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Weaving Authenticity and Legitimacy: Latina Faculty Peer Mentoring
Author(s) -
Núñez AnneMarie,
Murakami Elizabeth T.,
Gonzales Leslie D.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20145
Subject(s) - legitimacy , collectivism , peer mentoring , higher education , collegiality , university faculty , faculty development , weaving , pedagogy , public relations , underrepresented minority , psychology , sociology , medical education , professional development , political science , individualism , engineering , medicine , politics , law , mechanical engineering
As an alternative to typical top‐down mentoring models, the authors advance a conception of peer mentoring that is based on research about collectivist strategies that Latina faculty employ to navigate the academy. The authors advance recommendations for institutional agents to support mentoring for faculty who are members of historically underrepresented groups.