Scrutinized but not recognized: (In)visibility and hypervisibility experiences of faculty of color

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 113, Issue , 2019, Pages 62-74

  Settles, Isis H ^a   Buchanan, NiCole T ^b   Dotson, Kristie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Faculty of color; Hypervisibility; Invisibility; Minority status; Tokenism; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048719584     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2018.06.003     Document Type: Article

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