Wheel Bazaar Virtual SeriesWhy re-invent the wheel when you can go wheel shopping?

AAU PhD Education InitiativeJuly 21, 2021

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AAU PhD Education InitiativeThe PhD Education Initiative aims to change the culture surrounding doctoral education at AAU member institutions so that graduate education is more student-centered, placing greater emphasis and focus on students as individuals with diverse educational and professional interests, needs, and challenges.

The Initiative’s objective is to make the full range of PhD career pathways visible, valued, and viablefor all students.

Initiative Website

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Expanding the Pool of Mentors for PhD Students

Why re-invent the wheel when you can go wheel shopping? The Wheel Bazaar series provides a space to showcase and share successful department- or program-level activities and strategies related to cross-cutting areas for improvement identified by the AAU PhD Education Initiative pilot cohort. The aim is for participants to learn from one another in order to inform or launch similar activities and strategies.

The purpose of this session is to discuss ways to expand the pool of mentors for PhD students to help make available to them more comprehensive mentorship support.

Panelists:

Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, Director of Interdisciplinary Advising & Engagement, Duke University

Maria E. Hamilton Abegunde, Founding Director, The Graduate Mentoring Center and Assistant Professor, Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University

Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, andClifton Ray, Senior Scientist, ZenBio Inc. and University of Virginia Alumnus

Maria LaMonaca WisdomDirector of Interdisciplinary Advising & Engagement

Duke University

AAU “Wheel” Presentation:Arts & Sciences Peer Mentoring

Fellows Program

Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, PhD, ACC Director of Interdisciplinary Advising, Duke University

July 21, 2021

Why now?

• Provost’s committee on Reimagining Doctoral Education (2017-19): need for more effective advising/mentoring structures

• Success of small interdisciplinary coaching groups for Ph.D. students (since 2019; pilot, 200+ students)

• Ph.D. student challenges (social isolation, research barriers) exacerbated by pandemic

Structure

• A dozen small (4-8 student) peer mentoring groups, each led by a Peer Mentoring Fellow

• Peer mentors (yrs. 3-6) selected and trained in Spring ‘21 • Ph.D. students (yrs. 1-3) sign up for groups in Summer ‘21 • Each small group meets approximately 6 hours (4 sessions) • Peer mentors meet in monthly cohort; write final reports

Outcomes/goals

• A safe, nonjudgmental and confidential space• Multiple, fresh (interdisciplinary) perspectives• Support and strategies for enhancing participants’ resilience and well-

being in graduate school • Opportunities for participants to realize that they are not alone in the

challenges they face as Ph.D. students• Ways for participants to widen their academic, professional and

social networks across Duke and to mentor other Ph.D. students

Fall 2021 Peer Mentoring Fellows

Mohammed Ali, HistoryArianti Rojas Carvajal, Biology

Edgar Cook, Political Science

Caleb Hazelwood, Philosophy

Dana Hogan, Art History & Visual Culture

Alexis L. Holloway, Cultural AnthropologyLeann McLaren, Political Science

Maggie McDowell, English

Julia Notar, Biology

Laavanya Sankaranarayanan, Genetics and GenomicsAdam Stanaland, Psychology & Neuroscience

Meghan Woolley, History

Peer mentor fellow formation

• “Best Practices in Mentoring”: two-week, noncredit course (May ’21; Duke Graduate Academy)

• Emphasis on mentoring as other-centered (goal: support learning and growth)

• Facilitates awareness of dual roles (mentee and mentor) • Presents mentoring relationship spectrum (informal→formal)• Mentor as “coach,” not “guru” • Reflective exercises, culminating in final written piece

Information and contact

• https://sites.duke.edu/interdisciplinary/arts-sciences-ph-d-student-peer-mentoring-groups/

• “Who’s Responsible for a PhD Student’s Success?” by Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, Chronicle of Higher Education, February 19, 2021

• Drop me a line: maria.wisdom@duke.edu

Maria E. Hamilton AbegundeFounding Director, The Graduate Mentoring Center, and Assistant

