Mentoring
Early in the academic career, it is important for junior faculty to identify, understand, and learn to meet the expectations of their profession if they are to achieve success. To help facilitate the LEADER Consortium has assisted in the gathering resources that is designed to meet the varied needs of junior faculty as they establish their careers and seek promotion tenure success.
Mentoring relationship are typically thought to be as long-term and deeply involving, however short-term mentoring can be more focused and equally effective toward meeting professional development needs. Even more important is that individuals who seek mentoring vary in relation to their need and goals.
Some seek out mentors for general support in relation to successfully navigating the norms, the expectations of their academic program, or how to achieve a balance between work and life. Others seek advice for specific professional goals such as identifying and applying for funding or successfully publishing in a particular venue.
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Professional Organizations and Societies
National Organizations for and of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
- Association for Women in Mathematics, Fairfax, VA 22030
www.awm-math.org - Association for Women in Science, Washington, DC 20005
www.awis.org - Graduate Women in Science/Sigma Delta Epsilon, Avon, MA 02322
www.gwis.org - National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), Boulder, CO 80309
www.ncwit.org - National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science, Alameda, CA 94501
www.iwitts.com/index.html - Society of Women Engineers, Chicago, IL 60611
http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/ - The RAISE Project, Washington, D.C. 20036
www.raiseproject.org/ - Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network, Denver, CO 80210
www.wepan.org
Organizations with Special Focus on Equity in STEM
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, Education and Human Resources Programs, Washington, DC 20005
http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/CareersAll/index.shtml - American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Albuquerque, NM 87119
www.aises.org - Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Washington, D.C. 20005
http://www.cpst.org/ - National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, White Plains, NY 10601
www.nacme.org - National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Washington, D.C. 20006
www.gemfellowship.org - National Science Foundation, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Arlington, VA 22230
www.nsf.gov - Quality Education for Minorities Network, Washington, DC 20036
www.qem.org - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
www.sacnas.org - Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists, Houston, Texas 77092
www.maes-natl.org
Organizations with Focus on Equity for Women
- American Association of University Women, Washington, DC 20036
www.aauw.org - Catalyst, Inc., New York, NY 10005
http://www.catalyst.org/ - Center For Women Policy Studies, Washington, DC 20036
http://www.centerwomenpolicy.org/ - Equality Now, New York, NY 10023
www.equalitynow.org - Era Campaign Network
www.eracampaign.net - Gender Action, Washington, DC 20009
www.genderaction.org - Girls Incorporated, New York, NY 10005
www.girlsinc.org - Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, DC 20036
www.iwpr.org - International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC 20036
www.icrw.org - National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, Washington, DC 20036
www.ncwge.org - National Committee on Pay Equity, Washington, DC 20001
www.pay-equity.org/ - National Council for Research on Women, New York, NY 10005
www.ncrw.org - National Organization for Women, Washington, DC 20005
www.now.org - The Wage Project
www.wageproject.com - Wider Opportunities for Women, Washington, DC 20036
www.wowonline.org
Mentoring Tools and Resources...
For Department Chairs & Unit Leaders
Readings
Gender equity guidelines for department chairs. American Association of University Professors. Retrieved from http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/women/genequity.htm.
Luz, C. (2011). Faculty Mentoring Toolkit: A Resource for Faculty and Administrators at Michigan State University (NSF ADVANCEM Grant N#0811205). East Lansing Michigan.
Olmstead, M. (1993). Mentoring new faculty: Advice to department chairs. Committee on the Status of Women in Physics Gazette, 13 (1), August. College Park, MD: The American Physical Society.
Sorcinelli, M. D. (2000). Principles of good practice: Supporting early-career faculty. Guidance for deans and other academic leaders. American Association for Higher Education: Washington, DC.
For Mentors & Protégés
Internet Resources
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Center for Teaching & Faculty Development
Website: http://www.umass.edu/ctfd/mentoring/index.shtml. This website includes additional resources, including examples of faculty-driven mentoring plans based on their program’s mutual mentoring model, a basis for the CoSM faculty mentoring policy.
Michigan State University, Faculty & Organizational Development, Office of the Provost
Website: http://fod.msu.edu/resources-faculty-mentoring. This website includes general resources for faculty mentoring as well as STEM discipline resources.
Harvard University, Office of Faculty Development & Diversity.
Website: http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/development-and-mentoring/faculty-mentoring-resources/mentor-resources. This website includes links to resources for mentors and protégés.
