Entries by Mia Lamont

How One Mentor Transformed Taylor Gantt’s Life

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For more than a decade, The Chronicle has highlighted research and stories that illuminate the transformative power of supportive mentoring relationships. Today, we’re honored to share a deeply personal reflection from former Big Brothers Big Sisters mentee Taylor Gantt, who reached out to offer his own account of how one long-term mentoring relationship shaped the […]

Scaling Student Support Without Substitution: How College Students Perceive AI in Peer Mentoring

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November 26, 2025 By Mia Lamont The vibrant energy of New Orleans provided the perfect backdrop for the 59th annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) convention, where researchers, practitioners, and innovators gathered to explore the future of mental health support. Among the many exciting events happening throughout the week, my colleague, Emily Hersch, […]

Profiles in Mentoring: Mariana Guerreiro on Advancing Student Well-Being Through Peer Support

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Mariana Guerreiro is a PhD student in Psychology at the University of Algarve, where her work examines how peer mentoring shapes students’ academic experiences. Her research centers on mentoring, stress and distress, cognitive emotion regulation, perfectionism, soft skills, and quality of life across academic and educational settings, with additional scholarship connecting these themes to tourism. […]

Building Responsive Mentoring Systems Through Real-Time Observation

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Weiler, L. M., Smith, A., Zimmerman, T. S., Haddock, S. A., He, Y., Mueller, C., Kumari Pe Herath Mudiyanselage, C. D., & Miller-Chagnon, R. L. (2025). Examining mentors’ in-the-moment observations of youth-related concerns within an after school mentoring program. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-025-01053-7 Introduction Weiler and colleagues (2025) examined […]

Webinar Registration Open: Human at the Helm — Exploring AI’s Role in Mentoring

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As nonprofits and universities increasingly explore AI, a key question emerges: can technology be designed to enhance and scale authentic human connection rather than replace it? Join Jean Rhodes, Ani Sanchez, and discussant Julia Freeland Fisher for a thought-provoking webinar introducing the Human-at-the-Helm framework—an approach that positions AI as a behind-the-scenes partner supporting mentors through […]

MentorPRO Featured in LearningWell Magazine: “Mentoring 2.0”

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Mentoring is entering a new era. In its recent feature, Mentoring 2.0, LearningWell Magazine spotlights how MentorPRO is helping reimagine what mentoring can be in the digital age. The article highlights how evidence-based design and innovative technology can expand mentoring’s reach while preserving its heart: the powerful human connection between mentors and mentees. With insights […]

Profiles in Mentoring: Patricia Snell Herzog on Youth Philanthropy and Civic Growth

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Patricia Snell Herzog serves as the Melvin Simon Chair and Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Her research spans the intersections of data analytics, philanthropy, and civic behavior — including topics like philanthropy analytics, data-informed decision making, youth and emerging adult giving, organizational contexts, and how social supports […]

Rediscovering Interpersonal Curiosity in Youth Development

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Way, N., & Taffe, R. (2024). Interpersonal curiosity: A missing construct in the field of human development. Human Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1159/000542162 Introduction Curiosity is central to human growth, but scholarship has overwhelmingly emphasized intellectual curiosity (the drive to understand the material world) while neglecting interpersonal curiosity, or the desire to know about others’ […]

Youth Initiated Mentoring: Evidence from a Meta-Analytic Study

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Van Dam, L., Blom, D., Kara, E., Assink, M., Stams, G. J., Schwartz, S., & Rhodes, J. (2021). Youth initiated mentoring: A meta-analytic study of a hybrid approach to youth mentoring. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(1), 219–230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01336-5 Introduction Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) is a hybrid model in which youth identify and recruit mentors […]

New Scoping Review Explores How “lived experience” Advocates Can Help

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Wainwright, C., Sofija, E., Riley, T., Tudehope, L., & Harris, N. (2025). Examining the role of mental health lived experience advocacy in shaping the personal outcomes of youth advocates: A scoping review. Children and Youth Services Review, 171, 108182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108182 Introduction Wainwright and colleages (2025) conducted a scoping review to examine the effects of youth […]