When You See Her, You See Me: Authentic and Consequential Mentoring for Black Women

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session will feature a kitchen table conversation where Dillard and Love will both engage and facilitate a cross-generational, full-circle dialogue about the nature of mentoring for Black women and people of color. A Black feminist kitchen table conversation aims to build community while deepening understanding and exploring ideas that cultivate and expand sisterhood. Here, we will interrogate both authentic and consequential mentoring experiences that have shaped our academic lives and careers as Black women both as mentors and mentees.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Cynthia B. Dillard, Seattle University

Participants

• Kristen Duncan, Clemson University

• Damaris C. Dunn, University of Georgia

• Amber Neal-Stanley, Purdue University

• Yaribel Mercedes, Teachers College, Columbia University

Moderator

• Bettina L. Love, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Cynthia B. Dillard, Seattle University