Mentoring At-Risk Youth:
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MINORITIES

Ascribe Higher Education News Service, ”Harlem Youth Benefit From Faith-Based Mentoring, Says Study by UNC Wilmington Expert,” July 23, 2002.  

Alexander, Christopher, "Mentoring Gay and Lesbian Youth," Gay and Lesbian Social Services, v10 n2, 1999.

Blechman, Elaine, Mentors for High-Risk Minority Children: Toward Bicultural Competence.  Mentoring Programs for Young Minority Males, Conference Paper Series, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. 1991.

Campbell-Peralta, Pamela, Reducing Suspensions of Minority Males through a Group Guidance/Mentoring Intervention Program, Master of Science Research Research Report, Nova Southeastern University, 1995.

Clar, Mary Ann and Bondy, Elizabeth, "Building a Foundation for Effective Teaching of Poor and Minority Students: The Bright Futures Semester," Educators for Urban Minorities, vol 1, no 2, Spring 2000.

Cook, Kaye V., "You have to have somebody watching your back, and if that’s God, then that’s mighty big”: The church’s role in the resilience of inner-city youth,” Adolescence, Winter 2000 v35 i140.

Ensher, Ellen and Murphy, Susan "Effects of Race, Gender and Perceived Similarity, and Contact on Mentoring Relationships,"  Journal of Vocational Behavior 50, 1997.

Ferguson, Ronald, The Case for Community-Based Programs that Inform and Motivate Black Male Youth, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., 1990.

Gladieux, Lawrence E. and Swail, Watson Scott, “Beyond Access - Improving the Odds of College Success,” Phi Delta Kappan, May 2000 v81 i9.

Hamrick, Florence and Stage, Frances, "Community Activities, Educational Mentors, and Predisposition Decisions of White, African American, and Hispanic Eight Graders," ERIC Clearinghouse, Paper presented at the Annual Meting of the American Educational Research Association, April 24-28, 2000.

Hock, Michael et al, “The Effects of an After-School Tutoring Program on the Academic Performance of At-Risk Students and Students with LD (learning disabilities),” Remedial and Special Education, May 2001 v22 i3.

Jackson, Margo and Nutini, Christian, ”Hidden resources and barriers in career learning assessment with adolescents vulnerable to discrimination,” Career Development Quarterly, Sept 2002 v51 i1.

Jucovy, Linda, Mentoring Sexual Minority Youth, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, 2000.

Kenny, Maureen, et al, “Sources of support and psychological distress among academically successful inner-city youth,” Adolescence, Spring 2002 v37 i145.

Larke, Patricia et al, Cross Cultural Mentoring: Minority Students and Preservice Teachers: Does It Work? The Impact of a Cross-Cultural Mentoring Relationship on Attitudinal Changes of Pre-service Teachers, RAISE Inc., 1989.

McGee, Rick; Cody, Heather Heim, Cultivating Mentors, Mayo Clinic, MN, 1995, available from Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Mentoring Institute, "Mentoring for Cultural Diversity," Mentoring International, Vol 4 #2 Spring 1990.

National Mentoring Center, "Mentoring Minorities", Bulletin, Issue 2, Summer, 1999.

Smith, Elske, Minority High School Student Research Apprentice Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1990, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Stolar, S. and Cowles, J., Enhancing Minority Male Enrollment: Students as Mentors, ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992.  

Tabi M.M, Community perspective on a model to reduce teenage pregnancy,” Journal of Advanced Nursing, November 2002, vol. 40, no. 3, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, UK.

Taillon, Joan, “Seeking Native music makers to mentor youth,” (Sarnia, Ont.), Wind Speaker, March 2002.

Thomas, David A, "The Truth about Mentoring Minorities: Race Matters," Harvard Business Review, v79, no 4, April 2001.

Torrance, E., et. al., Multicultural Mentoring of the Gifted and Talented, Prufrock Press, Waco, TX, 1998.

Turner, Jeannine, Life is Like a River: The Austin Youth River Watch Program Final Report, 1996, available from ERIC Clearinghouse.

