Entries by Emily.Buss001@umb.edu

Gaps in Mentoring Research for Care-Experienced Youth

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Lohmeyer, B. A., McGregor, J. R., Crittenden, Z., & Hartung, C. (2024). Mentoring for care-experienced young people: A rapid review of program design. Children and Youth Services Review, 156, 107350. Available at: https://www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth Introduction Young people exiting out-of-home care (OoHC) often lack the relational support crucial for navigating the transition to adulthood, employment, and stable […]

Higher Ed Mentoring: What We Know About Mentoring and Career Success

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Nabi, G., Walmsley, A., Mir, M., & Osman, S. (2024). The impact of mentoring in higher education on student career development: a systematic review and research agenda. Studies in Higher Education, 50(4), 739–755. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2354894 Introduction Nabi and colleagues (2024) conducted the first systematic review focused specifically on how higher education (HE) mentoring programs influence student […]

Persistence of Pain: Mental Health Risks from Teens to Twenties

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Sivertsen, B., O’Connor, R. C., Nilsen, S. A., Heradstveit, O., Askeland, K. G., Bøe, T., & Hysing, M. (2024). Mental health problems and suicidal behavior from adolescence to young adulthood in college: linking two population-based studies. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 33, 421–429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02167-y Introduction Sivertsen and colleagues (2024) explored whether mental health problems and […]

Profiles in Mentoring: Jaimie Stickl Haugen on The Student Belonging Scale

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Jaimie Stickl Haugen, PhD, is a clinical associate professor in Counselor Education at William & Mary, where her research bridges school counseling and child mental health. As a licensed counselor in New York and Colorado, her work centers on culturally responsive assessment to advance measurement, student belonging, and youth suicide prevention, with scholarship in leading […]

The Shifting Social Web: How Adolescent Relationships Change

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Brehm, M. V., Melton, T. N., & Deutsch, N. L. (2025). Adolescent peer and adult relationships across time and transition: A longitudinal, mixed-methods study. Journal of Adolescent Research, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584251377437 Introduction Supportive relationships are critical for adolescents, but peer and non-parental adult ties shift during development. Guided by the webs of support theory, which emphasizes the […]

Learning to Lead with Humility: Insights from Student Mentors in India

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Kumar, A. T., & Prieto-Flores, Ò. (2025). “I am not any greater than you are”: Cultivation of humility in higher education through mentoring. Innovative Higher Education, 50, 947–965. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-024-09759-9 Introduction Kumar and Prieto-Flores (2025) explored how humility—often misunderstood as weakness—functions as a strength in higher education mentoring. Grounded in the HEXACO (Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, […]

Mentoring for Minds: Can We Teach Leaders Emotional Intelligence?

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Prummer, K., Human-Vogel, S., Graham, M. A., & Pittich, D. (2024). The role of mentoring in developing leaders’ emotional intelligence: Exploring mentoring types, emotional intelligence, organizational factors, and gender. Frontiers in Education, 9, 1393660. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1393660 Introduction Prummer and colleagues (2024) examined how mentoring contributes to the development of emotional intelligence (EI) among vocational education and […]

Equipping Educators: PBL Training and Mentoring for Prospective Teachers

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Zahroh, U., Darmayanti, R., Choirudin, C., Soebagyo, R. I., & Nalarsih, R. T. (2023). Project-Based Learning training and assistance for prospective high school teachers. Jurnal Inovasi dan Pengembangan Hasil Pengabdian Masyarakat, 1(2), 115–121. https://doi.org/10.61650/jip-dimas.v1i2.237 Introduction Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a critical pedagogy for developing student skills, but prospective teachers often require support to implement it […]

Profiles in Mentoring: Dr. Alison Glover on Mentor Effectiveness in Teacher Education

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Alison Glover, PhD, is a researcher for the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Program in Wales, supporting all aspects of research activity across the program. Dr Glover’s research spans Welsh education reform, gender equality in STEM, and modern language learning, with current interests in Initial Teacher Education—particularly mentoring, partnership working, and reflective practice. We recently had […]

Beyond the Stigma: Peer Mentors Support At-Risk Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth

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Tran, J. T., Webster, J., Wolfe, J. R., Ben Nathan, J., Mayinja, L., Kautz, M., Oquendo, M. A., Brown, G. K., Mandell, D., Mowery, D., Bauermeister, J. A., & Brown, L. A. (2025). Experiences of peer mentoring sexual and gender minority emerging adults who are at risk for suicide: Mixed methods study. JMIR Formative Research, […]