The power of junior faculty mentoring committees
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Junior faculty mentoring committees have important roles in ensuring that faculty thrive and adjust to their new positions and institutions. Here, we describe the purpose, structure, and benefits of junior faculty mentoring committees, which can be a powerful tool for early-career academic investigators in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) fields. There is a paucity of information about what mentoring committees are, how to use them effectively, what areas they should evaluate, and how they can most successfully help junior faculty progress in their careers. This work offers guidance for both junior faculty mentees and mentoring committee members on how to best structure and utilize mentoring committees to promote junior faculty success. A better understanding of the intricacies of the mentoring committee will allow junior faculty members to self-advocate and will equip committee mentors with tools to ensure that junior faculty are successful in thriving in academia.
Source: Journal of Cellular Physiology
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.31360
Institutions: Baylor College of Medicine, Wright State University, Vanderbilt University, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of California, Davis, Vanderbilt Health, University of Rochester, University of Washington, Fisk University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Houston
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,190
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Vanderbilt University, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Human Genome Research Institute, Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G1300340299, G2019238319, G206533510, RUI: Exploring regulation of a Morphogenetic Peptide in a Filamentous Bacterium, G2979489556, G318810057, G3364014247, G3964786795, G4112946092, G4731565586, G5232595009, G5357857338, PRIDE-Functional and Translational Genomics of Blood Disorders, G6301663441, Mechanisms of microtubule-mediated cranial neural crest EMT and differentiation, G6671297155, Diabetes Research and Training Center, CAREER: Functional Analysis of Crest EffectorS in Craniofacial Development, G9000052735, G9000115801, G9000165041, G9000166265, G9000191361, G9000329088, Mechanisms of the Renoprotective Properties of Zinc Supplementation in Mouse Models of Chronic Kidney Disease, Vanderbilt Diabetes Research Center
OpenAlex ID: W4400329134