Professor, Department of African American and African Diaspora StudiesIndiana University

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

The Graduate Mentoring CenterBloomington

Association of American UniversitiesPhD Education Initiative

Wheel Bazaar: Expanding the Pool of Mentors for PhD StudentsJuly 21, 2021

Maria Hamilton Abegunde, PhDFounding Director

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

The GMC • Founded in 2014 by Dr. Maria Hamilton Abegunde• Supported by 1-2 graduate assistants (currently PhD Candidate Jennifer Park)• Funded by the Office of the President (President's Diversity Initiative)• Funded by Office of the Provost and campus partners• Core programs: Focus on mentoring for/of historically underrepresented students• Offering student-centered programs/workshops, writing groups, and weekly

meditations• Offering faculty workshops across IU system• Includes trauma-informed approach and resources• Over 500 participants annually• Guided by the center’s “The Five-Fold Path” of Contemplative Mentoring

The Five-Fold PathBalance, Community, Culture, Mentorship, Scholarship

A contemplative approach to mentoringVision. To develop and help graduate an intentional community of scholars who are diverse, committed to social justice and equity, and who consistently produce innovative research and creative works that have viable and sustainable relevance and impact on/for their communities.

The Mentoring Cohort

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

• 2015: First cohort begins with 3 faculty and 3 graduate students• 2020: 20 faculty members, 20 graduate studentsHow Does The GMC Operate?• Signed Agreements: between center and faculty, students; between faculty-student• Introduction to Five-Fold Path• Practices: Bearing Witness, Deep Dialogue, Reflection, Have you “TALKED”?• Required monthly meetings between mentor-mentee (minimum)• Monthly meetings between center, mentors, mentees (topic specific)• Semester Check-Ins with Director• Random Check-ins by Director• Semester Stipend (Faculty)• Semester Conference Grants (Students)• Alumni Access and Assistance

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Resources

NCFDD Mentoring Map

Great Mentoring in Graduate School (Lunsford & Baker)

Zachary, Lois. The Mentee’s Guide, The Mentor’s Guide, and Creating a Mentoring Culture

FROM The Graduate Mentoring Center BloomingtonThe GMC BrochureThe GMC June 2021 NewsletterEngaging the Five-Fold PathLet’s Talk About Mentoring: Reflection (Faculty)Let’s Talk About Mentoring: Reflection (Students)

More Information: iugmc@Indiana.edu

IUGMC Bloomington

Dr. Maria Hamilton AbegundeFounding Director

Jennifer ParkGraduate Assistant

Shayn Peirce-CottlerProfessor and Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering

University of Virginia

Clifton RaySenior Scientist, ZenBio Inc.

University of Virginia Alumnus

University of Virginia Biomedical EngineeringGoingPro Internship Industry MentorsShayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.Director, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program

Clifton Ray, Ph.D.Senior Scientist, ZenBio

GoingPro

3 components of GoingPro provide PhD students with multiple industry mentors

• 1 credit “Professional Development” course with guest lectures by alumni in industry

• Each GoingPro intern is paired with a mentor who is an alumcurrently working in industry

• GoingPro interns participate in 2 month long industry internships where they are mentored by supervisors at the company

GoingPro outcomes since 2018

25% of all GoingPrograduates were hired by their internship company

• 12 GoingPro graduates • 10 PhD students

currently participating

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Joining Breakout Rooms

Breakout 1: Maria, Duke UniversityBreakout 2: Abegunde, Indiana UniversityBreakout 3: Shayn & Clifton, UVA

Coming up next …Revising Program Curriculum & Structure to Support Diverse CareersWednesday, July 28, 2021 from 12:00-1:00 pm ET

Panelists:- Colleen Colaner, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Missouri- Justine Murison, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Sonali Majumdar, Associate Director of Graduate Professional Development, University of Virginia- Edward Barnaby, Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Programs, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia

Advancing Equity in Department/Program PracticesWednesday, August 4, 2021 from 12:00-1:00 pm ET

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