Culturally Responsive Mentoring: An Approach for Mentoring Black Doctoral Students

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 32
  In Roundtable Session: Mentoring Pathways in Higher Education

Abstract

Research suggests that mentoring relationships are a key component of doctoral student socialization models, while also vital to the academic and professional success of Black doctoral students. Unfortunately, research does not explicate how these relationships are established and maintained. For Black doctoral students seeking mentorship, fewer Black faculty has left a void for many Black students seeking same race/same gender mentors to assist in navigating many times hostile academic environments. In this case study, we use data from focus groups and interviews with Black doctoral students. Preliminary findings highlight the ways peers and Black women/men faculty play a role in providing culturally responsive mentoring that can fill the gap of missing Black same gender mentors.

Authors

• Tamara Bertrand Jones, Florida State University

• Jesse Randall Ford, University of North Carolina - Greensboro

• Adrianne Jackson, Florida State University

• Sherrina S Lofton, Florida State University

• O'Juan Edwards, Florida State University

• Brittany Brewster, Florida State University