2017 Unergraduate Research Mentoring Conference
Good mentoring is at the core of ensuring a successful undergraduate research experience. Good mentoring takes time, energy, and resources. Learning to be an effective mentor is an important professional skill that needs to be cultivated and supported.
On Thursday, May 11, 2017, mentors and co-mentors from Caltech and JPL joined the Student-Faculty Programs office for Mentoring Across Difference: Conference on Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers. The following presentations have been made available as a resource for mentors and co-mentors.
Workshops
Jarrett Ellington, Psy.D., Alcohol and Other Drugs Clinical and Outreach Coordinator, Caltech Counseling Center
Leslie Maxfield, Director, Academic Media Technologies and Communications
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Mentoring High School Students
Mitch Aiken, M.Ed., Associate Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach
Kitty Cahalan, Ph.D., Outreach Program Coordinator, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach
Christopher Spalding, Graduate Student, Planetary Science
Linhan Shen, Graduate Student, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
The Mentoring Spectrum: How to Mentor Across Personality Differences
Hanna Song, Ph.D., Senior Director for Diversity
Taso Dimitriadis, M.A., Assistant Director, Caltech Center for Diversity
Shooting the Rapids of "Perfection Pressure"
Linda Krippner, Psy.D., Director, Caltech Staff and Faculty Consultation Center
Train the Trainer Safety Workshop
Lauriane Quenee, PhD, RBP, SM (NRCM) Institute Biosafety Officer
Nathan Siladke, Ph.D. Chemical Hygiene Officer
Translating Teaching Pedagogy to Mentoring
Kelsey Boyle, Graduate Student, Co-Director, Caltech Project for Effective Teaching
Rebekah Silva, Graduate Student, Co-Director, Caltech Project for Effective Teaching
You're Mentoring a Summer Student—Now What?
Candace Rypisi, Director, Student-Faculty Programs Office
Keynote Presentation
Inclusive Mentoring: Why It Matters and How You Can Make A Difference
Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Professor of Psychology and Education; Director of the Weissman Center for Leadership, Mount Holyoke College