Best and Worst Practices in Mentoring “Minority” Faculty
This downloadable presentation addresses challenges faced by under-represented faculty and best practices for addressing these challenges.
Readings
Dean, D. J. (2009). Getting the most out of your mentoring relationships: A handbook for women in STEM. Springer: New York.
Luz, C. (2011). Faculty Mentoring Toolkit: A Resource for Faculty and Administrators at Michigan State University (NSF ADVANCEM Grant N#0811205). East Lansing Michigan.
Toth, E. (2008). Ms. Mentor's New and Ever More Impeccable Advice for Women and Men in Academia. University of Pennsylvania Press.
On-Line Mentoring Networks
- Association for Women in Science, Washington, D.C. 20005
www.awis.org - MentorNet, San Jose, CA 95128
www.mentornet.net - Mentoring and Coaching for Executive Women, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 5N5
www.2020executivecoaching.com/index.php - Mentor/National Mentoring Partnership, Alexandria, VA 22314
www.mentoring.org - Mentoring Networks
http://www.womenswork.org/girls/refs/mentor.html - National Academies Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Washington, DC 20001
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwsem/ - Network of Executive Women, Chicago, IL 60601
www.newonline.org/mentoring.cfm - Telementoring Young Women in Science, Engineering and Computers,
http://www.edc.org/CCT/telementoring (archived website) - Women in Science and Healthcare Network (WISHnet), Bethesda, MD 20892
http://wish-net.od.nih.gov/
Professional Organizations for STEM Disciplines
Aerospace
- Women in Aerospace, Washington, DC 20002
www.womeninaerospace.org/
Agronomy
- American Society of Agronomy, Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Environmental Sciences Committee, Madison, WI 53711
www.agronomy.org
Anthropology
- American Anthropological Association, Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology Arlington, VA 22201
www.aaanet.org
Astronomy
- American Astronomical Society, Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, Washington, DC 20009
www.aas.org
Biology
- American Institute of Biological Sciences, Diversity Affairs Committee, Washington, DC 20005
www.aibs.org - American Society for Cell Biology, Women in Cell Biology Committee, Bethesda, MD 20814
www.ascb.org - American Society for Plant Biologists, Women in Plant Biology Committee, Rockville, MD 20855
www.aspb.org - Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC 20006
www.esa.org - National Association of Biology Teachers, Reston, VA 20191
www.nabt.org - American Phytopathological Society, Joint Committee of Women in Plant Pathology and Cultural Diversity, St. Paul, MN 55121
www.apsnet.org/
Biomedical Sciences
- American Association of Immunologists, Committee on the Status of Women, Bethesda, MD 20814
www.aai.org - American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Women in Medical and Biological Engineering Committee, Washington, D.C. 20006
www.aimbe.org - American Physiological Society, Committee on Women in Physiology, Bethesda, MD 22201
www.the-aps.org - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Education and Professional Development Committee, Bethesda, MD 20814
www.asbmb.org - American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Women in Bone and Mineral Research Committee, Washington, D.C. 20036
http://asbmr.org/ - American Society for Microbiology, Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology Washington, DC 20036
www.asm.org - American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Committee on Women in Pharmacology, Bethesda, MD 20814
http://www.aspet.org - Biophysical Society, Committee on Professional Opportunities for Women, Bethesda, MD 20814
www.biophysics.org - National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women’s Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
http://orwh.od.nih.gov/career.html - National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education, Careers in Science, Women in Research Poster Series
http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/Careers - Society for Neuroscience, Committee on Women in Neuroscience, Washington, DC 20036
www.sfn.org - Women in Biomedical Careers
http://womeninscience.nih.gov/
Chemistry
- American Chemical Society, Women Chemists Committee, Washington, DC 20036
www.acs.org - COACh: Committee on the Advancement of Women in Chemistry, Eugene,OR 97403
http://coach.uoregon.edu/index.html - Iota Sigma Pi, National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry
www.iotasigmapi.info/default.htm
Computer Sciences and Information Technology
- Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Palo Alto, CA 94304
www.anitaborg.org - Association for Women in Computing, San Francisco, CA 94104
www.awc-hq.org - Computing Research Association, Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research, Washington, D.C. 20036
www.cra.org - Women in Technology International, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
www.witi.com
Education
- Aspira Association, Inc., Washington, DC 20005
www.aspira.org - Association of American Colleges and Universities, Program on the Status and Education of Women, Washington, DC 20009
