Registration Deadline: April 24, 2017
ASEEES is sponsoring a new network to match volunteer mentors and mentees who are interested in conversation on these and other topics over the course of a single academic year.
MENTORS
Mid-career or senior scholars, as well as professionals from outside the academy.
MENTEES
Graduate students at any stage of their careers or post-graduates within five years of receipt of their terminal graduate degree (including PhD, MLS, MA and JD). Mentees must be members of ASEEES.
HOW IT WORKS
- Mentors and mentees are matched by the ASEEES Mentoring Committee.
- This one-year mentoring relationship is intended for September 2017 through August of 2018.
- Communications may take place as often as once a month, either electronically or where possible, in-person, but are intended more commonly as three to four conversations over the course of a year about the state of a given field; an exchange of experiences on entering these fields; and how a mentor can offer a fresh perspective on a junior colleague’s plans.
- Participants are encouraged, but not required, to meet once in person at the annual ASEEES convention.
- Mentoring conversations are intended to be reciprocal, in the sense that junior and senior colleagues are interested in sharing ideas and experiences at different locations on a career spectrum;
- While reading of dissertation chapters or grant proposals aids every young scholar, this program defers that labor to the mentee’s local networks. No commitment to reading is required of the mentor in this program.
Also see: Mentoring Resources
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
To take part in these conversations, please register online by Monday, April 24.
For more information, and to register, click here.