Turner, Jeannine, Austin Youth River Watch Program Final Report, 1993, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Wallace, Judy, "The Controversy of Cultural Matching: Its Significance within a Mentoring Framework," Master's Thesis, University of California, Davis, 1994, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Wentling R.M.; Waight C.L., Initiatives that Assist and Barriers that Hinder the Successful Transition of Minority Youth into the Workplace in the USA,” Journal of Education and Work, 1 February 2001, vol. 14, no. 1, Carfax Publishing.

Wiener, S. and Mincy, R., Guiding Boys Through the Transition to Adulthood; the Role and Potential of Mentoring, papers from a workshop where participants reacted to the Mentor, Peer Group, and Incentive Model for helping underclass youth, Urban Institute, Washington, DC, 1993.

Yancey, Antronette K, et al, “Role models, ethnic identity, and health-risk behaviors in urban adolescents,” Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Jan 2002 v156 i1.   

Zeldin, Shepherd, “Sense of community and positive adult beliefs toward adolescents and youth policy in urban neighborhoods and small cities,” Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Oct 2002 v31 i5.  

AFRICAN AMERICANS

Andes, K T., "Myth busters," Restaurant Business, Jun 10, 1993.  (Black chefs mentor African American youth.)

Becker, Maki, "Students say yes to success; a cardiologist, determined to inspire black inner-city youths promotes a program to give them role models and guidance," (Donald Ware, starts Youth Empowered for Survival program; Los Angeles California). Los Angeles Times v115 (Wed, March 6, 1996):B2.  

Bold, Kathryn, “Determined to succeed; a mentoring program gives black youths a leg up in school and fosters a sense of community and self-worth,”(called Passport to the Future, in Orange County), Los Angeles Times, Tue, May 11, 1999.

Burnette, Ada, "Mentoring: One Solution to Teen Violence," The negro educational review,  v 46 n 3 / 4, July 1995.

Bush, Lee David., “A case study of a mentoring program for at-risk fourth and fifth grade African-American male students,” Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities  & Social Sciences, 1994.

Dalton, Herbert F., Minority Male Afterschool Program, Plan for Social Excellence, Inc., Mt. Kisco, NY, 1996.

DiIulio, John J Jr., “Supporting black churches, Brookings Review, Spring 1999.

Essence, “Programs that work: Young Men With a Future,” (YMWF found in five Ohio cities uses prominent Black men to mentor youth ), Nov 1995 v26 n7.

Freeman, Kassie, "No Services Needed?  The Case for Mentoring High-Achieving African American Students," Peabody Journal of Education, v 74 n2, 1999.

Garate-Serafini, Teresa et al, "School-Based Mentoring for Minority Youth: Program Components and Evaluation Strategies," in Richard Majors, Ed., Educating Our Black Children: New Directions and Radical Approaches," RoutledgeFalmer, Taylor and Francis Group, Independence, KY 2001.

George, Nelson, "Deglamorizing street style," Essence, November 1993.

Good, Jennifer, "A Promising Prospect for Minority Retention: Students Becoming Peer Mentors," Journal of Negro Education, v69 no 4, Fall 2000.

Grant-Thompson, Sheila et al, "Cross-Cultural Mentor Effectiveness and African American Male Students," Journal of Black Psychology, v 23 n 2, May 1997.

Klaw, Elena and Rhodes, Jean, "Mentor Relationships and the Career Development of Pregnant and Parenting African-American Teenagers," Psychology of women quarterly,  v 19 n 4, December 1995.

Lamb, Yanick Rice, "Lighting the Way for Youth,"  Black Enterprise, Feb 1989  

Lawrence, Mark, "More than the other father," Essence, November 2000.

Maharidge, D., "Getting to first base, Mentoring programs for black youth in Sacramento run by D. Northcross,"  Mother Jones, May/June 1994.  

Majors, Richard et al, "Mentoring Black Males: Responding to the Crisis in Education and Social Alienation," in Richard Majors, Ed., Educating Our Black Children: New Directions and Radical Approaches, RoutledgeFalmer, Taylor and Francis Group, Independence, KY 2001.

