An important aspect of higher education is the mentorship of junior faculty by senior faculty. Addressing the vital role mentorship plays in an academic institution's survival promotes more opportunities and positive learning experiences. "Faculty Mentorship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities" provides emerging research on the importance of recruiting, retaining, and promoting faculty within Historically Black Colleges and Universities. While highlighting specific issues and aspects of mentorship in college, readers will learn about challenges and benefits of mentorship including professional development, peer mentoring, and psychosocial support. This book is an important resource for academicians, researchers, students, and librarians seeking current research on the growth of mentorship in historically black learning institutions. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Mentoring Faculty: An Essential Element (Cassandra Sligh Conway, Khadidra Washington, Mable Scott, and Bridget Hollis Staten); (2) Quality Mentoring: A Prerequisite for Faculty at HBCUs (Philliph Masila Mutisya and Cassandra Sligh Conway); (3) Mentorship Across Faculty Lines: Implications for Lack of Mentorship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Glacia Ethridge, Anthony Andrews, Alayna A. Thomas, and Quintin Boston); (4) Mentoring Faculty Through the Glass Ceiling at HBCUs (Audrey McCrary Quarles); (5) The "Art" in Mentoring Women Faculty at Historically Black Colleges/Universities (Susan Smith and Cassandra Sligh Conway); (6) Mentoring African American Women at Historically Black Colleges/Universities: Beyond the Misconceptions of Our Identity (Tammara Petrill Thomas and Michelle Lee Maultsby); (7) Strategies to Mentor Female Faculty: A Global Issue (Cassandra Sligh Conway, Yvonne Sims, Audrey McCrary-Quarles, Cynthia Salley Nicholson, Glacia Ethridge, Michelle Maultsby, Tammara Petrill Thomas, and Susan Smith); (8) The Double-Edged Sword of "Othermothering" for African American Women Faculty With Families: Essentials for Mentor Programs at HBCUs (Kyla Marie Sawyer-Kurian and Wanda B. Coneal); (9) Building Positive Mentoring Experiences for Black Male Faculty at a Historically Black College and University (James Edward Osler, II); (10) Mentoring the Black Male Faculty Member: Appealling to the Needs Before Academia (Christopher Clomus Mathis, Jr. and Rashad Anderson); (11) Intricacies of Cross-Cultural Mentoring: A Case of International Faculty and Scholars (Jerono P. Rotich, Tiffany Fuller, and Minyong Lee); (12) Organizational Change and Online Education at HBCUs: Mentoring Supportive and Resistant Faculty (Sheila Witherspoon and Leonis S. Wright); and (13) The Future of Faculty Mentorship at Historically Black Colleges/Universities (Cassandra Sligh Conway).