Becoming Academicians: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Figured Worlds of Racially Underrepresented Female Faculty

Aurora Chang; Anjale D. Welton; Melissa A. Martinez; Laura Cortez

Becoming Academicians: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Figured Worlds of Racially Underrepresented Female Faculty

Aurora Chang
, Anjale D. Welton
, Melissa A. Martinez
, Laura Cortez

School of Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Texas State University
University of Texas at San Antonio

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Original language	American English
Journal	The Negro educational review
Volume	64
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

Disciplines

Higher Education
Sociology
Curriculum and Instruction

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