Cultural Mentoring at Lincoln North Star High School: A Case Study

Authors

Stephen Damm

Date of this Version

2007

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Nebraska Anthropologist Vol. 23 (2008). Copyright © Stephen Damm; published by The University of Nebraska-Lincoln AnthroGroup.

Abstract

Mentoring relationships are fraught with obstacles for both mentor and mentee. Despite challenges, these relationships provide assistance and guidance in ways not possible through other means. After the establishment of a theoretical framework for mentoring, the principles of community based participatory research(CBPR) are applied to a cross-cultural mentoring program between students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and students at North Star High School in Lincoln, Nebraska in an attempt to qualitatively analyze the program's benefits.