Mentoring

The Office of Faculty Development is committed to promoting effective mentoring for faculty success and well-being. Mentoring benefits faculty as they pursue their research program, hone pedagogical skills, and cultivate their professional reputation.

For tenure-track faculty, the OFD facilitates the Triad Mentoring Program, which pairs two junior faculty with a senior faculty mentor from a related field. Mentoring triads meet regularly throughout the academic year to discuss issues and focus on career success.

The goals of the Triad Mentoring Program include

• Supporting tenure-track junior faculty in their professional development towards promotion and tenure.
• Enhancing faculty retention.
• Promoting a culture of well-being and work-life balance among faculty.
• Fostering a sense of belonging and career-satisfaction.
• Promoting cross-cultural mentoring and support.

For promotable teaching professors, the OFD offers a mentoring program that pairs new teaching professors with a senior teaching professor from their school.

The goals of the Teaching Professors Mentoring Program include

• Supporting assistant teaching professors in their professional development towards promotion.
• Enhancing faculty retention.
• Promoting a culture of well-being and work-life balance among faculty.
• Fostering a sense of belonging and career-satisfaction.
• Promoting cross-cultural mentoring and support.

If you have questions about these programs, please contact the OFD (ofd@).