Taking on diversity : how we can move from anxiety to respect, a diversity doctor's best lessons from the campus /

In this enlightening book, a campus "diversity doctor" relates stories that individuals have shared with him about their anxieties in situations involving people who are in some way different than themselves. Dr. Rupert W. Nacoste regularly counsels students at North Carolina State Univers...

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Main Author: Nacoste, Rupert W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2015]
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