CIDR - Mentoring

Mentoring of graduate students has been shown to affect student identity, the rate of retention in graduate programs, and students' attitudes toward post-degree career prospects. One-to-one interactions with mentored students, nurtured via sustained relationships, offer students emotional and psychological support as well as provide examples of how to thrive as successful scholars in the field.

Successful mentors often are effective at defining appropriate boundaries for their mentoring relationships and coming to an understanding of the diverse characteristics of their mentored students.

CIDR Resources

	CIDR Teaching and Learning Bulletin Mentoring CIDR Teaching and Learning Bulletin, 4(4)

	Consult with CIDR CIDR consultants are also available to meet with you and discuss approaches to mentoring and working effectively with graduate students. See our Consulting pages on exploring teaching issues and working with TAs for more information. To schedule a consultation, call 206-543-6588, or contact us by email to arrange an appointment.

UW Resources

Mentoring: How to mentor graduate students - A faculty guide. Graduate School, University of Washington. (2005).

Mentoring: How to obtain the mentoring you need - A graduate student guide.
Graduate School, University of Washington. (2005).

Guidelines for Good Practice in Graduate Education: Mentoring
Prepared by the Graduate School at the University of Washington to exploring faculty and student roles in mentoring relationships; also includes links to similar resources about roles related to professionalism, ethics, and teaching.

Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award Statements
Features statements about mentoring composed by winners of the Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award at the University of Washington; also includes comments from mentored students.

Promising practices: Mentoring of graduate students
Compiled for the University of Washington's Re-envisioning the Ph.D. project, this page contains links to mentoring programs, services, and activities developed by universities and other institutions across North America

Additional Resources

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. (1997). Adviser, teacher, role model, friend: On being a mentor to students in science and engineering. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Davidson, M. N., & Foster-Johnson, L. (2001). Mentoring in the preparation of graduate researchers of color. Review of Educational Research, 71(4), 549-574.

Reinarz, A. G., & White, E. R. (Eds.). (2001). Beyond teaching to mentoring [Special issue]. New directions for teaching and learning, 85.

Available in the CIDR Reading Room

	Brainard, S. G., Harkus, D. A., & St. George, M. R. (1998). A curriculum for training mentors and mentees: Guide for administrators. Seattle, WA: Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network.