Dean Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships

A Handbook for Women in STEM
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-387-92409-0
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 168 Seiten

Reihe: Mentoring in Academia and Industry

Mentorship practice has been part of the human experience since the Golden Age of Greece. Engaging with a mentor as a way to learn and achieve one's full potential is an ancient and respected practice. And, it has been the keystone on which the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) has built its program over the past three decades. Trailblazers, such as Dr. Estelle Ramey and Dr. Anne Briscoe, experienced first-hand the isolation of women in the country's male-dominated scientific establishment and worked to build an organization that would promote women through mentoring relationships. Dr. Ramey, who earned her degree in p- siology and biophysics and taught at Georgetown Medical School, was a we- known feminist speaker and writer. Noted for her great wit, she once quipped, ''I was startled to learn that ovarian hormones are toxic to brain cells. '' Throughout her career, Dr. Ramey decried sexist comments and situations that treated women as less than fully human. She felt very strongly about how little, if anything, it took to extend a helping hand to someone else in a way that could really make a huge difference in her life. As she wrote in her book called Letters to our Grandchildren, ''If I could leave you with any advice, it would be to speak words of caring not only to those closest to you, but to all the hungry ears you encounter on your journey through a cold world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dean, Donna J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Mentoring in Academia and Industry;2
1.1;Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships;4
1.2;Foreword;6
1.3;Preface;8
1.4;Acknowledgment;10
1.5;Contents;11
1.6;Introduction;17
2;How to Use This Guide;19
3;What Is Mentoring?;21
4;Preparing to be Mentored;24
4.1;3.1 Identifying Your Mentoring Needs;24
4.1.1;3.1.1 Acquiring the Requisite Professional Credentials;24
4.1.2;3.1.2 Recognizing when a Rich Opportunity Arises;24
4.1.3;3.1.3 Learning from Mistakes or Missteps;25
4.1.4;3.1.4 Dealing with Own Biases and Misconceptions;25
4.1.5;3.1.5 Developing a Sense of One’s Career Directions and Timing;25
4.1.6;3.1.6 Selecting Appropriate Role Models;26
4.1.7;3.1.7 Meshing One’s Values with the Workplace;26
4.1.8;3.1.8 Balancing the Pieces of One’s Life;26
4.1.9;3.1.9 Creating Opportunities for Others;27
4.1.10;3.1.10 Knowing When to Move On;27
4.1.11;3.1.11 Calculated Risk Taking;27
4.1.12;3.1.12 Points to Ponder;28
4.2;3.2 Mentoring Models - The Right One at the Right Time;28
4.2.1;3.2.1 Points to Ponder;32
4.3;3.3 Techniques and Tools for Starting a Mentoring Relationship;32
4.3.1;3.3.1 How Do I Pick a Mentor and Start the Process?;34
4.3.2;3.3.2 What Questions Should I Ask?;34
4.3.3;3.3.3 Are There Any ‘‘Rules’’ I Should Follow?;35
4.3.4;3.3.4 Points to Ponder;36
5;Mentoring Relationships;38
5.1;4.1 What Makes a Relationship Work;38
5.1.1;4.1.1 Be Yourself and Do Well by People in All Your Interactions;38
5.1.2;4.1.2 Never Embarrass Your Mentor or Put Your Mentor in an Awkward Position;39
5.1.3;4.1.3 Look for Patterns in Your Life and in Your Career;39
5.1.4;4.1.4 Have a Sense of Humor;39
5.1.5;4.1.5 Recognize that Your Actions, Whether Good or Bad, will Often have Consequences;40
5.1.6;4.1.6 Seek the Hidden, Unwritten, and Inside Rules;40
