Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2020
Abstract
College instructors with highly functional autism, also known as Asperger’s, can have difficulty interacting with students. To mitigate the potentially reduced teaching ratings, college instructors must decide whether to reveal their condition to the students. Using a survey of 393 university business students, we address if college instructors who reveal that they have Asperger’s at the beginning of instruction influence students’ ratings. We find that students’ ratings were higher when college instructors reveal that they have Asperger’s. However, this effect only pertains to male students. Our findings suggest that instructors with Asperger’s should reveal their condition to students.
Copyright Statement
This is an original manuscript / preprint of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Education for Business on 2020 January 27 (early release date), available online at doi: 10.1080/08832323.2020.1716204
Publication Information
Kaupins, Gundars; Chenoweth, Tim; and Klein, Felice. (2020). "Should College Instructors Reveal Their High Functioning Autism in the Classroom?". Journal of Education for Business, 95(8), 534-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2020.1716204