Marable, Tony, "The Role of Student Mentors in a Precollege Engineering Program," Peabody Journal of Education v74 n2, 1999.

McCortie, Cheryl., "Mentoring young achievers: Black professionals join the YMCA's effort to help inner-city youths," (YMCA Black Achievers), Black Enterprise v21, n11, June, 1991.

McDonald, M., "Each One, Teach One. Toronto: Teaching by Example," [entoring program for black youth], MacLean’s, July 1, 1996.

McSween, Dachell, "An issue of mentoring," Black Enterprise,  Jun 1995.  

National Black Child Development Institute, The Spirit of Excellence.  Each One, Reach One.  A Program Manual, Washington, D.C., 1991.

Ogbu, John U.; Wilson, John, Jr.  Mentoring Minority Youth: A Framework, 1990, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Randolph, Laura B., "Keeping Promises (General Colin Powell mobilizes a coalition to help America's youth), Ebony, July, 1999.

Rhodes, J., Ebert, L., & Fischer, K., "Natural mentors: An overlooked resource in the social networks of young, African American mothers," American Journal of Community Psychology, 20(4), 1992.

Smith, Lynn, “Men in the making; Roland Gilbert took a rough road to adulthood.  Now he enlists African-American men to teach pride and responsibility to boys on the same path,” (mentoring program called Simba) (Children and Violence, part 3). Los Angeles Times v112 , Tue, July 13, 1993.

Somerton, Wilbur et al, The MESA Way: A Success Story of Nurturing Minorities for Math/Science-Based Careers, Caddo Gap Press, San Francisco, 1994.

Spencer, M., Adolescent African American Male Self-Esteem: Suggestions for Mentoring Program Content.  Mentoring Program Structures for Young Minority Males,  Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., 1991

Stolar, Steven M; Cowles, James, Enhancing Minority Male Enrollment: Students as Mentors, 1992, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Struchen, Wendy and Porta, Mary, “From Role-Modeling to Mentoring for African American Youth:  Ingredients for Successful Relationships,” Preventing School Failure v41, n3, 119, Spring, 1997.

Taylor, Gail Garrett; Hiatt-Michael, Diana, "Mentoring of Female African American Adolescents," (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Quebec, Canada),  April 19-23, 1999, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Terry, Don, "Tug-of-war for black youths' hearts,” (mentor program in Washington  D.C. matches black boys ages 8 to 13 with positive role models; sponsored by WDCU-FM radio station),  New York Times, v138, sec1, Sun, April 16, 1989.

Townsel, Kim, “Mentoring African American Youth,” Preventing School Failure,” v41, n3, 125, Spring, 1997.

Walker, Sylvia; Kaur, Satwant, Bridges to Leadership 2000: Howard University Youth Leadership Program,  Proceedings of the National Conference "Future Frontiers in the Employment of Minority Persons with Disabilities," Washington, D.C. 1991.

Walton, Scott, “Devon and me,” (youth mentor describes his relationship to Afro-American teenage youth), Essence, August 1991 v22 n4.

Watson, Andre, Minority Male Mentoring in the 1990s: A Practioner's Experience,  Project Report, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. 1991.

HISPANICS 

Barron-McKeagney, Theresa; Woody, Jane D.; D'Souza, Henry J., "Mentoring At-Risk Chicano Children and Their Parents: The Role of Community: Theory and Practice," Journal of Community Practice, v. 8 n. 3, 2000.

Binder, L. S., "Recruitment and preparation program for Hispanic applicants,"  Academic Medicine, 65, 1990. (Texas Tech University School of Medicine mentors disadvantaged Hispanic students.)

Coppock, Marjorie L., "Mentoring at-risk Hispanic students in self-esteem, academic growth, and citizenship awareness," Equity & Excellence in Education v28, n1, April, 1995

Dietz, Roger, "Mentoring and Early Encouragement as Keys to Getting More Hispanic Women into Educational Administration," Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, v 2 n 5, January 1992.

