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University of California, Irvine (Civil and Environmental Engineering) Career mentors: Dr. Stephen Mattingly, UTA; Dr. Melanie Sattler, UTA Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Stay resilient and persistent. Title: Associate Professor Tenured: Yes Age: 40 Education: B.S Aim for steady progress.

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Intergenerational program participation increases life satisfaction, while mentoring younger generations promotes a sense of accomplishment and a positive outlook on life. Dr. Maureen Ruby is an associate professor at the Farrington College of Education & Human Development at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Erin Castro, the associate dean and associate professor who co-founded the initiative with 12 undergraduate honors students in 2016. It is never a given that academic research will translate directly and impactfully to the transformation of our local communities,” said Laanan.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is a post that might create a bit of controversy because I’m not a huge believer in the idea of a “fixed” unchangeable human nature. I think too often people use “human nature” as an excuse. Human nature may mean you’re likely to do something but it doesn’t mean you have to do it.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Erika Moore Title: Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida Age: 31 Education: B.S., biomedical engineering, The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D.,

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Ford, a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, says she is impressed by Leyva’s scholarly productivity, noting that his research addresses important gaps in STEM educational research and literature. Leyva teaches and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Donna Y.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

They shared a common spirit in their separate spheres: to advance people of color through mentoring and teaching. He mentored generations of students and colleagues, from being one of only three Black faculty members and the first Black tenure-track professor at Indiana University to his long-time service at Howard University.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The campus centers seek to prepare the next generation of leaders and thinkers to build equitable and just communities by dismantling the false belief in a hierarchy of human value.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Center of Excellence for Social Justice is a dynamic hub where students and faculty mentors will work together to identify and address issues affecting marginalized communities, striving to implement impactful policy-based solutions,” Favors said. “By

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JUNE 20, 2023

The event includes sessions led by experts in academia, on matters such as publishing strategies, pedagogy, mentoring, service commitments, work-life balance, tenure, and contextualizing salient identities in academic environments. "I Kerri Malloy, an assistant professor of global humanities at San José State University.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Treviño Peña, an assistant professor in the department, describes herself as a human geographer, ethnographer, and social scientist. Treviño Peña, an assistant professor in the department, describes herself as a human geographer, ethnographer, and social scientist. international affairs, University of Nevada, Reno; M.S.,

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JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. SCSC initiative builds on Sloan’s University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) program, now concluding. Dr. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

“Oftentimes, at universities that strive to be inclusive but happen to be predominantly white institutions, there are just not as many students that are connected,” said Dr. Shuntay Tarver, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services and director of ODU’s Holmes program.

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JUNE 20, 2024

The problem Ramirez’s doctoral research is looking into has to do with structural changes to lymph nodes in the human body and how such changes relate to the functionality of the overall immune system. candidate a driven researcher and a mentor for others in the lab. “I Maisel calls the fifth year Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

She is an assistant professor of educational administration in the College of Education and Human Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where her work is concentrated on campus climates and the role of student affairs in student experiences.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

University of Maryland Career mentors: Claudia Coen, Irby Lovette, John Hermanson, and Dan Riskin, all at Cornell University; Brock Fenton, Western University; Jerry Wilkinson, University of Maryland; Rachel Page, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Damien Farine Jr., Cornell University; M.S., University of Western Ontario; and Ph.D.,

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Steele describes going to conferences with few sessions centering on Black women and having trouble finding mentors. “We But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. To simply pursue it because it’s on-trend is irresponsible.

