Supporting mentorship is one of many ways the college can support our community in navigating academia and developing professionally. We define mentoring as "learning partnerships," where both mentors and mentees engage in mutual learning and sharing of knowledge, skills, and experiences. While mentors bring valuable expertise and knowledge to mentorship relationships, please remember that a person’s chair is best equipped with answering questions related to promotion and achieving professional success.
Rachel Elizabeth Bristol
Her / She
Department of Psychology - Lecturer (in both Psych & the iSchool)
Role: Limited-Term Faculty
- Career trajectory planning
- Networking
- Time management/setting reasonable goals
- Tools for balancing competing priorities
- Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
- Supporting job search for students
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Stephen Groening
He / Him
Department of Cinema and Media Studies - Associate Professor
Role: Research Faculty
Rank: Associate
- Building confidence
- Career trajectory planning
- Networking
- Tools for balancing competing priorities
- Framing tenure and promotion statements
- Grant proposals
- Grant writing
- Leadership skills
- Pathways to leadership roles
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Stephanie Halmo
Her / She
Department of Biology - Assistant Professor
Role: Tenure-track Faculty
Rank: Assistant
- Advocating for self and others
- Change management
- Navigating caretaking in academia
- Navigating hierarchies in academia
- Navigating organization/ department norms and culture
- Networking
- Prioritizing mental health and work/life balance
- Providing honest feedback
- Strategic thinking
- Time management/setting reasonable goals
- Tools for balancing competing priorities
- Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
- Authoring books
- Equity focus in research
- Finding on-campus resources
- Forming collaborations locally and globally
- Framing tenure and promotion statements
- Grant proposals
- Grant writing
- Hiring and Managing Postdocs and Research Staff
- Public speaking
- Recruiting Graduate Students
- Research design- quantitative
- Tips for co-authorship
- Translating research to public scholarship
- Working in and across multiple languages
- Accessibility and supporting students with disabilities
- Equity focus in teaching
- Integrating technology into teaching
- Navigating challenging situations with students
- Online teaching
- Syllabus design and curricular development
- Teaching and AI
- Teaching while caregiving
- Working in and across multiple languages
- Conflict resolution skills
- Leadership skills
- Pathways to leadership roles
- Personnel management skills
- Securing funding for students
- Serving as an editor
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Nektaria Klapaki
Her / She
Jackson School of International Studies - Lecturer, Part-time
Role: Limited-Term Faculty
- Career trajectory planning
- Strategic thinking
- Tools for balancing competing priorities
- Authoring books
- Integrating technology into teaching
- Teaching and AI
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Sravanthi Kollu
She
Department of Asian Languages and Literature - Assistant Professor and Hanuma & Anuradha Kodavalla Endowed Chair in Telugu
Role: Tenure-track Faculty
Rank: Assistant
- General Professional Strengths
- Career trajectory planning
- Financial literacy
- Navigating caretaking in academia
- Navigating hierarchies in academia
- Navigating organization/ department norms and culture
- Networking
- Organizational skills
- Prioritizing mental health and work/life balance
- Strategic thinking
- Time management/setting reasonable goals
- Tools for balancing competing priorities
- Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
- General Research and Scholarship Strengths
- Authoring articles
- Authoring books
- Finding on-campus resources
- Forming relationships with communities
- Framing tenure and promotion statements
- Grant proposals
- Grant writing
- Recruiting Graduate Students
- Research design- qualitative
- Tips for co-authorship
- Translating research to public scholarship
- General Teaching Strengths
- General teaching and pedagogical skills
- Accessibility and supporting students with disabilities
- Framing teaching statements
- Integrating technology into teaching
- Navigating challenging situations with students
- Online teaching
- Teaching and AI
- Teaching while caregiving
- Advising students
- Conflict resolution skills
- Hiring research assistants and setting a fair workload
- Leadership skills
- Pathways to leadership roles
- Reviewing manuscripts for publication
- Securing funding for students
- Serving as an editor
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Ray Lahiri
He / Him / Them / They
Department of Classics - Assistant Professor of Classics
Role: Tenure-track Faculty
Rank: Assistant
