This panel discussion will highlight perspectives from faculty mentors and student mentees about how to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive graduate student community at USU. Join us as we talk about structures and practices that meaningfully support graduate student scholars, including strategies for recruitment, retention, and the transition into post-graduate life.
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Alexander, Jamal-Jared

Domenech Rodriguez, Melanie M.

Glass, Christy M.

Martinez-Cola, Marisela

Sinor, Jennifer

English

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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Intersections on Inclusion: Critical Conversations about the Academy Center for Intersectional Gender Studies & Research 2-23-2021 Best Practices for Inclusive Mentoring Jamal-Jared Alexander Utah State University, jamal-jared.alexander@usu.edu Marisela Martinez-Cola Utah State University, marisela.martinez-cola@usu.edu Melanie M. Domenech Rodriguez Utah State University, melanie.domenech@usu.edu Jennifer Sinor Utah State University, jennifer.sinor@usu.edu Christy M. Glass Utah State University, christy.glass@usu.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/inter_inclusion Recommended Citation Alexander, Jamal-Jared; Martinez-Cola, Marisela; Domenech Rodriguez, Melanie M.; Sinor, Jennifer; and Glass, Christy M., "Best Practices for Inclusive Mentoring" (2021). Intersections on Inclusion: Critical Conversations about the Academy. 3. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/inter_inclusion/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Intersectional Gender Studies & Research at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Intersections on Inclusion: Critical Conversations about the Academy by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@usu.edu.  1                 Best Practices for Inclusive Mentoring February 23, 2021  Panelist Recommendations  Jamal-Jared Alexander, Doctoral Student, Department of English, USU The Write of Your L!fe. (n.d.). A list of books about racism, films, and other anti racism resources. Retrieved February 19, 2021, from https://thewriteofyourlife.org/books-about-racism/  Note: “I'm providing a link that I use to ‘help people do their work.’ The word ‘work’ can be used in different contexts (e.g., mentoring, learning more about anti-racist policies/procedures, becoming an ally, knowing what underrepresented people have gone through over the last few centuries to best serve/help them in 2021, etc.). This link is a living document of books, movies, etc.”  Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Social Work, & Anthropology, USU Calafell, B. M. (2007). Mentoring and love: An open letter. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 7(4), 425–441. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708607305123  Esposito, J. (2014). “Students should not be your friends”: Testimonio by a Latina on mothering one’s own, othermothering, and mentoring students in the academy. Equity & Excellence in Education, 47(3), 273–288. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2014.933666  Solórzano, D., Ceja, M., & Yosso, T. (2000). Critical race theory, racial microaggressions, and campus racial climate for Latina/o undergraduates. The Journal of Negro Education, 69(1/2), 60–73.    2 Dr. Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, Professor, Department of Psychology, USU Martinez-Cola, M. (2020). Collectors, nightlights, and allies, oh my! White mentors in the academy. Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, 10(1), 25–57. Rackham Graduate School. (2020). How to mentor graduate students: A guide for faculty. University of Michigan. http://myumi.ch/R58Oq  Note: A companion resource, “How to get the mentoring you want: A guide for graduate students,” is available at: http://myumi.ch/K4zPD   Dr. Jennifer Sinor, Professor, Department of English, USU Rankine, C. (2016). In our way: Racism in the creative writing classroom. The Writer’s Chronicle, 49(2), 46–58. https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_chronicle_view/4120/ Sinor, J., &  and Graham, M. (2020). Finding the words: An epistolary essay on mentoring in the creative arts. Perspectives on Undergraduate Research & Mentoring, 8(1), 1–10. https://www.elon.edu/u/academics/undergraduate-research/purm/wp-content/uploads/sites/923/2020/02/Sinor-Graham.pdf Skinner, J., & Martin, L. (Eds.). (2001). Passing the word: Writers on their mentors. Sarabande Books.  Additional Resources  Blog Posts Biswas, S. (2019, March 13). Advice on advising: How to mentor minority students. