Black Men on Mentorship: Developing Culturally Sensitive Paradigms of Leader Mentorship

• In Event: Coaching, Mentoring, and Other Critical Supports to Leadership Development

Abstract

This study explores the phenomenon of culturally sensitive mentoring as described, experienced and understood by Black male education leaders. Through an integrative review, personal conversations and analysis of secondary interviews and presentations the study utilizes a critical race theory (CRT) interpretive framework, culturally sensitive and humanizing approaches to explore the concept of culturally sensitive mentoring. Specifically, to develop a conceptual framework and model for mentoring grounded in a Black leadership epistemology, informed by the leadership, leadership philosophies, scholarship, and experiences of eminent Black male education leaders and scholars. The research builds theory and formulates a new and comprehensive definition of mentoring in the support and development of Black educators and professionals, viz. mentoring while Black and male.

Author

• Phillip A Smith, Fordham University
  Presenting Author