There is mounting evidence that mentoring is important for success in academia. The Mentoring Project aims to build long-term mentoring relationships between eminent senior women and junior women in the field of philosophy.
1st Biennial Workshop
June 19 – 21, 2011
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Co-Directors: Louise Antony (UMass) and Ann Cudd (Kansas)
Chapel at U Mass Amherst
Following a successful model developed by women in economics, the Mentoring Project will kick off with a three-day workshop involving small-group intensive working sessions interspersed with plenary panel discussions on professional development and work/life issues.
Mentees will be assigned a networking group consisting of a mentor and four fellow mentees working in similar fields. Each mentor will be responsible for providing written feedback on the workshop papers of each of her mentees, and for participating in discussion at the workshop. Mentees will take responsibility for providing written feedback on the papers of their group members, and will serve as discussion leader and first reader for one paper and second reader for another. In the long term, group members will actively monitor the progress of each others’ careers, offering philosophical feedback and, in the case of the mentors, advice about professional development along the way.
- Eligibility: Any woman entering or holding a tenure-track position in Philosophy at a college or university. The workshop can accommodate up to thirty mentees.
- Requirements: Each accepted mentee must send to us, by June 1, a polished draft of a paper in her area of expertise for discussion in the workshop.
- Cost: There is no charge for participation in the workshop, but we expect mentees’ home institutions to cover the cost of their transportation, and room and board (est. $275).
No comments:
Post a Comment