Systemic Racism in Communication Sciences and Disorders Academic Programs: A Commentary on Trends in Racial Representation.
Purpose: As a discipline, communication sciences and disorders (CSD) has struggled to address equity and inclusion for students, professionals, and scholars from historically excluded racial groups. Recent publications in this periodical that have begun to confront systemic racism in the discipline...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 381 - 391 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Jan2023
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