390903333897     Document Type: Article

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