Contents
Contents
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Fundamentals
2.1 An example of gender diversity
2.2 Underrepresented groups
2.3 Mentoring undergraduate researchers
2.4 Mentoring women junior faculty
3 Leadership
3.1 What is leadership?
3.2 Rewards of leadership
3.3 Dangers of leadership
3.4 Weighing the rewards and dangers
3.5 Paths to leadership
3.6 Leadership strategies
3.7 Mentoring for leadership
3.8 Diversity in leadership
4 Search
4.1 Starting with data
4.2 Practices to promote fairness
4.3 Case studies
4.4 What can a single faculty person do?
4.5 Conclusions
5 Faculty and Family
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Personal strategies
6 Managing and Evaluating
6.1 Mentoring defined and explained
6.2 Benefits and evaluation
6.3 Designing positive mentoring climates
7 Outreach
7.1 Students
7.2 Junior faculty
7.3 Senior faculty
7.4 Organizations for women and minorities
7.5 Mentoring research
7.6 Mentoring and the disabled student
7.7 Assessing participation and advancement
7.8 Mentoring in academia: References
7.9 Additional research and resources
8 Building a Mentoring System
8.1 Differential factors
8.2 Case study 1
8.3 Case study 2
8.4 Case study 3
8.5 Case study 4
8.6 Resources
9 Feedback
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Interview with an organizer
9.3 Survey results
9.4 Suggestions for future workshops
10 An Episode and Epilog
10.1 Finding mentors
10.2 Crying in public
10.3 Epilog
References
11 Appendix: Participants
12 Appendix: Mentoring Resources
Footnotes
November 15, 2007
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