Professional identity crisis
Subtitle: race, class, gender, and success at professional schools
By: Carrie Yang Costello.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Professional education -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Socialization -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The professional school experience : an informal introduction; title: Who are you? : identity theorized; title: Research contexts : the how and where of it; title: Role models : the socializing influence of professors and peers; title: Lessons learned : the socializing influence of pedagogy; title: The identity crisis : consonance and dissonance experienced; title: Patterns observed : the reproduction of social stratification at professional schools; title: Conclusion : disparate impacts, disaffection, and strategies for reducing identity dissonance.