<p>Ann Shillingford:<br><br>We have reached a decision regarding your submission to Revista Interamericana de Psicologia/Interamerican Journal of Psychology, "Exploring Professional Support for Counselor Education Faculty of Color".<br><br>Our decision is to: Requiere Revisions -- see below.<br><br>Dr. Edil Torres Rivera<br>Wichita State University<br>ripeditor007@gmail.com</p>
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<p><u>Strengths</u></p>
<p>The authors are to be commended to pursuing a line of inquiry that has received limited attention in the counseling literature.</p>
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<p><u>Areas for improvement</u></p>
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<li class="show">Introduction
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<li class="show">This section felt a bit long for me. I thought you needed to get to the purpose of the article much sooner. You could also do a better job of highlighting the significance of this article.</li>
<li class="show">1, 2<sup>nd</sup>¶ does not seem to flow well with the previous paragraph. I see how you are trying to connect with the subsequent paragraph, but this could be done more efficiently.</li>
<li class="show">Would recommend building out a separate literature review that more closely examines the issue of diversity in counselor education, barriers for faculty of color, and needs for support.</li>
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<li class="show">Theory of Organizational Socialization
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<li class="show">Either this section needs to be built out more, with research to support the three of organizational socialization, or you need an expanded literature review and to incorporate this framework into the method section.</li>
<li class="show">The authors present this theory as a theoretical framework for the study, but it is not clear how the theory informed the research process. I would have expected to see the theory inform data analysis at the least or see results framed in the language of the framework.</li>
<li class="show">3, 1<sup>st</sup>full ¶, 1<sup>st</sup>sentence is unclear</li>
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<li class="show">Methodology
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<li class="show">Per APA style this section should be titled Method</li>
<li class="show">Please describe the qualitative research methodology/tradition that was used in this study. The absence of this information can lead the reader to believe that the researchers are not well verse in qualitative research. Further, there is the need for some rationale on why a specific methodology is appropriate for this research study.</li>
<li class="show">Participants
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<li class="show">It appears that one group is missing. There is a listing of n = 3, but not which ethnic group this pertains to.</li>
<li class="show">Would also be helpful to know the types of research institutions at which your participants worked (teaching, research, other?).</li>
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<li class="show">Why 10 participants? Does this correspond to some theoretical tradition, saturation, or other reason?</li>
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<li class="show">Would like more information on how participants were recruited.</li>
<li class="show">Require significantly more information on the data analysis process. Walk the reader through the process of coding nearly 10 hours of interviews and obtaining four major themes. Additional information is essential so the reader can establish the appropriateness of your data analysis and the results obtained.</li>
<li class="show">Develop a separate section on trustworthiness. This will give you more space to expand upon the strategies employed to assure the accuracy of your interpretations. The authors also do not seem to be accurately applying the terms triangulation and member checking. Member checking is more than proof reading transcripts. A member check entails giving participants the opportunity to review and affirm the accuracy of the researchers’ interpretations.</li>
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<li class="show">Occupational or psychological distress
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<li class="show">Under research question one psychological distress is used, then the header for the subsequent section lists occupational distress, but the immediate next section lists psychological distress.</li>
<li class="show">There are some really excellent quotes in the section. However, none of them really describe or bring to light how participants experienced distress</li>
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<li class="show">Lack of Administrative support section feels very superficial. A hallmark of qualitative research is rich and thick detail. As a reader I am have no additional knowledge of how a lack of administration impacts faculty of color.</li>
<li class="show">The section on the qualities of a good mentor does not do much to describe a good mentor. This section could benefit from expanded detail.</li>
<li class="show">The section on resources for promotion and tenure could do a better job of describing how participants’ quotes are related to promotion and tenure.</li>
<li class="show">As a whole I felt the results could have been refined a bit more. Instead of trying to cover a breadth of topics, a more in-depth exploration of a few topics might be more insightful.</li>
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<li class="show">Discussion
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<li class="show">13
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<li class="show">1<sup>st</sup>full ¶, 1<sup>st</sup>sentence states that the results of your study are not surprising comparted to Bradley and Holcomb-McCoy. This leads the reader to ask why your article is of significance and worthy of publication. You need to better address how your findings contribute to the counselor education literature.</li>
<li class="show">Last ¶ does not seem to fit with the findings of your study.</li>
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<li class="show">This section does not do a good job of describing the unique contributions of this research study or how the findings of this study advance the field.</li>
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<li class="show">Implications: Seem to stray from the findings of the study (see the first full ¶ on page 15). Need to describe implications that are related to and derive from the results of your study.</li>
<li class="show">Limitations: Limitations listed are far too narrow. Need to go beyond sample size to consider the representation of participants, recruitment methods, and data analysis.</li>
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<p>Recommendation: Resubmit for Review<br><br>------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br></p><br/>The following message is being delivered on behalf of Interamerican Journal of Psychology.
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