15.013 - Mentorship Matters: How to Create Successful Mentorship Relationships Within Graduate School

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The graduate student experience can be a time of great stress and uncertainty for students trying to navigate the many unknown and known expectations of a graduate program. The quality of the mentoring relationships you develop in graduate school can sometimes make or break you. Yet, how can we find supportive and successful mentorship relationships? Finding great mentorship starts with asking important questions. This panel will address the importance of mentorship within graduate school. The panel will provide key questions to ask potential mentors and how to find mentorship that works best for you. The panel will talk about their own approaches to mentorship in teaching, research, and professional spaces as well as answer questions important to you.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Chair

• Desa Karye Daniel, The University of New Mexico

Participants

• Jessica Holloway, Deakin University

• Rosie Phillips Davis, University of Memphis

• Germine Awad, The University of Texas at Austin

• Jesus Cisneros, University of Texas at El Paso

• Andrew C. Butler, Washington University in St. Louis

• Anthony L. Brown, The University of Texas at Austin

Discussant

• Desa Karye Daniel, The University of New Mexico