Culturally Aware Mentoring

To improve mentoring and support the persistence and success of historically minoritized students in science, the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) developed mentor training to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to support a diverse workforce. In the first video, Byars-Winston and Crouse Quinn discuss how racism and a lack of cultural diversity awareness in mentoring relationships negatively impacts trainees. In the second video, they offer mentor training resources and strategies to help individuals become more culturally aware.