E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science
The following announcement recently appeared in the Teaching Professor mail list edited by Rick Reis of Stanford University. It details a unique faculty mentoring program that focuses on supporting women and underrepresented minorities preparing for academic positions in science and engineering.
MentorNet: E-Mentoring Future Faculty in
Science and Engineering
- Just 1 -2 emails per
month!
MentorNet (www.MentorNet.net), the E-Mentoring
Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science,
seeks female and male tenured faculty as mentors
in its Academic Career E-Mentoring Program. In
this addition to MentorNet's award-winning
E-Mentoring Programs, women and underrepresented
minorities* pursuing faculty careers are matched
with female and male tenured faculty members for
8-month mentoring relationships conducted via
email. Proteges may be graduate students,
postdocs, or untenured tenure-track faculty
members.
We currently have over 80 proteges from diverse
fields seeking matches in the program,
particularly in:
- Biological sciences
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Computer sciences and many other fields
Benefits of E-Mentoring with MentorNet:
- Convenience - Do it at times that suit your
schedule. Only about 20 minutes/week.
- Support - Access to MentorNet's online
mentoring materials to guide your experience. - -Outreach - Opportunities to connect with
students, post-docs, and early career faculty
outside of your university.
- Satisfaction - Know that you have helped
someone else by sharing your experiences, advice
and support on issues such as work/life balance,
research, tenure, and university life.
Furthermore, mentoring has been demonstrated to
help mentors gain perspective and clarity about
their own career paths.
Please consider volunteering as a mentor and
publicizing the program to your colleagues by
passing on this message. Even if you choose not
to be a mentor, spreading the word about
MentorNet to other faculty members can help us to
provide mentors for those protégés waiting to be
matched!
For more information, visit
www.MentorNet.net/documents/about/programs/academic.aspx
or contact Jennifer Chou-Green at jennifercg@mentornet.net.
To sign up, visit http://www.mentornet.net/
*While MentorNet's focus is on women and
minorities in engineering and science, all
students are welcome to participate.