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Faculty Mentors

Based on what we approved as a department, the role of the  faculty   mentor  is two-fold. First, the  mentor  is to be the go-to person for junior  faculty  who have any questions about any aspect of being a  faculty  member in this department. It can consist of things as simple as advice on preparing a lecture, where gender neutral bathrooms can be found, how to reserve a classroom, or it can be more involved such as preliminary review of the junior  faculty  member's credentials and preparedness for tenure and promotion.

The second role of the  faculty   <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">mentor <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> is to be the liaison between the junior  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">faculty <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> member and the T&P committee. This liaisonship has usually played out when there were concerns about a junior  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">faculty <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> member's progress, aptitude, attitude, etc. We hoped that such a means of communication would provide a much more low-key way for the T&P committee to share concerns with the junior  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">faculty <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> member rather than an email from the committee as a whole, or from me. The  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">mentor <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> can also convey communication from the junior  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">faculty <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> member to the T&P committee.

<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">There are no more additional expectations on the part of the  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">faculty <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">mentor <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">. A <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">t the time we established the system, we were more concerned about the  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">mentor <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> being a nuisance and imposing on a junior  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">faculty <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> member, and so opted for the bare-bones  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">mentoring <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> approach. This  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">mentoring <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> system may present as non-existent for  <span class="il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">faculty <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;"> who don't have any questions and who are making appropriate progress toward T&P, but just be aware that it is there, and it can be used as needed.

<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">Adapted from Dixon email, 10/29/2013

<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:normal;">Edited by MattP