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Students’ Preconceptions of Professors: Benefits and Barriers According to Ethnicity and Gender

Kristin J. Anderson

University of Houston–Downtown

Gabriel Smith

University of Chicago

The present study examined the influence of professor and student characteristics on students’ preconceptions of college professors. Course syllabi for a politically charged social science course were constructed with versions varying by teaching style, professor gender, and professor ethnicity. A total of 633 (44% Latino; 34% African American; 22% Anglo) undergraduates rated the course and the instructor on professor warmth, professor capability, and political bias. Among several findings associated with professor ethnicity and teaching style, Latina professors were viewed as more warm when they had a lenient teaching style andless warm when they hada strict teaching style when compared with Anglo women professors with respective styles. Anglo men students perceived professors as more politically biased than did other students. Results are discussed in the context of aversive racism and a double standard of evaluation for Latino professors.

Key Words: college students • course evaluations • stereotyping • Latinos • gender bias • aversive racism

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 2, 184-201 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0739986304273707
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