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APRIL 25, 2025

Dozens of studies agree that sense of belonging is defined as a basicneed [and human right], a fundamental motivation, sufficient to drive behaviors and perceptions. Community on campus flows from frequent, positive interactions with others, namely peers, faculty, and staff like advisors, coaches, and mentors.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Dr. Carol Parish Increasing and diversifying a workforce skilled to fill these data-driven jobs can be achieved through highly mentored, intentional involvement in innovative, publishable research projects. We focus on understanding the molecular behavior of model compounds related to energy and human health.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

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JULY 5, 2023

Jamal-Eddine said she envisions spoken word poetry becoming one of several tools of humanizing critical narratives that challenge and disrupt harmful hegemonic ideologies within nursing education. “I Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine Institution: University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing Graduate Program: Ph.D.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. SCSC initiative builds on Sloan’s University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) program, now concluding. Dr. Christa Mahlobo is honored at a ceremony recognizing her attainment of a Ph.D. National Action Council For Minorities In Engineering The grants, totaling $2.5

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In 2018, Diverse published a story about prominent scholars who were mentored by her. Shalala served as Secretary of Health and Human Services during Bill Clinton's administration and served one term in Congress, representing the 27th Congressional District in Florida. "I

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APRIL 26, 2024

He served as a mentor at Cedar Ridge Elementary and spent time volunteering with Playing 4 Hope, MU Children’s Hospital, Mizzou Athletics Kids Camp and Habitat for Humanity as well as other organizations. Last fall, he was named to the SEC Football Community Service Team.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. His work has long focused on the intersections among human rights, political economy, collective dissent, and empirical methodology. history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., He later earned a master’s and Ph.D.

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JULY 5, 2023

Agbomi has worked closely with mentors there to investigate and research self-organizing neural units to model ischemic stroke and other neuropathology. We’re creating an environment that acts like the human brain.” She looks forward to learning more about the human brain and giving back to the communities that have helped her.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Ellen Pinderhughes, Tufts University; Angela Patton, Girls for a Change; and Eunique Jones Gibson, Because of Them, We Can Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “In the words of Wilma Rudolph, ‘never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A.,

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JULY 5, 2023

Government/Political Science, Bowie State University; MPA, Management and Public Policy, Bowie State University; Graduate Certificate, Project Management, Bowie State University Mentors: Rev. It was mentors and elders in the church that encouraged me to pursue higher education in the first place. Dr. Lewis M. Zion Church; Rev.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

counselor education & supervision, The Ohio State University Career mentors: Dr. James L. Dr. Erik Hines, a professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, and one of Mayes’ mentors, commends her perspective. “Dr. school counseling, University of Maryland, College Park; and Ph.D.,

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JULY 5, 2023

He mentors first-generation and low-income college-bound student athletes, as well as undergraduates and Ph.D. I could never pay [back] the mentoring that faculty of color have given me as I have navigated higher education,” he said. She describes him as a “genuinely amazing human being” who “cares about everyone.” students. “I

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MARCH 11, 2024

Humans are no different. Take care with formal and informal advice-giving and mentoring. January is National Mentoring Month, and there are ample resources available to help anyone who wants to use their everyday interactions to be part of the solution.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Aspiring to become a researcher and science communicator, Ealy is driven to understand humanity and science’s place in the world as it is. Ealy credits her mentors and community with helping her be unafraid to express herself through her work and ensuring any talk, presentation, or poster she makes is equal parts science and personality.

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JULY 14, 2023

Some believe that it’s a first step toward a reimagining of the role of human instructors. The human instructor can place more emphasis on things like giving emotional support to their students, encouraging them, [and] mentoring them.” AI also has institutional implications.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

One of the goals I’m trying to achieve is to portray our lives outside of the classroom to humanize our experience and to show that many of our contributions actually happen outside of the classroom in the research that we do, in the work that we publish and the work that we do with students,” she says.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Have access to mentors and role models who can help them succeed. It also means having people who can help them connect with opportunities and resources and developing mentoring relationships with other Black faculty, inside or outside their field of study. It also means having Black role models who can show them what is possible.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Jamie Washington Washington connects all these responsibilities and commitments with a very simple but unifying approach: find the humanity inside everyone. “I I try to spend my days choosing love, choosing hope, choosing patience, and choosing humanity,” says Washington, adding that by doing so, he is “honoring the power of choice.”

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JUNE 16, 2024

Chauna Lawson, associate director of the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) HBCU program, says the center was stripped of “literally every rainbow in sight.” It doesn’t have to be underground anymore, but we can still divest from the college or university as the sole anchor of support, resources, and mentoring for queer and trans youth.”

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