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/advice-on-advising-how-to-mentor-minority-students/  Justice, D. H., & López, M. (2014). Welcome to wonderland: Advice for beginning graduate students of color. Race & Ethnicity: The site of the Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada. https://clpc.mla.hcommons.org/welcome-to-wonderland/  López, M. (2014). On mentoring first generation and graduate students of color. Race & Ethnicity: The site of the Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada. https://clpc.mla.hcommons.org/on-mentoring-first-generation-and-graduate-students-of-color/  Wu, C. (2015, May 5). Your first year on the tenure track. Race & Ethnicity: The site of the Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada. https://clpc.mla.hcommons.org/2015/05/05/your-first-year-on-the-tenure-track/  Reports and Guides American Council on Education: Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education. (n.d.) Enrollment in graduate education. Retrieved February 19, 2021, from https://www.equityinhighered.org/indicators/enrollment-in-graduate-education/ DeAngelo, L. (2016). Supporting students of color on the pathway to graduate education (CGS Data Sources PLUS 16-02). Council of Graduate Schools. https://mcnairscholars.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Supporting-Students-of-Color-on-the-Pathway-to-Graduate-Education_PLUS_DeAngelo.pdf  3 Office of Graduate Student Affairs. (n.d.) Mentoring. University of Washington. Retrieved February 19, 2021, from https://www.grad.washington.edu/for-students-and-post-docs/core-programs/mentoring/  Note: This page links to guides for faculty and graduate students, as well as a “Mentor Memos” series. Task Force on Doctoral Advising. (2017). Best practices for advising and mentoring. Brown University. https://www.brown.edu/academics/gradschool/sites/brown.edu.academics.gradschool/files/uploads/2017%20Best%20Practices%20in%20Advising%20and%20Mentoring%20_BrownGrad_0.pdf   Articles Benishek, L. A., Bieschke, K. J., Park, J., & Slattery, S. M. (2004). A multicultural feminist model of mentoring. Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development, 32, 428–442.  Chin, D., & Kameoka, V. A. (2019). Mentoring Asian American scholars: Stereotypes and cultural values. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89(3), 337–342. https://doi-org.dist.lib.usu.edu/10.1037/ort0000411 Cooper, K. M., Auerbach, A. J., Bader, J. D., Beadles-Bohling, A. S., Brashears, J. A., Cline, E., Eddy, S. L., Elliott, D. B., Farley, E., Fuselier, L., Heinz, H. M., Irving, M., Josek, T., Lane, A. K., Lo, S. M., Maloy, J., Nugent, M., Offerdahl, E., Palacios-Moreno, J., ... Brownell, S. E. (2020). Fourteen recommendations to create a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ individuals in academic biology. CBE–Life Sciences Education, 19(3), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.20-04-0062 Curtin, N., Malley, J. & Stewart, A.J. (2016). Mentoring the next generation of faculty: Supporting academic career aspirations among doctoral students. Research in Higher Education, 57, 714–738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-015-9403-x Curtin, N., Stewart, A., & Ostrove, J. (2013). Fostering academic self-concept: advisor support and sense of belonging among international and domestic graduate students. American Educational Research Journal, 50(1), 108–137. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831212446662 Eble, M. F. (2020). Transdisciplinary mentoring networks to develop and sustain inclusion in graduate programs. College English, 82(5), 527–535.  Holloway-Friesen, H. (2021). The role of mentoring on Hispanic graduate students’ sense of belonging and academic self-efficacy. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 20(1), 46–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192718823716 Lechuga, V. M. (2011). Faculty-graduate student mentoring relationships: Mentors’ perceived roles and responsibilities. Higher Education, 62(6), 757–771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-011-9416-0  Windchief, S., Arouca, R., & Brown, B. (2018). Developing an indigenous mentoring program for faculty mentoring American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students in STEM: A qualitative study. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 26(5), 503–523. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2018.1561001   Books Salesses, M. (2021). Craft in the real world: Rethinking fiction writing and workshopping. Catapult. Chavez, F. R. (2021). The anti-racist writing workshop: How to decolonize the creative classroom. Haymarket. Rankine, C., Loffreda, B., & Cap, M. K. (Eds.). (2015). The racial imaginary: Writers on race in the life of the mind. Fence Books. 

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