5.1.7;4.1.7 Points to Ponder;40
5.2;4.2 Mentoring Impact: What Protégés Say;40
5.2.1;4.2.1 What do Protégés Want?;41
5.2.2;4.2.2 What do Protégés not Want?;41
5.2.3;4.2.3 Points to Ponder;44
5.3;4.3 From Protégé to Mentor: Voices From the Field;44
5.3.1;4.3.1 Questions Posed to Mentors;44
5.3.2;4.3.2 Many Mentors, Many Perspectives;45
5.3.3;4.3.3 Never Too Busy to Help;46
5.3.4;4.3.4 Finding a Positive Place;47
5.3.5;4.3.5 E-Mentoring to Attain Workplace Success;48
5.3.6;4.3.6 Tapping into the Pipeline;48
5.3.7;4.3.7 Mentoring Is Colorblind;49
5.3.8;4.3.8 Power Neutral Mentoring;50
5.3.9;4.3.9 Age Doesn’t Matter;51
5.3.10;4.3.10 Points to Ponder;52
6;Changing Dynamics, Changing Needs;53
6.1;5.1 Mentoring for Under-represented Groups;53
6.1.1;5.1.1 MentorNet - The E-Mentoring Network Focused on Diversity in Engineering and Science;55
6.1.2;5.1.2 Points to Ponder;56
6.2;5.2 Mentoring in Cyberspace;56
6.2.1;5.2.1 Mentoring in the New Era of Social Media (Web 2.0);57
6.2.1.1;5.2.1.1 Blogging;57
6.2.1.2;5.2.1.2 Tagging and Social Bookmarking;58
6.2.1.3;5.2.1.3 Audio Blogging/Podcasts;58
6.2.1.4;5.2.1.4 Social Networking;58
6.2.2;5.2.2 Using Web 2.0 Technology to Empower Specific Groups;59
6.2.3;5.2.3 Science Careers Forum;60
6.2.4;5.2.4 Ph.D. Career Clinic;60
6.2.5;5.2.5 Points to Ponder;60
6.3;5.3 Life-long Mentoring;60
6.3.1;5.3.1 At the Student and Trainee Level;61
6.3.2;5.3.2 At the Postdoctoral Level;62
6.3.3;5.3.3 At all Post-training Career Levels;64
6.3.4;5.3.4 Points to Ponder;65
7;Career and Life Transitions;66
7.1;6.1 Work-Life Balance;66
7.1.1;6.1.1 Finding Time for the Other Things in Life;66
7.1.2;6.1.2 Managing Your Employer’s Expectations and Your Own;67
7.1.3;6.1.3 Strategies to Attain Balance;68
7.1.4;6.1.4 Recognize That Balance Is Not Always Attainable;68
7.1.5;6.1.5 Points to Ponder;69
7.2;6.2 Coaching or Mentoring? What Do I Need Now?;69
7.2.1;6.2.1 Embracing New Communication Paradigms and Developing Priorities;71
7.2.2;6.2.2 Points to Ponder;72
7.3;6.3 Transitioning into a Different Career Pathway;72
7.3.1;6.3.1 Know Your Strengths, Your Thought Processes, and Your Values;73
7.3.2;6.3.2 Let Go of What You ‘‘Should’’ Want;73
7.3.3;6.3.3 Make Your Scientific Background Work for You;73
7.3.4;6.3.4 Put a Price Tag on Procrastination;74
7.3.5;6.3.5 Create Your Opportunities;74
7.3.6;6.3.6 Points to Ponder;74
8;Navigating Interpersonal Contexts;75
8.1;7.1 Inappropriate Relationships with Mentors or Supervisors;75
8.2;7.2 Identifying Problematic Behaviors;76
8.3;7.3 Defining Issues;77
8.4;7.4 Intervention Strategies;80
9;Starting Out with the Right Education;84
9.1;8.1 Compelling Voices;84
9.2;8.2 Informal Education;85
9.3;8.3 Precollege Education;86
9.4;8.4 Undergraduate Education;87
9.5;8.5 Graduate Education;89
9.6;8.6 The Postdoctoral Years;91
10;Moving Toward Career Success;93
10.1;9.1 Making the Connections;93
10.2;9.2 Leaping Barriers and Achieving Goals;95
10.3;9.3 Timing and Choices;97
10.4;9.4 Facing the Gender and Diversity Issues;99
10.5;9.5 Staying the Course;105
11;Voices of Experience;107
11.1;10.1 Women Speakers: Make the Most of Your Moment;107
11.1.1;10.1.1 Memorize Your Introduction and Conclusion;108
11.1.2;10.1.2 Talk to Your Audience;108
11.1.3;10.1.3 Watch the Clock;109
11.1.4;10.1.4 Use Visual Aids Carefully;109
11.1.5;10.1.5 Practice, Practice, Practice;110
11.2;10.2 Things your Professor Should Have Told You;110
11.2.1;10.2.1 Gaining Opportunity, Equality, and Power;111
11.2.2;10.2.2 Learning the Academic Structure;112
11.2.3;10.2.3 Starting off Right;113
11.2.4;10.2.4 Avoid a Common Pitfall;114
