Becoming an Informal Faculty Mentor

Becoming an Informal Faculty Mentor

Think for a moment about your faculty colleagues who have generously shared their time and talents to help you thrive in academia. Much of your current success may be due to faculty mentors.Two kinds of faculty mentoringFaculty mentoring assignments are usually given by a department chair or dean to mid-career or senior faculty. These assignments aim to help newly hired faculty—both full- and part-time—understand their teaching, scholarship, and…