
A Handbook for Women Mentors
Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity
- 316 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
A Handbook for Women Mentors
Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity
About this book
This perceptive and practical guide explores the growing phenomenon of successful women serving as mentors to other women in academia or in professional careers. In this unprecedented handbook, the team of coeditors and contributors show the immeasurable impact of women helping women via a method that has become a "hot-button" topic nationwideâmentoring. In A Handbook for Women Mentors: Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity, an expert author teamâall experienced mentorsâprovide specific strategies for women mentoring women, showing how mentoring relationships benefit individuals, women as a group, and the nation as a whole. Discussions include ongoing challengesâand potential pitfallsâfor women confronting obstacles in their education and professional careers, with special attention to minority womenâwhether it is a mother of four leading a university department, an African American woman working in engineering, or a Latina female advancing in the field of math.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- PART I: HISTORY OF WOMEN MENTORS
- PART II: WOMEN IN NONTRADITIONAL CAREERS, ACADEME, AND BUSINESS
- PART III: FOCUS ON WOMEN OF COLOR
- PART IV: MENTORING FOR ALL WOMEN
- PART V: MENTORING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MENTAL HEALTH
- PART VI: CONCLUSION
- Index
- About the Volume Editors and Series Editor
- About the Contributors