Zev Handel

Professor
Department Chair (will be Former Department Chair as of July, 2025)

Job Role
Tenure-track Faculty
Rank
Full
Department
Department of Asian Languages and Literature
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Mentorship Contact Email
Mentor/Mentee Status
I am available to be a mentor.
I am open to mentoring anyone regardless of their strenghts/areas for improvement
Strengths
Professional Strengths
  • General Professional Strengths
  • Advocating for self and others
  • Building confidence
  • Career trajectory planning
  • Financial literacy
  • Navigating organization/ department norms and culture
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Strategic thinking
Research and Scholarship Strengths
  • General Research and Scholarship Strengths
  • Authoring books
  • Framing tenure and promotion statements
  • Technical skills (field specific)
  • Translating research to public scholarship
Service Strengths
  • Leadership skills
  • Pathways to leadership roles
Strengths to Improve
Professional Strengths to Improve
  • Change management
  • Cultivating community
  • Providing emotional support
  • Time management/setting reasonable goals
  • Tools for balancing competing priorities
  • Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
Research Strengths to Improve
  • Equity focus in research
  • Public speaking
  • Tips for co-authorship
Service Strengths to Improve
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Equity and Inclusion skills
  • Personnel management skills
  • Securing funding for students
  • Supporting job search for students
Teaching Strengths to Improve
  • Accessibility and supporting students with disabilities
  • Equity focus in teaching
  • Feedback, grading, and evaluation