The Strategic Human Capital Interest Group at the SMS is now accepting applications for the Pre-Tenure Mentoring Program 2020-2021 academic year. This year-long program aims to provide opportunities for pre-tenure faculty mentoring from senior faculty and peers within the IG. With the current unprecedented circumstances, we believe the mentoring program will serve greater need than ever for structured mentoring of junior faculty. We had a successful first year of the program, and we thank our incredible mentors- Rocio Bonet, Clint Chadwick, Russ Coff, Gina Dokko, Martin Ganco, Rebecca Kehoe, and David Kryscynski-who provided life-changing mentorship and support to our pre-tenure faculty last year. We also thank our rep-at-large Alia Crocker for providing invaluable support in launching and organizing the program last year.
This year's program will kick off in September. The format for the mentoring program will be small groups consisting of 2 senior faculty mentors and 4 pre-tenure faculty. The groups are matched on mutual preferences, and the groups will stay intact for a year, connecting on quarterly calls via teleconferencing throughout the year. We provide sufficient structure for the quarterly calls, but also offer enough flexibility for groups to organize themselves as best serves their needs. Participants are expected to attend all group meetings.
This year's program will have the following structure (all meetings will be over Zoom):
- Program kickoff and orientation – Sept 2020
- Four quarterly group calls – Oct, Jan, Apr, July – exact dates to be determined by groups
- Four topic calls "Mind of an Editor" and "Tenure Letter Writers" featuring journal editors and senior scholars – calls in Sept, Dec, March, June
Application Requirements:
To apply to participate in the workshop, please complete this short Google form by September 9, 2020: https://forms.gle/rBCWXgpQ39D5orVAA
We will review the applications and notify participants by September 14th, 2020.
As we aim to maintain a good ratio of mentors to participants, the size of the program may be limited by the number of mentors. Should we need to select applicants, we will give priority to those who have not participated yet and, if needed, draw randomly among them.
Summary of the main time commitments:
- Orientation (week of Sept 21)-exact date and time TBD
- Program kickoff (week of Sept 21)-exact date and time TBD
- Group quarterly calls (Oct, Jan, Apr, July)-TBD by groups
- Topic calls (Sept, Dec, March, June)-TBD by organizers
Please send any questions to Ulya Tsolmon (utsolmon@wustl.edu) and Flore Bridoux (bridoux@rsm.nl).
------------------------------
Ulya Tsolmon
Washington University in St. Louis
utsolmon@wustl.edu------------------------------