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My Sister's Keeper: A Qualitative Examination of Mentoring Experiences Among African American Women in Graduate and Professional Schools
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 80, Number 5, September/October 2009
- pp. 510-537
- 10.1353/jhe.0.0062
- Article
- Additional Information
Eight African American women's mentoring experiences in graduate school are examined pertaining to lessons learned, characteristics and behaviors of African American female mentors, challenges with White mentors (male and female), and stereotypical images of African American female mentors. The findings support mentoring as a method of empowerment and uplift.