Mentoring Resources

You are encouraged to contact these people if you have questions about mentoring or are facing a challenging situation.

For faculty	For trainees (different for grad students, PDs)
Amy Keating, Department Head Iain Cheeseman, Associate Head Mary Gehring, Graduate Officer Adam Martin, Undergraduate Officer Hallie Dowling-Francisco, DEI officer (68) Building-specific Director of Human Resources	Graduate program heads Mary Gehring, Director Iain Cheeseman, Asst. Director Mike Laub, Asst. Director Troy Littleton, Asst. Director, Transition Support Coordinator First-year advisor; thesis committee members Hallie Dowling-Francisco (Department DEI officer) Post Doc Association contacts Building-specific Director of Human Resources WI: wipa@wi.mit.edu 68: postdocs68@gmail.com

Grad Support

Ombuds Office

Career Advising and Professional Development Office

Discrimination and Harassment Response Office

Ten simple rules for developing a mentor–mentee expectations document | PLOS Computational Biology

Examples

• MentorshipAgreementTemplate.pdf
• UAB-Mentor-Contract.pdf
• Ramsey-Guide-for-Research-Students.pdf
• postdoccompact.pdf
• McMahon_UW_Compact_Example.pdf
• Lab Policies and Tips – Avasthi Lab

For students

For MIT postdocs

For WI postdocs

IDPs from other Institutions:

• Stanford Biosciences
• UC Berkeley
• AAAS MyIDP (more geared towards helping you choose a career path)

For faculty

• Faculty Leadership Training Program – MIT Professional Education; offered for two days each July, tuition support available (register in April)
• Faculty Concierge Site – mentoring resources for faculty including:
• Faculty Program for Trainee Mentoring and Advising (4 workshops over fall 2023)
• Workshop on the Role of DLCs and Schools in Support of Mentoring
• Periodic workshops to develop mentoring compacts, offered by Iain Cheeseman (first session, for new faculty, was offered summer, 2023)
• Pre-tenure Quality of Life Meetings (new, run at the department level for informal discussions of topics including mentoring; contact Laurie Boyer)
• Optimize your Mentoring Practice – video of talk by Dr. Pfund (Director of Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research)
• EMBO Lab leadership course
• NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (videos)
• NASEM: The science of effective mentoring in STEM (videos)

For students and postdocs

• NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education videos
  • Especially: Managing Up to Maximize Mentoring Relationships
• Building and sustaining mentor interactions as a mentee – Sarabipour – 2022 – The FEBS
• Workshops for MIT Biology Postdocs Entering the Academic Job Market (2023)
• BioREFS workshops, including a workshop on lab choice
• How to Communicate in Grad School by the EECS Comm Lab
• CIMER “Mentoring Up” curriculum materials

Intra-lab climate survey (developed for MIT Biology; can be customized for your use, with support available from Hallie and Institutional Research)

Mentoring Competency Assessment; tool from CIMER

NASEM: The science of effective mentoring in STEM – PDF of report; free with registration

Difficult Conversations – How to Discuss What Matters Most by D. Stone, B. Patton, & S. Heen

Thanks for the Feedback by D. Stone and S. Heen

Defining Attributes and Metrics of Effective Research Mentoring Relationships | SpringerLink

Building and sustaining mentor interactions as a mentee – Sarabipour – 2022 – The FEBS Journal – Wiley Online Library

Ten simple rules for establishing a mentorship programme | PLOS Computational Biology

Pronouns Matter

Active Listening – short list of tips from MIT HR