DIGEST-Volume10.4-FULL

24 TPC Digest | Read full article and references: Branco, S. F., & Davis, M. (2020). The Minority Fellowship Program: Promoting representation within counselor education and supervision. The Professional Counselor , 10 (4), 603–614. doi :10.15241/sfb.10.4.603 T he Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) was initiated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to increase diversity of minoritized individuals within mental health professions. The counseling profession was first given the opportunity to participate in this initiative in 2012 when the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) was awarded its first MFP grant. Since this time, over 138 doctoral- level counseling students have been awarded fellowships of $20,000 to support completion of their doctoral studies. This article aims to describe the impact of the NBCC MFP on counselor education and supervision (CES) by offering both descriptive statistical and qualitative data from NBCC MFP member surveys. T he American Counseling Association’s 2014 ACA Code of Ethics and the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs’ 2016 CACREP Standards both call for the recruitment and retention of a diverse student body and faculty in CES programs. Yet representation remains disproportionally dominated by White individuals. Further, our literature review reveals the challenges minoritized counselor educators face in academia that spotlight oppressive factors shaping their experiences. Such factors include experiences of microaggressions on campus, difficulties navigating the promotion and tenure process as a faculty member of color, and feelings of isolation as a lone faculty member of color. Susan F. Branco, Melonie Davis The Minority Fellowship Program Promoting Representation Within Counselor Education and Supervision