240 MENTORING DIVERSE FACULTY IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS PROGRAMS: VOICES FROM THE FIELD Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, Ed.D. University of Central Florida Kenyatta O. Rivers, Ph.D. University of Central Florida Tempii Champion, Ph.D. University of South Florida Nancy Ruiz Mahecha, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Lemmietta G. McNeilly, Ph.D. Florida International University "Were a college or university truly committed to democratic pluralism, it would proceed to create conditions under which the representatives of different cultures could have conversations of respect with each other in order to do their everyday teaching and research…marginalization ends and conversations of respect begin when the curriculum is reconceived to be unimplementable without the central participation of the currently excluded and marginalized.” (Hill, 1991) The U.S. Census Bureau reported that significant demographic changes have occurred in the United States over the last decade (Battle, 1998; Bouvier & Gardner, 1986; Horton & Smith, 1993; U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). By mid-2005 and 2010, the number of people of color in the U.S. is expected to increase to 30.1% and 32.0%, respectively, with the greatest demographic changes seen in