ERIC Number: EJ767207
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-1927
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Community Commitment and Activist Scholarship: "Chicana/o" Professors and the Practice of Consciousness
Urrieta, Luis, Jr.; Mendez Benavidez, Lina R.
Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, v6 n3 p222-236 2007
In this study, we explored 12 "Chicana/o" Professors of Education's sense making about their role in the academy in terms of community commitments, activist scholarship, and practices of consciousness. Consciously exercising their agency, for these "Chicana/o" professors was not only in reaction to White dominance in the academy, but also in proactive, enduring ways through day-to-day practices. Practices of consciousness sought to subvert and challenge the White-stream norms and practices of higher education.
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Social Attitudes, Activism, Scholarship, Hispanic Americans, Minority Group Teachers, Cultural Differences, Whites, Racial Relations, College Faculty, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Norms, Social Theories, Cultural Influences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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