Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
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Date of Graduation
Spring 2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Advisor(s)
Kerry Dobransky
Stephen Poulson
Kimiko Tanaka
Abstract
In recent years, formal mentorship programs for at-risk youth have grown increasingly in the United States. I investigate the ways in which mentoring models in these programs do or do not address the need to transmit social capital and cultural capital to the youth that they serve. Through observations of mentor- mentee matches, semistructured interviews of mentors and organizational staff, and data collection at two nonprofit organizations with formal mentoring components, this paper explores the ways in which these programs unknowingly set goals to transfer social and cultural capital to their mentees, and how mentors attain these goals.
Recommended Citation
Hines, Madeleine Emily, "Social and cultural capitol in formal one-on-one mentoring relationships" (2014). Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019. 425.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/honors201019/425