11.2.5;10.2.5 A Word about Extracurricular Activities;114
11.2.6;10.2.6 Be a Good Mentor;115
11.2.7;10.2.7 Make Your Work Visible, Known, and Valuable;115
11.2.8;10.2.8 Once in Powerhellip;115
11.3;10.3 Applying for Fellowships or Research Grants;116
11.3.1;10.3.1 Graduate School and Postdoctoral Fellowships;117
11.3.2;10.3.2 Research Grants;119
11.3.2.1;10.3.2.1 Request Current Program Guidelines;120
11.4;10.4 Keys to Success in Graduate School and Beyond;121
11.4.1;10.4.1 Choosing an Advisor;122
11.4.2;10.4.2 Joining a Lab;122
11.4.3;10.4.3 Meeting With Your Thesis Committee;124
11.4.4;10.4.4 Some Final Tips;124
11.5;10.5 Building Confidence and Connection;125
11.5.1;10.5.1 Sexism, Internalized Sexism, and Stereotypes about Scientists;125
11.5.2;10.5.2 Claiming our Intelligence, Confidence and Femaleness;127
11.5.3;10.5.3 Building Our Connections to Others;129
11.5.4;10.5.4 Towards Gender Equality;130
11.6;10.6 Helping Those Who Follow;130
11.6.1;10.6.1 How Are Girls Being Guided?;131
11.6.2;10.6.2 Opening Doors for Girls;132
11.6.3;10.6.3 Thinking Globally;133
11.6.4;10.6.4 How Well Are We Guiding?;133
11.7;10.7 Professional Responsibility;135
11.7.1;10.7.1 Literacy and Expertise;136
11.7.2;10.7.2 Remembering the Big Picture;136
11.7.3;10.7.3 Helping Women Entering Science;137
11.7.4;10.7.4 Working With Our Colleagues;138
11.7.5;10.7.5 Serving Society;138
12;Provocative Thoughts for a Better Future;140
12.1;11.1 The ‘Problem’ of Women in Science: Why is it So Difficult to Convince People that There is One?;140
12.1.1;11.1.1 Patriarchy;140
12.1.2;11.1.2 Upending Traditions;141
12.1.3;11.1.3 Implications for Women in Science;142
12.1.4;11.1.4 Youth and Genius;143
12.1.5;11.1.5 The Third Gender;143
12.1.6;11.1.6 In Pursuit of ‘‘Excellence’’;144
12.1.7;11.1.7 The Purpose: To Change Scientific Dogma;146
12.1.8;11.1.8 The Benefits for Humankind;146
12.2;11.2 Tacit Discrimination and Overt Harassment: The Toll on Women, Minorities and the Nation;147
12.2.1;11.2.1 Postsecondary Science for Women: What Welcomes and What Inhibits;148
12.2.2;11.2.2 Results from the Literature Review;149
12.2.3;11.2.3 Results from Three University of Michigan Research Projects;149
12.2.4;11.2.4 The Stacked Deck Against Women in Science;150
12.2.5;11.2.5 Addressing the Odds for a New Workforce;151
12.2.6;11.2.6 A Mandate for Change;152
12.3;11.3 The Red Shoe Dilemma;153
12.3.1;11.3.1 Choices;154
12.3.2;11.3.2 Having It All? Hardly!;155
12.3.3;11.3.3 A Dangerous Myth;156
12.3.4;11.3.4 One Woman’s Path;156
13;Resources;159
13.1;12.1 National Organizations for and of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics;159
13.2;12.2 Mentoring Resources;159
13.3;12.3 Organizations with Special Focus on Equity in STEM;160
13.4;12.4 Organizations with Focus on Equity for Women;161
13.5;12.5 Field Specific Resources;161
13.5.1;12.5.1 Aerospace;161
13.5.2;12.5.2 Agronomy;162
13.5.3;12.5.3 Anthropology;162
13.5.4;12.5.4 Astronomy;162
13.5.5;12.5.5 Biology;162
13.5.6;12.5.6 Biomedical Sciences;163
13.5.7;12.5.7 Chemistry;163
13.5.8;12.5.8 Computer Sciences and Information Technology;164
13.5.9;12.5.9 Education;164
13.5.10;12.5.10 Engineering;164
13.5.11;12.5.11 Geography;165
13.5.12;12.5.12 Geosciences;165
13.5.13;12.5.13 Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics;165
13.5.14;12.5.14 Medicine and Health;166
13.5.15;12.5.15 Meteorology;167
13.5.16;12.5.16 Physics;167
13.5.17;12.5.17 Psychology;167
13.5.18;12.5.18 Sociology;168
13.5.19;12.5.19 Toxicology;168
13.5.20;12.5.20 Veterinary Medicine;168
14;References;169
15;Bibliography;171
16;Index;172