Guiding the Way

This article introduces the reader to literature, ideas, andprocesses the authors have used in mentoring graduate students and junior faculty ofcolor, including women. The writing is based on an integrative review of literatureengaging mentoring processes and the authors’ collective experiences as they have workedto guide members of a mentoring collective as well as domestic graduate students andjunior faculty from the above populations. Goals of our mentoring efforts are to providegraduate students and junior faculty who are from U.S. cultural communities historicallyexcluded from higher education with experiences that help them complete the PhD anddevelop professional academic careers that are successful and have impact in theirchosen disciplinary arena. The article presents a mentoring process model that preparesindividuals for professional careers that integrate the work of knowledge production inresearch, teaching, and service that embraces the cultural heritages of the mentees’background