Perceptions of Diversity Professors

Framing and source effects on White college students’ reactions to racial inequity information.

“…Participants saw a black-and-white photograph of either a Black or White man. Participants in a pilot study (Littleford, Ong, Tseng, Milliken, & Humy, 2007) categorized the Black professors shown in the photographs to be Black and the White professors to be White. Participants’ ratings suggested that the four professors were comparable in attractiveness and age.…”