www.aacu.org - National Science Teachers Association, Arlington, VA 22201
www.nsta.org - Women’s Research and Education Institute, Washington, DC 20006
www.wrei.org
Engineering
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Women’s Initiatives Committee, New York, NY 10016
www.aiche.org - American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC 20036
www.asee.org - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Women in Engineering Committee, Washington, DC 20036
www.ieee.org - National Society of Black Engineers, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
www.nsbe.org - National Society of Professional Engineers, Alexandria, VA 22314
www.nspe.org - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Los Angeles, CA 90022
http://oneshpe.shpe.org - Women’s International Network of Utility Professionals, Fergus Falls, MN 56538
www.winup.org
Geography
- Association of American Geographers, Committee on the Status of Women in Geography, Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group, Washington, DC 20009
www.aag.org - Society of Women Geographers, Washington, DC 20003
www.iswg.org
Geosciences
- American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA 22302
www.agiweb.org - Association for Women Geoscientists, Lincoln, NE 68503
www.awg.org - Geological Society of America, Committee on Minorities and Women in the Geosciences, Boulder, CO 80301
www.geosociety.org - Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Geo-Mentoring Committee, Tulsa, OK 68503
www.seg.org - Women in Mining, Lakewood, CO 80226
www.womeninmining.org - Women in Natural Resources, Moscow, ID 83844
www.cnr.uidaho.edu/winr
Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics
- American Economics Association, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, Tallahassee, FL 32303
www.cswep.org - Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships 155American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI 02904
www.ams.org - American Statistical Association, Committee on Women in Statistics, Alexandria, VA 22314
www.amstat.org - Black Women in Mathematics, Buffalo, NY 14260
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/wmad0.html - Caucus for Women in Statistics
http://caucusforwomeninstatistics.com/ - Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Beachwood, OH 44122
www.imstat.org - Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.csupomona.edu/hlord/jcw/ - Mathematical Association of America, Committee on the Participation of Women in Mathematics, Washington, DC 20036
www.maa.org - Math/Science Network, Oakland, CA 94613
http://www.expandingyourhorizons.org/ - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, VA 20191
www.nctm.org - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA 19104
www.siam.org
Medicine and Health
- American Association of Women Dentists, Chicago, IL 60606
www.aawd.org - American Medical Women’s Association, Philadelphia, PA 19103
www.amwa-doc.org - American Medical Association, Women Physicians’ Congress, Chicago, IL 60629
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/18.html - Hispanic Dental Association, Springfield, IL 62703
www.hdassoc.org - American Pharmacists Association ,Committee on Women’s Affairs, Washington, DC 20005
www.aphanet.org - American Public Health Association, Committee on Women’s Rights, Washington, D.C. 20001
www.apha.org - Association of Women Psychiatrists, Dallas, TX 75228
www.womenpsych.org/ - Association of Women Surgeons, Downers Grove, IL 60515
www.womensurgeons.org - Kappa Epsilon Professional Pharmacy Fraternity, Overland Park, KS 66202
http://kappaepsilon.org/ - Society for Women’s Health Research, Washington, DC 20036
www.womenshealthresearch.org
Meteorology
- American Meteorological Society, Board on Women and Minorities, Boston, MA 02108
www.ametsoc.org
Physics
- American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, MD 20740
www.aapt.org - American Physical Society, Committee on Status of Women in Physics, College Park, MD 20740
www.aps.org - American Nuclear Society, Professional Women in the American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL 60526
www.ans.org - SPIE, Women in Optics, Bellingham, WA 98227
http://spie.org/x10.xml
Psychology
- American Psychological Association, Committee on Women in Psychology, Washington, DC 20002
www.apa.org - American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
www.apa.org/apags/ - Association for Women in Psychology, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
www.awpsych.org/ - Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC 20005
www.psychologicalscience.org/ - Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, Chattanooga, TN 37403
www.psichi.org
Sociology
- American Sociological Association, Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology, Washington, D.C. 20005
www.asanet.org
Toxicology
- Society for Toxicology, Women in Toxicology Special Interest Group, Reston, VA 20910
www.toxicology.org
Veterinary Medicine
- Association of American Veterinary Colleges, Gender Issues Committee, Washington, D.C. 20005
www.aavmc.org/ - Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation, Denver, PA 17517
www.vet.ksu.edu/AWV/about.htm
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