Exploring Cross-Racial Trust in a Faculty Co-Mentoring Circle Through Plática and Photo Elicitation

• In Event: Mentoring Ethnic/Racial-Minority Students Through Various Lenses

Abstract

Given continued inequities in advancement, mentorship represents a valuable lifeline for women faculty. At the heart of effective (co)mentoring work is trust. Yet, research also suggests significant disparities in the propensity to trust across race/ethnicity. In this study, four ethnically/racially diverse women faculty, constituting a co-mentoring circle, engaged in plática via collaborative photo elicitation in order to explore the origins of our shared trust in one another, and importantly the formation of our cross-racial trust. Data sources included video recordings of our pláticas organized around the photos identified. Our generative themes highlighted the importance of trust - and cross-racial trust - as a formative condition in the sustainability of our mentoring circle.

Authors

• Shannon M. Calderone, Washington State University - Tri Cities
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• Maritza Lozano, California State University - Fullerton
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• Amy Serafini, Auburn University
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• Melissa A. Martinez, Texas State University
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