By Jean Rhodes One of my favorite old Saturday Night Live skits was the Five-Minute University. The idea is that most of college courses fill students with a ton of information, just-in-case it might be helpful some day. In the skit, Father Guido’s Five-Minute University aimed to teach students in five minutes “what the average […]
By: MENTOR MENTOR Staff Could you introduce yourself and include a little about your background? I am Fred T. Whitted Jr. and I am the new Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives at MENTOR. I have 7+ years of progressive experience in outreach, training, and program development. I gained these professional opportunities by working within […]
The Chronicle is delighted to highlight an exciting new study led by Dr. Gizem Erdem. PhD, I-LMFT, Associate Professor of Psychology, Koç University in Turkey Megyn Jasman interviewed Dr. Erdem to learn more about the key points of the study, which showed that mentoring programs benefit parents as well as children. Q: The study identifies a […]
By So Jung Lee, Bernadette Sánchez, Carla Herrera, Lidia Monjaras-Gaytan, David L. Dubois, & Amy J. Anderson An important part of growing up in the U.S. as adolescents of color is the verbal and nonverbal messages they receive about their race/ethnicity. This is called, “ethnic-racial socialization.” These messages are typically communicated by parents to their […]
06/17/2024 | Danielle Bilotta | Press Release Reprinted from the University of Massachusetts Boston Jean Rhodes, UMass Boston’s Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology, has received a 2024 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology from the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA). This annual award recognizes individuals whose careers […]
Erdem, G., Safi, O. A., & Savaş, E. B. (2023). Predictors of mentoring relationship quality in a college peer mentoring program: Associations with mentors’ and mentees’ perceptions of family relationships. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. Introduction Peer mentoring programs in higher education are designed to support incoming students in their transition and […]
The Chronicle is delighted to highlight an exciting new study by Professor Janelle S. Peifer and her colleagues. Dr. Janelle S. Peifer is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond. Her research examines college student development with a focus on questions of identity, intercultural competence, and mental health with a focus on […]
by Dr. Alexandra Werntz, Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring When I talk to people about what I do, I say that my daytime job (with the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring and MentorPRO) is focused on putting my nighttime job (therapist in private practice) out of business. As a licensed clinical psychologist and therapist […]
Mader, M., Stoeger, H., Veas, A., & Ziegler, A. (2021). How mentors think about the attainability of mentoring goals: The impact of mentoring type and mentoring context on the anticipated regulatory network and regulatory resources of potential mentors for school mentoring programs. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.737014 Introduction This study investigated how potential mentors perceive […]
Köbis, L., & Mehner, C. (2021). Ethical Questions Raised by AI-Supported Mentoring in Higher Education. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 4, 624050. https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2021.624050 Background Across universities, AI is being being used for everything from grading essays to providing personalized tutoring. One area where AI could have a profound impact is in mentoring students – those highly […]
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