1. One Way to Be a Better Mentor to Grad Students? Try an Advising Statement  https://www.chronicle.com/article/one-way-to-be-a-better-mentor-to-grad-students-try-an-advising-statement/?cid2=gen_login_refresh&cid=gen_sign_in&cid2=gen_login_refresh Examples of how clear advising statements can improve the mentoring experience and contribute to graduate student achievement and persistence.
  2. We need STEM Mentors Who Can Reduce Bias and Fight Stereotypes https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-need-stem-mentors-who-can-reduce-bias-and-fight-stereotypes/  Essay on the importance of scientific mentorship becoming more equitable and accountable.
  3. My Sister’s Keeper: A Qualitative Examination of Mentoring Experiences Among African American Women in Graduate and Professional Schools  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00221546.2009.11779030?casa_token=gLDwW0kBghQAAAAA%3A8TQbAH7KLlr95hjngPYODJUgMMvU8g-Nsg5FVYHtLlUY4MemDkKPMDXrbigodzsAHJ1X-FiFtXOZyQ&journalCode=uhej20 Study exploring “the mentoring experiences of African American women in graduate and professional schools.”
  4. Developing an Indigenous Mentoring Program for Faculty Mentoring American Indian and Alaska Native Graduate Students in STEM: A Qualitative Study  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13611267.2018.1561001  Resaerch-based framework for “an Indigenous mentoring program for faculty mentors of American Indian/Alaska Native graduate students in STEM.
  5. Normalizing Struggle: Dimensions of Faculty Support for Doctoral Students and Implications for Persistence and Well-being  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00221546.2018.1449080?journalCode=uhej20 Study providing evidence regarding the importance of holistic faculty support for graduate students, including addressing academic, psychosocial, and sociocultural dimensions.
  6. Mentorship and the Socialization of Underrepresented Minorities Into the Professoriate: Examining Varied Influences  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13611260802231666 “Study results emphasize the importance of faculty-directed mentorship in preparing students of color for both graduate education and entrance into the professoriate.”
  7. Faculty-Graduate Student Mentoring Relationships: Mentors’ Perceived Roles and Responsibilities  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225962891_Faculty-graduate_student_mentoring_relationships_Mentors’_perceived_roles_and_responsibilities Explores “faculty mentors’ perceived roles and responsibilities in their mentoring relationships with their graduate students” based on interview data from underrepresented faculty.
  8. Scientists Aren’t Trained to Mentor. That’s a Problem.  https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2020/08/scientists-aren-t-trained-mentor-s-problem Perspective on the importance of faculty receiving mentor training.
  9. This Scholar Wants to Make Grad School’s “Hidden Curriculum” Visible https://www.chronicle.com/article/this-scholar-wants-to-make-grad-schools-hidden-curriculum-visible Reflections with the author of the book, A Field Guide to Grad School:  Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum, regarding the importance of mentorship.
  10. Creating a Third Space for Conversation and Reflection https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/01/07/graduate-students-need-safe-community-which-weather-pandemic-and-develop?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=42511938ca-DNU_2020_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-42511938ca-198444537&mc_cid=42511938ca&mc_eid=b9d970a7a3 Essay on the importance of creating and providing a safe community for graduate students to promote wellbeing and professional development.
  11. “Mentoring Up”: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jfSbVjpBZ8VyUoYrYysBfiNunluJ_DzH/view Guidance for mentees on how to be active participants in their mentoring relationships.