Mentoring members of minorities: Sponsorship and “the gift”

Career choices and characteristics of African-American undergraduates majoring in criminal justice at historically black colleges and universities

“…Currently, :most of the available scholarship on African-Americans and criminal justice education focuses on either their experience at the graduate level (Berg and Bing 1990;Edwards, Bennett, White and Pezzella 1998a), post-graduate level (del Carmen and Bing 2000;Edwards, White, Bennett, and Pezzella 1998b;Gabbidon 2002b;Gilbert and Tatum 1999;Ross and Edwards 1998) or both (Bing, Heard, and Gilbert 1995;Heard and Bing 1993). This article, on the other hand, aims to investigate the following research questions as the), relate to African-American undergraduates majoring in criminal justice at HBCUs: first, why" have African-American undergraduates at HBCUs selected criminal justice as their major?…”

Mentoring in academe: Models for facilitating academic development

“…However, the mentor should advise the mentee which staff or faculty members will be most helpful to them, who can be trusted and who cannot be trusted, and discuss the departmental culture and climate (Garner 1994). Boice (1992) found, in supporting the idea of mentoring as orientation (Berg and Bing 1990), that new faculty" members who were being mentored were able to adjust more quickly and become socialized within the college culture.…”

Who's in the pipeline? A survey of African-Americans in doctoral programs in criminology and criminal justice

“…Faculty members help prepare students for the political aspects of the field such as competing for positions, negotiating contracts, and developing grant-wn'ting techniques. For the student, the passing of this knowledge from professor to student is the essence of mentorship (Berg and Bing 1990). Pease (1967) believes that a strong correlation exists between students' interaction with faculty members and their level of participation in professional activities in the discipline.…”

“…Researchers have examined topics such as differences between African-Americans' and whites' experiences in criminology and criminal justice (Bing et al 1995), barriers to access by minority group members (Willie, Grady and Hope 1991), and student-fhculty interaction (Lamport 1993). Such examinations help faculty and students in criminology/criminal justice to develop career strategies and to be socialized into the academic profession (Berg and Bing 1990;Heard and Bing 1993).…”