Schedule, Notes/Handouts & Videos

What is effective mentoring? This talk will summarize the scientific evidence about effective mentoring drawn from extensive social science research. We will move beyond describing mentoring as a program or activity and instead conceptualize mentoring as a web of interpersonal relationships among mentors and mentees, how those relationships are built, and what they can do for both mentors and mentees of various identities and career stages.

Assignment: Write more about these experiences at home.

In this talk I will discuss ways to build institutional support, both financial and otherwise, for mentoring for equity, both within an institution, and working with outside entities.  I will include information on various programs at the National Science Foundation within the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Directorate of STEM Education that could provide funding.

The Undergraduate Knowledge of the Mathematics Graduate School Application Process (Knowledge-GAP) project seeks to understand how undergraduate student knowledge about the graduate school application and admissions processes acts as a barrier for students seeking advanced degrees in mathematics. The project is especially interested in experiences of students historically marginalized in STEM disciplines as they attempt to pursue graduate education in mathematics. This presentation on preliminary data from this NSF funded project (Award # 2126018) will discuss how access to mentors have impacted participants' ability to apply to graduate school.