Mondisa, J., & Brown, C. M., & Adams, R. (2015, June), Mentoring African-American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduates: An African-American STEM Mentor’s Perspective  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24483

\bibitem{asee_peer_24483}
  Mondisa, J., \& Brown, C. M., \& Adams, R. (2015, June), \emph{Mentoring African-American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduates: An African-American STEM Mentor’s Perspective}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.24483

Joi-lynn Mondisa, Cordelia M. Brown, and Robin Adams.  "Mentoring African-American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduates: An African-American STEM Mentor’s Perspective".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/24483 Internet.  28 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_24483}
  Joi-lynn Mondisa, Cordelia M. Brown, and Robin Adams.
  "Mentoring African-American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduates: An African-American STEM Mentor’s Perspective".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/24483 Internet.  28 Apr, 2024

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AB  -   Mentoring African-American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)            Undergraduates: An African-American STEM Mentor’s PerspectiveNational policies and educational reports call for an increase in the production of U.S. scientists andengineers by tapping into pools of underrepresented populations such as African-Americans. Toaddress the call, it is critical to examine the African-American STEM undergraduate experience andto understand how the experiences of underrepresented populations influence their decisions to gointo and persist in STEM majors. But what do we really understand about the African-AmericanSTEM college experience? What can we learn from the experiences and reflections of African-American STEM PhD mentors about the African-American college experience and how tonavigate it? In this paper, we examine the reflections and insights of an African-AmericanSTEM mentor using a narrative analysis method. This research lays a foundation for examiningthe African-American college experience to assist in increasing the number of African-Americans in STEM fields.For many minority students the transition into college can be challenging, fraught with many issuesranging from social and academic isolation, encountering negative attitudes and behavior, and fearsof fulfilling stereotypes (Snead-McDaniel, 2010; Strayhorn & Terrell, 2010). Mentoring has beenviewed as an effective deterrent to combat the isolation experienced by minority students (Allen,1992; Redmond, 1990). However, there is a paucity of research literature that specifically examinesthe mentoring experiences of African-American STEM mentors relative to their relationships withtheir African-American STEM protégés and how and why mentors are successful in mentoring theirprotégés. Crucial insights can be gained about the minority college experience and mentoring fromexamining the experiences of African-American STEM mentors who have progressed from beingcollege students to faculty and advisors who engage in mentoring relationships with African-American undergraduate protégés. One way of understanding these experiences is throughexamining the life histories and mentoring experiences of minorities (Snead-McDaniel, 2010) such asAfrican-American STEM mentors.This study examines the experiences of an African-American STEM mentor and the philosophiesused to mentor African-American STEM undergraduates. It is the first case analysis of a dissertationstudy’s target sample population of ten African-American STEM mentors. These mentors have: (1) ahistory of impacting African-American STEM undergraduate students as evidenced by theirsubstantial track records for facilitating undergraduate student success in STEM fields, (2) a historyof commitment to mentoring underrepresented minority undergraduates, and (3) national acclaimand/or peer recognition as mentoring exemplars. The study’s research questions are: (1) how doesan African-American STEM mentor in higher education assist African-American undergraduateprotégés in mentoring relationships and (2) what can we learn about how to mentor African-Americans from the undergraduate and professional experiences of an African-American STEMmentor who mentors African-American protégés in higher education? Polkinghorne’s (1995)narrative analysis method is used to analyze data and shape the dissemination of findings as apersonal narrative. This study contributes to current research by examining the role of mentoringfrom African-American STEM mentors’ perspectives to provide insights into the issues and needs ofAfrican-American STEM undergraduate students.
AU  - Joi-lynn Mondisa
AU  - Cordelia M. Brown
AU  - Robin Adams
CY  - Seattle, Washington
DA  - 2015/06/14
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Mentoring African-American Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduates: An African-American STEM Mentor’s Perspective
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/24483
DO  - 10.18260/p.24483
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