Editors Blog

Chronicle editor, Jean Rhodes, offers her perspectives on topics related to mentoring research, practice, and policies.

From “just-in-case” to “just-in-time” mentor training

By Jean Rhodes One of my favorite old Saturday Night Live…

All you need is “deep level” similarity: Predictors of quality mentoring matches

By Jean Rhodes Conventional wisdom has long emphasized…

Let’s put effective mental health strategies into every mentor’s tool box

Whether we plan for it or not, mental health conversations…

Aha!: How Mentoring Can Spark New Ideas and Connections

  by Jean Rhodes In the early 1990's, as an assistant…

The Uncanny Valley and the Future of AI in Mentoring Program

By Jean Rhodes The advent of artificial intelligence (AI)…

Let’s talk about religion, politics…and mentoring

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by Jean Rhodes We are living through one of the most bitterly…

A strong signal in a noisy world: Implications of a remarkably consistent finding in mentoring research

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Jean Rhodes Study after study has shown that mentees experience…

Flash mentoring: An innovative new approach to building social capital

By Jean Rhodes Researchers have theorized about different…

The “Take Two Aspirins” Problem in Mentoring

By Jean Rhodes Imagine a medical practice in which every new…