Cyanea is a graduate student at UMass Boston’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she graduated with a BA in psychology from Wheaton College in 2016. While there, she also earned a certificate in Human Needs and Global Resources for her research with trauma-exposed youths in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Cyanea is interested in studying how support networks and non-parental adults affect developmental trajectories of youths in vulnerable settings.
Ghosh, R., & Reio, T. G., Jr. (2013). Career benefits associated with mentoring for mentors: A meta-analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83(1), 106-116. Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: Recent research on mentoring has started to recognize that mentoring can also be beneficial for mentors, as well. Gosh and Reio furthered this effort by […]
Arbeit, M. R., Johnson, H. E., Grabowska, A. A., Mauer, V. A., & Deutsch, N. L. (2019). Leveraging relational metaphors: An analysis of non-parental adult roles in response to youth needs. Youth & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X19842747 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Note of Interest: Using qualitative interviews, this study examines how youths perceive mentoring relationships with non-parental […]
By Chris Hultquist, National Mentoring Resource Center Five years ago, I quickly became the ringleader of the controlled chaos at The Mentor Connector. At first, the small staff were overworked and struggling to keep up with the demand. Our mentor match to staff ratio was well over 65:1 and funding for mentoring services had been […]
By Mike Matthews, Psychology Today Forty-eight years ago this summer, I started my freshman year at Drury College (now, Drury University). My high school academic performance was less than impressive, to say the least. Studying was not my highest priority. Few courses in high school inspired me to work hard. It wasn’t until my senior […]
By Szilvia Simon, European Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring In the spring of 2016, the European Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring was launched in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, in the presence of 150 mentoring professionals from all over Europe. A mainly grass-root initiative of strong mentoring practitioners and researchers, with the mission of increasing the quality, reach and […]
High-achieving DACA recipients had help along the way from families and communities After studying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients for seven years, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Roberto Gonzales has seen, through their eyes, all the good and bad of the landmark immigration policy. Every story is different, and while DACA recipients […]
Butz, A. R., Spencer, K., Thayer-hart, N., Cabrera, I. E., & Byars-winston, A. (2018). Mentors’ Motivation to Address Race/ethnicity in Research Mentoring Relationships. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. doi:10.1037 /dhe0000096 Summarized by Cyanea Poon Notes of Interest: Using the self-determination framework, this study sought to investigate STEM research mentors’ motivation to address race/ethnicity issues. The […]
Harvard Graduate School of Education Senior Lecturer Mandy Savitz-Romer believes new day has come in school counseling. As more students face issues of school violence, gender identity, and increasing anxiety, Savitz-Romer sees school counselors as a natural resource for students experiencing these challenges. But first, it’s going to require a reimagining of the school counselor’s role. […]
By Sally Wilson Erny, National Mentoring Resource Center Court-appointed special advocate (CASA) volunteers work with some of society’s most vulnerable children—those who have experienced abuse or neglect. When someone signs up to be a CASA volunteer, they’re signing up to advocate for the best interests of a child in court. Volunteers work with child welfare […]
National Mentoring Resource Center The focus of this practice on supporting healthy endings to mentoring relationships is consistent with Rhodes’ model of youth mentoring, which suggests that both positive and negative relationship experiences can influence the emotional development of the mentee (Rhodes, 2005; Rhodes et al., 2006). The potential for support for match closure to […]
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