Cross-cultural peer mentoring: One approach to enhancing White faculty adjustment at Black colleges

Authors

  • Dave Anthony Louis Texas Tech University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v17i2.900

Keywords:

multicultural higer education, diversity

Abstract

White faculty members at America’s Black colleges face numerous social obstacles. Exploring the experiences of White faculty members at four historically Black Colleges and universities (HBCUs) and their adjustment to a minority status assists the comprehension of issues surrounding this subgroup. Utilizing a phenomenological approach, narratives from twenty-seven White faculty members were analyzed to garner an understanding of their experiences at these colleges. Strategies to developing faculty peer-mentoring that would assist adjustment for the White faculty were discussed. Recommending greater engagement of Black and White faculty to assist White faculty adjust to these very significant environments is the main theme.

Author Biography

Dave Anthony Louis, Texas Tech University

Dave Louis is an assistant professor at Texas Tech University. He completed his PhD at Texas A&M University, masters degree at Harvard University and bachelors degree at Morehouse College. His primary research strand is cross-cultural mentoring; specifically as it relates to faculty-student interactions via undergraduate research experiences (UGREs).  He is the former director of the Marilyn Kent Byrne Student Success Center in the College of Education and Human Development and former associate director of Undergraduate Research for the Honors Program both at Texas A&M University.

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Published

2015-06-28

How to Cite

Louis, D. A. (2015). Cross-cultural peer mentoring: One approach to enhancing White faculty adjustment at Black colleges. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 17(2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v17i2.900

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Articles (Peer-reviewed)