Mentoring While White

Bettie Ray Butler, Ph.D., is associate professor of urban education and the Director of the M.Ed. in Urban Education program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Abiola Farinde-Wu, Ph.D., is assistant professor of urban education in the Department of Leadership in Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Melissa Winchell, Ed.D., is assistant professor of secondary education and Chair of the Accelerated Post Baccalaureate Program at Bridgewater State University.

Dedications

Foreword

Christine Sleeter

Part I. Mentoring and Lived Experiences

Chapter One: Beyond Reckless Mentoring: (Re) Imagining Cross-racial Mentor-Mentee Relationships

Abiola Farinde-Wu, Melissa Winchell, and Bettie Ray Butler

Part II. Mentoring and Black College Students

Chapter Two: Faculty Mentoring Promotes Sense of Belonging for Black Students at White Colleges: Key Insights from Those Who Really Know

Terrell L. Strayhorn

Chapter Three: Let’s Work: Identifying the Challenges and Opportunities for Mentoring Across Difference

Richard J. Reddick, Delando L. Crooks, M. Yvonne Taylor, Tiffany N. Hughes, and Daniel E. Becton

Part III. Mentoring and Intersectionality

Chapter Four: Critical Race Mentoring: Theory into Practice for Supporting Black Males at Predominantly White Institutions

Horace R. Hall and Troy Harden

Chapter Five: Exploring Mentoring and Faculty Interactions of Black Women Pursuing Doctoral Degrees

Marjorie C. Shavers, Jamilyah Butler, Bettie Ray Butler, and Lisa R. Merriweather

Chapter Six: Don’t Let Them Break You Down: Mentoring Young Black Women in College

Torie Weiston-Serdan

Chapter Seven: The Rage of Whiteness and the Hinderance of Black Mentorship: A Critical Race Perspective

Cleveland Hayes and Issac M. Carter

Chapter Eight: Mentoring and Planning Transition for Black Students with Diverse Abilities in Postsecondary Education

Edwin Obilo Achola

Part IV. Anti-Racist Mentoring

Chapter Nine: Black Mentorship Against the Anti-Black Machinery of the University

Timothy J. Lensmire and Brian D. Lozenski

Chapter Ten: “I Just Really Wanted Them To See Me:” Mentoring Black Students on Days After Injustice

Alyssa Hadley Dunn

Part V. Mentoring and Social Media

Chapter Eleven: Mentoring and Social Media: Lessons Learned from R.A.C.E. Mentoring

Jemimah L. Young, Erinn F. Floyd, and Donna Y. Ford

Part VI. Mentoring In Practice

Chapter Twelve: Black Students Have the Last Word: How White Faculty Can Sustain Black Lives in the University

Mekiael Auguste, Herby B. Jolimeau, Christelle Lauture, and Melissa Winchell

About the Editors and Contributors