Garcia-Vazquez, Enedina; Vazquez, Luis A., In a pen pals program: Latinos/as supporting Latinos, Journal of Reading v38, n3, Nov, 1994.

"HO Perspectives," The hispanic outlook in higher education,  v 6 n 11, Jan, 1996.

Jose-Kamphner, Cristina, "Youth Helping Youth: Linking Violence to Poor School Performance in the Latino Community," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 4-8, 1994..

"Mentoring Program Delivers Results," Hispanic,  v 11 n 12, December 1998.

"Mentoring the College-Bound Latino Students," The hispanic outlook in higher education,  v 10 n 10, February 2000.

"Strategic Mentoring via HOSTS," The hispanic outlook in higher education,  v 9 n 23, July 1999.

WOMEN AND GIRLS

Blinn-Pike, Lynn; Kuschel, Diane;  et al, “The process of mentoring pregnant adolescents: an exploratory study,” Family Relations, v47, n2, 119, April, 1998.

Cannon, Greg, “Mentoring program gives at-risk girls new take on life,” Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, Dec 31, 2001.  

Cohen, J & Blanc, S., Girls in the middle: Working to succeed in school, American Association of University Women Educational Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1996.

Doyle, Mary K., Mentoring Heroes: 52 Fabulous Women's Paths to Success and the Mentors Who Empowered Them, 3E Press, Geneva, Illinois, 2000.

Duff, Carolyn,  Learning From Other Women: How to Benefit From the Knowledge, Wisdom, and Experience of Female Mentors,  Amacom, New York, 1999.  

Echevarria, Pegine, For All Our Daughters: How Mentoring Helps Young Women and Girls Master the Art of Growing Up, Chandler House Press, 1998.

Englund, Susan; Kanfer, Frederick, et al, A Mentor Manual for Adults Who Work with Pregnant and Parenting Teens, Child Welfare League of America, 1990.

Faddis, Bonnie et al., Guide for Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating a Mentoring Program. Hand in Hand: Mentoring Young Women. Book 1, Women's Educational Equity Act, Newton, MA, 1988. 

Faddis, Bonnie et al,  Ideabook for Mentors. Hand in Hand: Mentoring Young Women. Book 2,  ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988.

Gates, S., et al., Career Links: An Employment Related Mentorship Program for Economically Disadvantaged Teen Girls, Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL, June 1990.

Hughes, K. Wind and Wolf, Linda, Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood,  New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, BC, 1997

Jeruchim, Joan & Shapiro, Pat, Women, Mentors And Success,  Fawcett Columbine, New York, 1992.

Lucas, Katharina Fachin, Mentoring in Adolescence: A Sociocultural and Developmental Study of Undergraduate Women and Sixth Grade Girls Paired in a Mentoring Program," (paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association), Montreal, Quebec, April 19-23, 1999.

Murphy, Diane; Sullivan, Kathleen, "Connecting Adolescent Girls of Color and Math/Science Interventions," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Baltimore, MD, March 1997, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Ryan, Carol and Olasov, Linda, “ Mentoring for Success Female University Students and ‘At-Risk’      Middle School Girls,” (includes bibliography),  JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance v71,  n9, 37, November, 2000.

Tabi M.M, Community perspective on a model to reduce teenage pregnancy,” Journal of Advanced Nursing, November 2002, vol. 40, no. 3, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, UK.

Taylor, Gail Garrett; Hiatt-Michael, Diana, "Mentoring of Female African American Adolescents," (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Montreal, Quebec, Canada),  April 19-23, 1999, available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).

Tucker, Cynthia, "Worthy cause: Consider mentoring troubled girls," (editorial), Atlanta Constitution, January 10, 2001.

U.S. Department of Education, Center for Sex Equity, Hand in Hand: Mentoring Young Women-Guide for Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating a Mentoring Program (Book 1), Women's Educational Equity Act Program, Portland, OR, 1988.

Waller, Margaret, et al, "Mentoring as a Bridge to Positive Outcomes for Teen Mothers and their Children," Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, v16 n6, December 1999.