@article{THESIS,
      recid = {12263},
      author = {Meschino, Gabriela},
      title = {How Black Women Experience Undergraduate Mentorship for  Career Development: An Analysis of Historically Black  Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly White  Institutions (PWIs)},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {B.A.},
      address = {2024-04},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Faculty-student mentorship has been shown to impact  students’ career development while in college, yet Black  women students’ experience with this form of mentorship has  yet to be explored. In this paper, I aim to gain insight  into how Black women experience undergraduate  faculty-student mentorship to receive career development  support at Historically Black Colleges and Universities  (HBCUs) and Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). Using  semi-structured interviews, I find that college  environments of a predominantly white student and faculty  demographic can negatively affect Black women students’  intentionality in initiating mentoring relationships with  faculty. Based on these findings, I offer recommendations  that both PWIs and HBCUs can implement. I argue that these  institutions should increase the representation of Black  women across all academic disciplines to foster  approachable environments. The findings presented here give  insight into how Black women who seek undergraduate  mentorship from faculty to guide their career development  can be better supported.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/12263},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12263},
}