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Mentor Directory

Supporting mentorship is one of many ways the college can support our community in navigating academia and developing professionally. We define mentoring as "learning partnerships," where both mentors and mentees engage in mutual learning and sharing of knowledge, skills, and experiences. While mentors bring valuable expertise and knowledge to mentorship relationships, please remember that a person’s chair is best equipped with answering questions related to promotion and achieving professional success.

Vonda Crawford (Mentorship Portal Test)

Department of English - Varius lectus lorem lobortis Role: Artist-In-Residence Rank: Associate
  • Strategic thinking
  • Forming relationships with communities
  • Hiring and Managing Postdocs and Research Staff
  • Public speaking
  • Recruiting Graduate Students 
  • Research design- qualitative
  • Translating research to public scholarship
  • General teaching and pedagogical skills
  • Feedback, grading, and evaluation
  • Integrating technology into teaching
  • Pathways to leadership roles
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Francisco Fritz (Mentorship Portal Test)

Department of English - Lorem ipsum odor amet Rank: Associate
  • General Professional Strengths
  • Forming collaborations locally and globally
  • Grant writing
  • Technical skills (field specific)
  • Writing skills
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Securing funding for students
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Gil Harding (Mentorship Portal Test)

Arts Division - Ultrices dui curae mus dolor Role: Artist-In-Residence Rank: Full
  • Navigating generational differences in the workplace
  • Navigating race in academia
  • Grant proposals
  • Teaching while caregiving
  • Hiring research assistants and setting a fair workload
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Cary Hart (Mentorship Portal Test)

College of Arts and Sciences Role: Artist-In-Residence Rank: Assistant
  • Transitioning into retirement
  • Authoring books

Mercedes Little (Mentorship Portal Test)

College of Arts and Sciences - Praesent odio aenean Role: Artist-In-Residence

Maya Angela Smith

College of Arts and Sciences - Associate Dean for Equity, Justice, and Inclusion; Professor of French Role: Tenure-track Faculty Rank: Full
  • Career trajectory planning
  • Navigating race in academia
  • Networking
  • Organizational skills
  • Prioritizing mental health and work/life balance
  • Time management/setting reasonable goals
  • Tools for managing stress and avoiding burnout
  • Authoring books
  • Framing tenure and promotion statements
  • Writing skills
  • General teaching and pedagogical skills
  • Navigating challenging situations with students
  • Syllabus design and curricular development
  • Equity and Inclusion skills
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