Entries by Emily.Buss001@umb.edu

Profiles in Mentoring: A Conversation with Rajashi Ghosh on Identity-Based Mentoring

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By Jean Rhodes I’ve often felt that the there are two (at least) parallel research communities in mentoring–youth mentoring and workforce mentoring. Each has its own leaders, findings, approaches, taxonomies, meetings, and more. Yet we have so much to learn from each other. To this end, the Chronicle pleased to highlight one the absolute stars […]

2027 National Mentoring Summit Heads to Washington, D.C. This January

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MENTOR will host its 17th annual National Mentoring Summit January 27–29, 2027, at The Westin Washington, D.C. Downtown. The 2026 Summit drew nearly 1,000 participants and featured more than 80 competitively selected workshops; organizers expect similar turnout for 2027, drawing mentoring practitioners, researchers, philanthropic investors, youth leaders, and government and civic partners from across the […]

Study Finds Race Matters More Than Gender in Who Gets a Mentor

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Gowdy, G., Palmer, M. T., Saastamoinen, M., & Rivera, M. (2024). Using a social work perspective to understand contextual factors impacting access to informal mentorship for under-resourced and minoritized youth. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 41, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-022-00838-4 Introduction Informal mentoring, caring relationships young people form organically with non-parental adults, has been linked to […]

A New Blueprint for Cultural Mentoring in Out-of-Home Care

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Ezekwem-Obi, A., Grace, R., Edenborough, M., Blythe, S., & Karatasas, K. (2026). Cultural mentoring in out-of-home care: Enhancing knowledge, connections, and outcomes for children and adult stakeholders. Children and Youth Services Review, 190, 109240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109240 Introduction Children in out-of-home care (OOHC) who come from culturally diverse backgrounds face a particular kind of loss: disconnection not […]

Online Peer Mentoring Linked to Fewer Anxiety, Sleep, and Behavior Problems in Kids With Learning Differences

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Mercier, A., Paquette, B., Hoeft, F., & Richter, C. G. (2026). Caregiver perceptions of online peer mentoring for youth with learning differences. Scientific Reports, 16, 17512. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-44538-w Introduction Kids with learning differences such as specific learning disorder (SLD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tend to face more academic, social, and emotional difficulty than their […]

New Study Finds Informal Mentors Can Blunt Discrimination’s Toll on Latino/a Teens

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Kuperminc, G. P., Arce, M. A., Partovi, R., & Roche, K. M. (2026). The role of informal mentors in promoting resilience of Latino/a late adolescents and emerging adults. Behavioral Sciences, 16(6), 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16060910 Introduction Discrimination takes a documented toll on Latino/a adolescents, showing up in higher rates of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems. Kuperminc and […]

Decade-Long Mentoring Program Shows Small Wins in Childhood—Bigger Test Still to Come

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Eddy, J. M., Martinez, C. R., Jr., Herrera, D., Wheeler, A., Cearley, J. J., Gau, J. M., & Grossman, J. B. (2026). The child study: The launch of a randomized controlled trial of the Friends of the Children program. In J. M. Eddy & K. P. Haggerty (Eds.), Handbook of professional youth mentoring (pp. 301–311). […]

New Study Explores Mentor Intentions

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Park, S., & Sugita, M. (2026). Pre-entry peer mentoring and mentor intention: Mentoring usefulness and workload feasibility. Student Success. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.63608/ssj.3967 Introduction In Japan, admission offers often arrive several months before the start of the academic year, and institutions frequently fill that time with pre-enrollment coursework and peer support. Park and Sugita (2026) […]

New Study: Female Peer Mentors Keep Women in Engineering

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Dennehy, T. C., & Dasgupta, N. (2017). Female peer mentors early in college increase women’s positive academic experiences and retention in engineering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(23), 5964–5969. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1613117114 Introduction Women hold a small share of engineering degrees in the United States, and engineering has one of the lowest proportions of women […]

What We Know (and Don’t) About Mentoring in Rural Settings

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Aschenbrener, C. S., & Edwards, K. (2023). Mentoring youth in rural settings. National Mentoring Resource Center, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. https://www.ojjdp.ojp.gov/library/publications/mentoring-youth-rural-settings Introduction Roughly one in five Americans, nearly 60 million people, lives in a rural setting, yet mentoring research has largely overlooked this population. One meta-analysis found that 87% of mentoring outcome […]