Graduate Students of Color: Race, Racism, and Mentoring in the White Waters of Academia

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-13

  Brunsma, David L ^a   Embrick, David G ^b   Shin, Jean H ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c American Sociological Association   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; higher education; minority; pipeline

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028678446     PISSN: 23326492     EISSN: 23326506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2332649216681565     Document Type: Article

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