Advocacy Through Strategic Alliances: Engaging Sankofa Mentorship to Create Liberatory Practices for Black Graduate Students at Historically White Institutions

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Fifteen
  In Roundtable Session: Social Support With COVID and Underrepresented Students (Table 6)

Abstract

Historically white institutions (HWIs) subject Black graduate students to anti-black racism (Barker, 2016) and isolation (Gay, 2004) which necessitates a supportive community and mentorship for survival. This research seeks to broaden formal practices to Sankofa mentoring to create a mechanism of circulative mentorship that enriches current and future Black academics. The authors leave affirmations for Black graduate students to adopt within their tenure at their institutions.

Authors

• Leslie Uchenna Ekpe, Texas A&M University - Commerce
  Presenting Author

• Jason K. Wallace, Mississippi State University
  Presenting Author