Mutual Mentoring for Early-Career and Underrepresented Faculty: Model, Research, and Practice
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Mutual Mentoring for Early-Career and Underrepresented Faculty: Model, Research, and Practice Jung H. Yun 1 & Brian Baldi 1 & Mary Deane Sorcinelli 1
# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Abstract In the beginning, BMutual Mentoring^ was little more than an idea, a hopeful vision of the future in which a new model of mentoring could serve as a medium to better support early-career and underrepresented faculty. Over time, Mutual Mentoring evolved from an innovative idea to an ambitious pilot program to a fully operational, campus-wide initiative. This article describes the conceptualization, design, implementation, and evaluation of a Mutual Mentoring initiative from 2006 to 2014. Findings indicate that faculty members who participated in this initiative were more likely to regard mentoring as a career-enhancing
Jung Yun is the Director of New Faculty Initiatives at the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She received her B.A. in Asian Studies from Vassar College, her M.A. in Government from the University of Pennsylvania, and her M.F. A. in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She was also a co-principal investigator of the three grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that supported the Mutual Mentoring Initiative. Her research interests include new faculty, mentoring, and faculty time management. Brian Baldi is Assistant Director of the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development at University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received a B.A. in Mass Communications from the University of California Berkeley, a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons College. His research interests include mentoring, writing, and contemplative pedagogy. Mary Deane Sorcinelli is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Mount Holyoke College. She is also Research Professor, Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts Amherst. She received her M.A. in English Literature and Language from Mount Holyoke College and her Ed.D. in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She was coprincipal investigator of the three grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that helped launch and support the Mutual Mentoring Initiative; and her research interests include mentoring, teaching and learning in higher education, and the role of teaching centers in fostering 21st century faculty professional development.
* Mary Deane Sorcinelli [email protected]; [email protected]
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Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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