title: Mentoring the Mentors of Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Minorities Who are Conducting HIV Research: Beyond Cultural Competency.
abstract: The majority of literature on mentoring focuses on mentee training needs, with significantly less guidance for the mentors. Moreover, many mentoring the mentor models assume generic (i.e. White) mentees with little attention to the concerns of underrepresented racial/ethnic minorities (UREM). This has led to calls for increased attention to diversity in research training programs, especially in the field of HIV where racial/ethnic disparities are striking. Diversity training tends to address the mentees' cultural competency in conducting research with diverse populations, and often neglects the training needs of mentors in working with diverse mentees. In this article, we critique the framing of diversity as the problem (rather than the lack of mentor consciousness and skills), highlight the need to extend mentor training beyond aspirations of cultural competency toward cultural humility and cultural safety, and consider challenges to effective mentoring of UREM, both for White and UREM mentors.
authors.affiliation: Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), School of Social Work, University of Washington, Box 354900, Seattle, WA, USA. kw5@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Karina L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Simoni
authors.affiliation: Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), School of Social Work, University of Washington, Box 354900, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa Tessa
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Evans-Campbell
authors.affiliation: Community Psychology Program in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Bothell, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Wadiya
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Udell
authors.affiliation: Research for Indigenous Community Health (RICH) Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson-Jennings
authors.affiliation: Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), School of Social Work, University of Washington, Box 354900, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.affiliation: Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), School of Social Work, University of Washington, Box 354900, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Meg M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.affiliation: Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (IWRI), School of Social Work, University of Washington, Box 354900, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duran
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054521:Cultural Competency; D005006:Ethnicity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D000071252:Mentoring; D008611:Mentors; D008913:Minority Groups; D044469:Racial Groups; D012106:Research; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching
keywords: Cultural competency; Cultural humility; Cultural safety; Diversity; Mentoring; UREM