Entries by Emily.Buss001@umb.edu

New Mentoring Research Roundup: Jean Rhodes and Megyn Jasman on Why Mentors Leave, and What Programs Can Do About It

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Mentoring Research Roundup: What Keeps Mentors Showing Up, And What Doesn’t A recent episode of the Mentoring Research Roundup, hosted by Mike Gehringer, brought together researchers Megyn Jasman and Dr. Jean Rhodes to discuss their collaborative study on why mentors end matches early, and what programs can do about it. Working with a Big Brothers […]

New Dissertation Finds Authentic Leadership Builds Gen Z’s Psychological Capital

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Koroye-Emenanjo, B. (2026). An exploration of the relationship between authentic leadership and psychological capital in Gen Z mentees: A study of mentoring relationships [Doctoral dissertation, Our Lady of the Lake University]. Introduction Generation Z enters the workforce carrying greater psychological vulnerabilities—higher rates of anxiety, depression, and notably lower resilience compared to prior generations at the […]

Women Mentoring Women: New Research Points to the Importance of Shared Gender in Mentoring Relationships

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Beltran, D. R., & Robnett, R. D. (2026). Mentoring, academic belonging, and imposter phenomenon among undergraduate women: A critical feminist perspective. Education Sciences, 16(5), 750. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16050750 Introduction Women in higher education continue to face gender inequity despite being represented in undergraduate enrollments. One persistent manifestation is the imposter phenomenon, or the persistent self-doubt and feelings […]

Closing the Rural Mental Health Gap: New Findings Support Training Mentors as Prevention Providers

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Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Weiler, L. M., Choy-Brown, M., Rydberg, K., Beckley, T., He, Y., Hanson, A., & Davis, M. (2026). Addressing rural youth mental health disparities by task-shifting an evidence-based depression prevention program to mentors. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2026.2673937 Introduction Rural adolescents face a higher risk of depression, […]

Study Reveals the Limits of Relationship-Based Attendance Interventions

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Pierre-Floyd, K. (2026). The impact of check-in/check-out mentoring on reducing chronic absenteeism among middle school students [Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://www.proquest.com/docview/32674761 Introduction Chronic absenteeism—defined as missing 10% or more of school days—continues to plague K–12 schools, with post-pandemic rates accelerating the crisis. In Delaware, 23% of students were chronically absent […]

New Research Finds Campus Mentoring Systems Reflect and Reproduce Racial Hierarchies

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Foste, Z., & Whitehead, M. A. (2026). Confronting the racialized context of mentoring on campus. About Campus. https://doi.org/10.1177/10864822261430711 Introduction Mentorship is widely recognized as central to student success, yet access to meaningful mentoring relationships is not equally distributed. Foste and Whitehead (2026) argue that whiteness—the oppressive racial ideology embedded in historically white institutions (HWIs)—structures who […]

New Study Finds Peer Mentors Help Student-Parents Stay in STEM

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Contreras Aguirre, H. C., & Long, M. (2026). Balancing academics and parenthood: The impact of a peer mentoring program. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2026.2639463 Introduction Adult learners, broadly defined as students 25 and older, represent nearly a quarter of all undergraduates in the United States, and many are managing full-time jobs, children, […]

New Community Report Explores the Emotional Side of Mentoring

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He, Y., Weiler, L., Starr, D., & Kirven, W. (2026). The Mentoring Moments Study: Community report. Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota. https://www.kidsnkinship.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MMS_Community_Report-2.pdf Introduction Adolescence is a period of intensified emotion at precisely the moment when the brain’s regulatory architecture is still under construction. With more than 4.5 million youth enrolled in mentoring […]

New Research Documents a Resistance-Based Model of Academic Mentoring

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Torres, M. G., Mata, I., & Treviño Peña, M. (2026). Convivencia: Creating community networks of resistance. Journal of Latinos and Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2026.2661993 Introduction Traditional academic mentoring was designed for a system that was never designed for everyone. For BIPOC faculty at predominantly white institutions, hierarchical one-on-one mentoring relationships frequently reproduce the very […]