Resources for Mentoring or Being a Mentee

• Maximizing Mentoring: A Guide for Building Strong Relationships (William T. Grant). Available at: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/library/uploads/2015/11/Maximizing-Mentoring_A-Guide-for-Building-Strong-Relationships.pdf
• Chapter 7 – “Mentoring Up”: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships, by Steven Paul Lee, Richard McGee, Christine Pfund, and Janet Branchaw, in the book, The Mentoring Continuum – From Graduate School through Tenure, edited by Glenn Wright. Available here: http://graduateschool.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Lee-et-al..pdf
• “Making the most of mentors: A guide for mentees.” By Zerzan, J., Hess, R., Schur, E., Phillips, R., and Rigotti, N., Academic medicine: journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges., 02/2009; 84(1):140-4. Available here: https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2009/01000/Making_the_Most_of_Mentors__A_Guide_for_Mentees.37.aspx
• Zachary and Fischler (2009). The Mentee’s Guide: Making Mentoring Work for You. Jossey-Bass.
• Toward a New Model of Mentorship. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/02/03/most-mentoring-today-based-outdated-model-essay
• University of Pittsburgh. http://www.icre.pitt.edu/mentoring/index.aspx
• Indiana University School of Medicine: https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/let-us-help/mentoring/mentoring-toolkit/for-mentees/
• Check for resources available through your own institution.

• Goal Setting-A Six Step Guide for Mentees.  https://moln.org/page/goalsformentees

• Increasing Productivity: Robert Talbert’s GTD for Academics.  http://rtalbert.org/gtd/ 

• The Creativity Post: Work Smarter, Not Harder: 21 Time Management Tips to Hack Productivity (Jordan Bates). http://www.creativitypost.com/create/work_smarter_not_harder_21_time_management_tips_to_hack_productivity

• Building your mentoring team (University of Washington Graduate School). Available at: https://grad.uw.edu/for-students-and-post-docs/core-programs/mentoring/mentoring-guides-for-students/building-your-mentoring-team/ 

• Why Mentor Matches Fail by Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Available at:https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/02/03/most-mentoring-today-based-outdated-model-essay

• We Have to Talk: A Step-By-Step Checklist for Difficult Conversations, by Judy Ringer. Available at:https://www.judyringer.com/resources/articles/we-have-to-talk-a-stepbystep-checklist-for-difficult-conversations.php

• Crucial Conversations Over the Phone, by Kerry Patterson. Available at:

  https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/2008/07/crucial-conversations-over-the-phone/

• “Networking and Informational Interviews” (Ideas on Fire). Available at: https://ideasonfire.net/networking-and-informational-interviews/

• “A seat at the table: Strategic engagement in service activities for early career faculty from underrepresented groups in the academy.” Academic Medicine https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30649021

• Saying Goodbye in Mentoring. Available at: https://www.management-mentors.com/about/corporate-mentoring-matters-blog/bid/67435/Saying-Goodbye-in-Mentoring

• Preparing for Closurein mentoring relationships – UC Davis.  Available at: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/learning-dev/toolkits/mentoring/closure
• Mentoring for the Holidays –Leadership Design Group  Available at:https://leadershipdesigngroup.com/mentoring-for-the-holidays/
• Smarter Faster Better, Part II: Stretch Goals + SMART Goals = SUCCESS, by Dean Bokhari.  Available at:  https://www.meaningfulhq.com/stretch-goals-smart-goals-examples.html
• Better Than Smart Goals: Stop Procrastinating With Micro Goals, by Joel Lee.  Available at: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-procrastinating-micro-goals/

• Pay it Forward: Guidance for Mentoring Junior Scholars (William T. Grant). Available at: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/library/uploads/2015/11/Maximizing-Mentoring_A-Guide-for-Building-Strong-Relationships.pdf
• Building Effective Mentoring Relationships: Mentoring Workbook. Available here: https://iaphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mentoring-Workbook.pdf
• Here’s What Makes Mentorship Work. https://firstround.com/review/we-studied-100-mentor-mentee-matches-heres-what-makes-mentorship-work/
• University of California San Francisco. Faculty Mentoring Toolkit. Available at: http://academicaffairs.ucsf.edu/ccfl/media/UCSF_Faculty_Mentoring_Program_Toolkit.pdf
• University of Pittsburgh. http://www.icre.pitt.edu/mentoring/index.aspx
• https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/let-us-help/mentoring/mentoring-toolkit/for-mentors/
• Indiana University School of Medicine: https://faculty.medicine.iu.edu/let-us-help/mentoring/mentoring-toolkit/for-mentors/
• Check for resources available through your own institution.

