Mentoring Matters Distinguished Lecture
June 11, 2024
Featured Speaker
Christine Pfund
Senior Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mentoring Matters: Using the Science of Mentorship to Advance Mentoring Relationships
Mentoring is associated with academic and career success across disciplines and career stages in higher education. Strong mentorship has been linked to enhanced mentee productivity, self-efficacy, career satisfaction, and sense of support. Moreover, mentees cite positive mentoring as the most important factor in degree attainment. Unfortunately, few mentors have received formal training in effective mentoring practices, particularly for mentoring scholars from traditionally underrepresented groups. Even fewer scholars receive formal instruction on what it means to be a proactive mentee, and have not yet developed the self-efficacy required to articulate their needs to mentors. This has led to a national focus on the “science of mentorship” and calls for research on mentorship and testing interventions across diverse groups to optimize their relationships.
Mentoring Matters Summer Institute
The Summer Institute is a two-day, interactive event supporting faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students in developing mentoring skills through discovery and understanding.
June 11-12, 2024
Featured Speakers
Kelly Diggs
Founder and CEO of Kelly A. Diggs Consulting, LLC.
Daniel Wong
Assistant Dean, UCLA Division of Graduate Education,
Graduate & Postdoctoral Success