The WISMAC networking program is designed to match newly appointed female faculty with senior faculty women from different academic departments. The goal of the program is to retain female faculty at UT Southwestern and to foster their success by offering a friendly contact for advice and information pertaining to life on and off campus. If you are interested in participating in the program or would like more information, please contact Dr. Carole Mendelson via e-mail.
Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationship: A Handbook for Women in STEM is a newly published book authored by Donna Dean. It is written for graduate, postdoc, and early career women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The book overviews and gives perspectives on a variety of topics and issues related being mentored in the STEM fields. [from AAMC GREATmail July 21, 2009] For more information, visit: http://www.springer.com/new+%26+forthcoming+titles+(default)/book/978-0-387-92408-3
Nature Guides Science Mentors In any field of study, having a good mentor early can have a large impact on your career. In this article, Nature provides a guide for science mentors which contains tips for mentoring including: personality characteristics of good mentors; skill development; effective networking; and building communities among others. Link to the Article [From AWIS Washington Wire July 2007]
Mentor Net
www.mentornet.net
MentorNet is an award-winning nonprofit e-mentoring network that addresses the retention and success of those in engineering, science and mathematics, particularly but not exclusively women and other underrepresented groups. In 2003, the MentorNet Academic Career E-Mentoring Program was begun to provide information, encouragement, and support to graduate students, postdocs and untenured faculty who are considering or pursuing faculty careers. Protégés are matched in one-on-one e-mentoring relationships with tenured faculty members. MentorNet provides the training, coaching and support for an 8-month mentoring relationship. As of January 2008, the program was seeking more tenured faculty members to serve as mentors. Join the MentorNet community: http://www.mentornet.net/join [updated Jan. 2008]
The Mentoring Gap for Women in Science Differences between the ways male and female science students relate to mentors could have a significant impact on efforts to attract more women to certain fields, according to a new study focused on chemistry and published in the journal Sex Roles. [from MentorNet News, posted 3/08]
http://www.mentornet.net/news/newsart.aspx?nid=32&sid=2
MedEd Mentoring www.mededmentoring.org
The goal of this web site is to improve the quality of research mentoring in mental health; however, much of the information is more widely applicable.
Suggested Reading on Mentoring and Networking
A short selection is shown here; for a more extensive list of articles please click on, Suggested Reading under Quick Links (at upper right of this web page)
Bakken, L.L. Who are physician-scientists' role models? Gender makes a difference. Acad Med 2005; 80: 502-506.
Jackson, V.A., et al. "Having the right chemistry": a qualitative study of mentoring in academic medicine. Acad Med, 78:328-334, 2003.
Peddy, S. The art of mentoring: lead, follow and get out of the way. Bullion Bks, 1998.
Pololi, L.H., Knight, S.M., Dennis, K., Frankel, R.M. Helping Medical School Faculty Realize Their Dreams: An Innovative, Collaborative Mentoring Program. Acad Med, 2002;77:377-384.
Rohrich, R. Mentors in Medicine, Plast Reconstr Surg., 112(4):1087-1088, 2003.