• Successful Goal Setting: A 6-Step Guide for Mentors. https://www.micromentor.org/blog/successful-goal-setting-6-step-guide-mentors/ 

• “Mentoring Students Pursuing Non-Academic Careers” (Ideas on Fire). Available at: https://ideasonfire.net/mentoring-students-pursuing-non-academic-careers/

National Research Mentoring Network

• Provides a broad array of trainings and digital resources to enhance mentorship in research
  • Research Mentorship Training. https://nrmnet.net/mentorship-training-programs/#
  • Career Development Webinars. https://nrmnet.net/videos/

Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research

• This center provides resources for institutions and individuals to improve research mentoring relationships
  • Mentor and Mentee Training. https://www.cimerproject.org/#/services/training
  • Publications on mentoring. https://www.cimerproject.org/#/research/publications
  • Online Resources. https://www.cimerproject.org/#/resources/index

Center for Mentoring Excellence

• This center has a broader audience to include non-academics; however, they have a number of resources, mostly for pay. Some of the free resources include their article, podcast, and newsletter collection:
  • https://www.centerformentoring.com/articles
  • https://www.centerformentoring.com/podcasts
  • https://www.centerformentoring.com/newsletter-archive

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

• For members, provides a number of resources (webinars, workshops, programs) around
  • Academic Publishing
  • Teaching
  • Writing & Research Productivity
  • Work-Life Balance
  • How to be a public life intellectual
• Several universities have institutional memberships. List available here: https://www.facultydiversity.org/institutions
• Kerry Ann Rockquemore, President of NCFDD, also has several posts with Inside Higher Ed on developing a mentoring relationship. The first of this series, “Essay on starting off a mentoring relationship,” is available here: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/07/15/essay-starting-mentoring-relationship

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network 

• This Center is committed to advancing research, teaching, and learning in STEM disciplines
  • Online mentor training available

Faculty Focus (https://www.facultyfocus.com/)

• Awarded the 2017 MERLOT Faculty Development Classics Award
• Some content freely available, but for members all tools and resources available, including the 20-minute mentor program, online seminars, and published articles on teaching, publishing, and professional development.