- Advocating for self and others
- Building confidence
- Developing soft skills
- Navigating organization/ department norms and culture
- Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
- Authoring articles
- Authoring books
- Translating research to public scholarship
- Working in and across multiple languages
- Advising students
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Regina Y Lee
Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies - Teaching Professor Role: Teaching Faculty Rank: Full- Advocating for self and others
- Financial literacy
- Navigating organization/ department norms and culture
- Organizational skills
- Prioritizing mental health and work/life balance
- Strategic thinking
- Time management/setting reasonable goals
- Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
- Authoring books
- Forming collaborations locally and globally
- Grant writing
- Research design- quantitative
- Technical skills (field specific)
- Teaching and AI
- Conflict resolution skills
- Personnel management skills
- Securing funding for students
- Supporting job search for students
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Meichun Liu
Her / She
School of Art + Art History + Design - Assistant Professor
Role: Tenure-track Faculty
Rank: Assistant
- General Research and Scholarship Strengths
- Forming collaborations locally and globally
- Framing tenure and promotion statements
- General teaching and pedagogical skills
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Arianna Long
She / They
Department of Astronomy - Assistant Professor
Role: Tenure-track Faculty
Rank: Assistant
- Advocating for self and others
- Change management
- Financial literacy
- Navigating generational differences in the workplace
- Providing honest feedback
- Authoring books
- Forming collaborations locally and globally
- Forming relationships with communities
- Framing tenure and promotion statements
- Translating research to public scholarship
- Conflict resolution skills
- Securing funding for students
- Supporting job search for students
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Sudhir Mahadevan
He / Him
Department of Comparative History of Ideas - Associate Professor
Role: Tenure-track Faculty
Rank: Associate
- General Professional Strengths
- Navigating organization/ department norms and culture
- Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
- General Research and Scholarship Strengths
- Authoring articles
- Authoring books
- Forming collaborations locally and globally
- General Teaching Strengths
- General teaching and pedagogical skills
- Engaging students in the classroom
- Framing teaching statements
- Syllabus design and curricular development
- General Service Strengths
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Sarah Kate Moore
Her / She
Department of French and Italian Studies - Full-Time Lecturer
Role: Limited-Term Faculty
- General Professional Strengths
- Advocating for self and others
- Building confidence
- Career trajectory planning
- Navigating hierarchies in academia
- Equity focus in teaching
- Feedback, grading, and evaluation
- Teaching and AI
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Cristina Sanchez-Martin
College of Arts and Sciences - Assistant Professor of English Role: Tenure-track Faculty Rank: Assistant- Advocating for self and others
- Career trajectory planning
- Navigating generational differences in the workplace
- Navigating hierarchies in academia
- Navigating organization/ department norms and culture
- Navigating race in academia
- Networking
- Strategic thinking
- Tools for balancing competing priorities
- Equity focus in research
- Finding on-campus resources
- Forming collaborations locally and globally
- Framing tenure and promotion statements
- Tips for co-authorship
- Translating research to public scholarship
- Equity focus in teaching
- Teaching and AI
- Teaching while caregiving
- Advising students
- Equity and Inclusion skills
- Securing funding for students
- Supporting job search for students
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Matthew Skrzypczyk
He / Him
Department of French and Italian Studies - Acting Assistant Professor of French
Role: Limited-Term Faculty
Rank: Assistant
- Career trajectory planning
- Cultivating community
- Financial literacy
- Navigating hierarchies in academia
- Navigating LGBTQ+ in academia
- Networking
- Prioritizing mental health and work/life balance
- Authoring articles
- Authoring books
- Tips for co-authorship
- Online teaching
- Leadership skills
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Margaret Whedon
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences - Postdoctoral Fellow- Career trajectory planning
- Navigating hierarchies in academia
- Grant proposals
- Grant writing
- General Teaching Strengths
- Syllabus design and curricular development
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