Mentoring While Black: A Testimony

Authors

  • Alford A. Young, Jr. Departments of Sociology and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5654-7731

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/20619

Keywords:

Race, me-search, graduate writing success, academic writing, mentoring

Abstract

After briefly exploring my experiences with being mentored, this short essay highlights how I strive to manage the politics of graduate student mentoring. Such politics involve managing the racial implications of faculty competition to attract graduate students and implementing mentoring strategies that have been uniquely informed by my own racial experiences within and outside of academia.

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Trejo, J. 2020. The Burden of Service for Faculty of Color to Achieve Diversity and Inclusion: The Minority Tax. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 31(25), 2752–2754. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-08-0567

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Published

2025-01-22

How to Cite

Young, Jr., A. A. (2024). Mentoring While Black: A Testimony. Sociologica, 18(3), 49–56. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/20619

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2024)

Section

Special Feature

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