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Appendix A: Glossary
Pages 225-236

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... A Glossary TERM MEANING Advising A potential career support function that involves providing feedback about specific questions, such as the classes a student needs to take to graduate Affinity A similarity of characteristics Ambient heterosexist "Insensitive verbal and symbolic (but non harassment assaultive) behaviors that convey animosity toward non-heterosexuality" that "take place within the environment but are not directed at a specific target, such as the telling of [heterosexist]
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... This tends to privilege individuals with better preparation, higher social capital, and fewer additional obligations -- often White, male, single, full-time, non-first-generation students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. Communities of practice "Groups of people who share a concern or passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly" (Lave and Wenger, 1991)
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... Cultural capital The level of comfort a student has in enacting behaviors that are consistent with the dominant culture surrounding them (Bills, 2003) Cultural identity A social identity that is associated with a nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, or any group defined by a distinct culture Culturally responsive "Using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them" (Gay, 2010)
From page 228...
... Such relationships may include an evaluative or supervisory function in which the mentor is responsible for overseeing and evaluating the mentee's progress and success, such as in a primarily research context in STEM Grey literature References including "trial registries, conference abstracts, books, dissertations, monographs and reports held by … government agencies, academics, business, and industry" (NAS-NAE-IOM, 2011b)
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... n internal experience of intellectual phoniness" (Clance and Imes, 1978) Incivility Low-intensity conduct that lacks a clear intent to harm but nevertheless violates social norms and injures targeted employees (Cortina, 2008)
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... , with no relationship specified responsibilities and involve no evaluative or supervisory function Intentionality A calculated and coordinated method of engagement to effectively meet the needs of a designated person or population within a given context Intersectionality The complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple elements of identity (such as race, gender, and class) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups Intervention An action or set of actions taken to improve a situation Learning organization "An organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights" (Garvin, 1993, p.
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... , and agencies that fund mentorship programs Mentorship education All types of learning and development activities directed toward the development of the skills, competencies, and effective behaviors of mentors or mentees Meta-analysis Quantitatively combining and analyzing data from multiple studies to determine aggregate effect sizes for relationships between variables across multiple quantitative studies Microaggressions "The everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership. In many cases, these hidden messages may invalidate the group identity or experiential reality of target persons, demean them on a personal or group level, communicate they are lesser human beings, suggest they do not belong with the majority group, threaten and intimidate, or relegate them to inferior status and treatment" (Sue, 2010)
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... High power-differentials limit the ways in which mentor and mentee regard one another, resulting in decreased mentee empowerment, creativity, and initiative" (Starr-Glass, 2014) Predictive validity The soundness of the predictive inferences made from the results of a data-gathering process Program director A manager with the overall responsibility for the success of a program Psychosocial Relating to the interrelation of social and psychological factors Psychosocial support A nontherapeutic intervention relating to social and psychological factors that helps a person cope with stressors at home or at work.
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... and shaped within a social context (Barker, 2012, 2016; Eggerling-Boeck, 2002) Sponsorship A potential career support function that involves a senior person publicly acknowledging the achievements of and advocating for a mentee
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... (Where possible, the report specifies if the UR groups to which the text refers are Black, Latinx, or of American Indians/ Alaska Natives heritage.) Unidirectional Operating in a single direction Whole network analysis The study of a complete system to determine the resources offered by its members, such as expertise and information; the diversity of its members; which relationships within the network are most influential; how interconnected members must be for the network to be valuable to its members; where there might be gaps in the network; and which members of the network serve as hubs for information or resources such as high-quality feedback
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... Appendix A 235 TERM MEANING Working alliance A conscious and active collaboration between members -- in this report, mentors and mentees -- with three characteristic features: "an agreement on goals, an assignment of task or a series of tasks, and the development of bonds" (Bordin, 1979)


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