Ethnicity and gender: An examination of its impact on instructor credibility in the university classroom

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-144

  Patton, Tracey Owens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Credibility; Ethnicity; Ethos; European American; Gender; Instructor Credibility; University Classroom

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011682630     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106461799246852     Document Type: Article

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