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• Allen, T.D., Eby, L.T., Poteet, M.L., Lentz, E., and Lima, L. (2004). Career benefits associated with mentoring for proteges: a meta-analysis. J. Appl. Psychol. 89, 127.
• Allen, T. D., & Eby, L. T. (Eds.). (2011). The Blackwell handbook of mentoring: A multiple perspectives approach. John Wiley & Sons.
• Balster, N. J., Pfund, C., Rediske, R., & Branchaw, J. L. 2010. Entering Research: A course that creates community and structure for beginning undergraduate researchers in the STEM disciplines. CBE Life Sciences Education, 9: 108-118
• Bauer, K.W., & Bennett, J.S. (2003). Alumni perceptions used to assess undergraduate research experiences. The Journal of Higher Education, 74(2): 210-230.
• Berk, R.A, Berg, J., Mortimer, R., Walton-Moss, B. & Yeo, T.P. (2005) Measuring the Effectiveness of Faculty Mentoring Relationships. Academic Medicine, 80(1): 66-71.
• Blake-Beard, S., Bayne, M.L., Crosby, F.J., and Muller, C.B. (2011). Matching by race and gender in mentoring relationships: Keeping our eyes on the prize. J. Soc. Issues 67, 622-643.
• Bland, C., Taylor, A., and Shollen, S. (2009). Faculty success through mentoring: A guide for mentors, mentees, and leaders (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.).
• Branchaw, J., Pfund, C. and Rediske, R. 2010. Entering Research: Workshops for Students Beginning Research in Science.W.H. Freeman & Co., New York.
• Byars-Winston, A.M., Branchaw, J., Pfund, C., Leverett, P., and Newton, J. (2015). Culturally Diverse Undergraduate Researchers’ Academic Outcomes and Perceptions of Their Research Mentoring Relationships. Int. J. Sci. Educ. 37, 2533-2554.
• Campbell, D.E., and Campbell, T.A. (2000). The mentoring relationship: Differing perceptions of benefits. Coll. Stud. J. 34, 516-516.
• Cho, C., Ramanan, R., and Feldman, M. (2011). Defining the ideal qualities of mentorship: a qualitative analysis of the characteristics of outstanding mentors. Am. J. Med. 124, 453-458.
• Cohen, G. L, Steele, C.M.,and Ross, L.D. (1999). The Mentor’s Dilemma: Providing Critical Feedback Across the Racial Divide. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25(10): 1302-18.
• Cox, M.D. (1997). Long-term patterns in a mentoring program for junior faculty: Recommendations for practice.
• Clutterbuck, D. and Ragins, Belle Rose. (2002). Mentoring and Diversity. Woburn, MA: Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd.
• Crisp, G., and Cruz, I. (2009). Mentoring college students: A critical review of the literature between 1990 and 2007. Res. High. Educ. 50, 525-545.
• Darling, L.W. (1986). The mentoring mosaic: A new theory of mentoring. Mentor. Aid Excell. Career Dev. Bus. Prof. 2, 1-7.
• Dolan, E., and Johnson, D. (2009). Toward a holistic view of undergraduate research experiences: An exploratory study of impact on graduate/postdoctoral mentors. J. Sci. Educ. Technol. 18, 487-500.
• L.T., Durley, J.R., Evans, S.C. & Ragins, B.R. (2006). The relationship between short-term mentoring benefits and long-term mentor outcomes.Journal of Vocational Behavior, 69: 424-44.
• Estrada, M., Hernandez, P.R., and Schultz, P.W. (unpublished). A Longitudinal Study of How Quality Mentorship and Research Experience Integrate Underrepresented Minorities into STEM Careers.
• Feldman, M.D., Arean, P.A., Marshall, S.J., Lovett, M., and O’Sullivan, P. (2010). Does mentoring matter: results from a survey of faculty mentees at a large health sciences university. Med. Educ. Online 15.
• Ferreria, M.M. (2002) The Research Lab: A Chilly Place for Graduate Women. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. Vol. 8.
• Fleming, M., Burnham, E., and Huskins, W. (2012a). Mentoring translational science investigators. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 308, 1981-1982.
• Frierson, H.T., Hargrove, B.K., and Lewis, N.R. (1994). Black summer research students’ perceptions related to research mentors’ race and gender. J. Coll. Stud. Dev.
• George, Y.S. and Neale, D. (2006) Report from Study Group Meeting to Develop a Research and Action Agenda on STEM Career and Workforce Mentoring. Report from AAAS; Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs.
• Gershenfeld, S. (2014). A review of undergraduate mentoring programs. Rev. Educ. Res. 84, 365-391.
• Hathaway, R., Nagda, B., & Gregerman, S. (2002). The relationship of undergraduate research participation to graduate and professional educational pursuit: An empirical study. Journal of College Student Development, 43(5): 614-631.
• Handelsman, J., Pfund, C., Miller Lauffer, S., and Pribbenow, C.M. (2005). Entering Mentoring: A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists.Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
• Head, F.A., Reiman, A.J., and Thies-Sprinthall, L. (1992). The reality of mentoring: Complexity in its process and function. Mentor. Contemp. Princ. Issues 5-24.
• Hunter, A.-B., Laursen, S.L., and Seymour, E. (2007). Becoming a scientist: The role of undergraduate research in students’ cognitive, personal, and professional development. Sci. Educ. 91, 36-74.
• Hunter, A.-B., Weston, T.J., Larsen, S.L., and Thiry, H. (2009). URSSA: Evaluating student gains from undergraduate research in the sciences. Counc. Undergrad. Res. Q. 29, 315-319.
• Hurtado, S., Cabrera, N.L., Lin, M.H., Arellano, L., and Espinosa, L.L. (2009). Diversifying science: Underrepresented student experiences in structured research programs. Res. High. Educ. 50, 189-214.
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• Johnson-Bailey*, J., and Cervero, R.M. (2004). Mentoring in black and white: the intricacies of cross-cultural mentoring. Mentor. Tutoring Partnersh. Learn. 12, 7-21.
• Johnson, W.B. (2007). On Being a Mentor: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
• Kardash, C.M. (2000). Evaluation of an undergraduate research experience: Perceptions of undergraduate interns and their faculty mentors. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(1): 191-201.
• Kram, K.E. (1985). Mentoring at work: Developmental relatiosnihps in organizational life. Glenview. IL Scott, Foresman.
• Lauren, S., Hunter, A-B., Seymour, E., Thiry, H. and Melon, G. (2010). Undergraduate Research in the Sciences. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Lee, W.Y. (1999). Striving toward effective retention: The effect of race on mentoring African American students. Peabody J. Educ. 74, 27-43.
• Lee, S., Pfund,C., Branchaw, J., and McGee, R. (2016). “Mentoring Up: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships”In The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School Through Tenure. Glenn Wright, ed. Syracuse, NY: The Graduate School Press of Syracuse University.
• Lopatto, David. (2004). Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First findings. Cell Biology Education, 3: 270-277.
• Lopatto, D. (2007). Undergraduate research experiences support science career decisions and active learning. CBE-Life Sci. Educ. 6, 297-306.
• Lunsford, L.G., Crisp, G., Dolan, E., and Wutherick, B. (2017). Mentoring in higher education. In SAGE Handbook of Mentoring, (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishin),.
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• Mullen, C.A. (2007). Naturally occurring student-faculty mentoring relationships: A literature review. Blackwell Handb. Mentor. Mult. Perspect. Approach 119-138.
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