FACULTY DOCTORAL MENTORING INSTITUTE
Originally Produced for DVD in 2005
 
 


Answers to Important Questions Asked By Faculty About Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Doctoral Students

  Is diversity the same as underrepresentation?
 
What can be done to help a student feel welcome?

 
What is the best way to recruit students?
 
Do you have a specific person who recruits minorities?
 
Does mentoring subtract from your time spent on research agenda?
 
What if a student is not interested in minority program sponsorship?
 
What criteria should one use to select qualified students?
 
Are there any awards for mentoring?
 
How does one discover cultural commonalities?
 
How are intrapersonal connections established?
 
How is learning defined in a selection process?
 
How is the relationship preserved?
 
How can diversity be moved to center stage?

 
What should you do if a student you are mentoring tells you that another professor makes her or him feel inadequate?
 
Why not recruit more minority faculty?
 
How can we diversify the National Academy?

MAIN SPEAKERS
 
STUDENT SPEAKERS
 
OPENING REMARKS

 
  OPENING REMARKS - VIDEO LINKS  
 

 
Welcome to DVD
Dr. Albery L. McHenry

Project Director, MGE@MSA;
Dean, College of Technology and Applied Sciences
Arizona State University, East


 
Opening Remarks
Donald E.Thompson

Director
Division of Human Resource Development (HRD)
National Science Foundation



 
Opening Remarks
Dr. Roosevelt Y. Johnson

Program Director,
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Proffesoriate (AGEP) Program
National Science Foundation


 
Opening Remarks
Dr. Brian L. Foster

Chair, Governing Board, MGE@MSA;
Provost
University of New Mexico


 
  MAIN SPEAKERS - VIDEO LINKS  
 

PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
PART 4
Creating Intercultural Communities Through Dialogue
Professor Roberto Chene

Director, Southwest Center for Intercultural Leadership
Albuquerque, NM;
Faculty Associate, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute
University of New Mexico


PART 1
PART 2
Mentoring 101: Making a Case and Making a Difference
Dr. Armando A. Rodriguez

Recipient,
1998 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring;
Professor, Electrical Engineering;
Director, Electromechanical Systems Laboratory
Arizona State University


 



PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
A Perspective on Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Doctoral Students: Strategies and Tactics That Work
Dr. Richard Tapia

Recipient,
1996 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring;
Lifetime Mentor Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science;
Member (first native-born Hispanic so honored), National Academy of Engineering;
Member, National Science Board;
Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics;
Director, Center for Excellence and Equity in Education
Rice University


PART 1
PART 2
Mentoring 101: Making A Difference
Dr. Castillo-Chavez
Recipient,
1997 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring
Joaquin Bustoz, Jr. Professor of Mathematical Biology
Director, Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI)
Arizona State University

 
  STUDENT SPEAKERS - VIDEO LINKS  
 

 
Wilton Virgo

Wilton Virgo
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arizona State University



 
Elizabeth Sanchez

Elizabeth R. Sánchez
Chemistry
Arizona State University



 
Ta-Shana Taylor

Ta-Shana Taylor
Geosciences
Arizona State University



 
Gabriel Montana

Gabriel A. Montaño
Biochemistry
Arizona State University


 
QUESTION AND ANSWER - VIDEO LINKS
 
 

Is diversity the same as underrepresentation?

What can be done to help a student feel welcome?

What is the best way to recruit students?

Do you have a specific person who recruits minorities?

Does mentoring subtract from your time spent on research agenda?

What if a student is not interested in minority program sponsorship?

What criteria should one use to select qualified students?

Are there any awards for mentoring?

How does one discover cultural commonalities?


How are intrapersonal connections established?

How is learning defined in a selection process?

How is the relationship preserved?

How can diversity be moved to center stage?

What should you do if a student you are mentoring tells you that another professor makes her or him feel inadequate?

Why not recruit more minority faculty?

How can we diversify the National Academy?


 

Supported in part by the following cooperative agreements with the Alliances for Graduate Education and Professoriate program of the National Science Foundation (NSF):

* MGE@MSA Phase II (2005-2012): NSF Cooperative Agreement No. HRD-0450137
* MGE@MSA Phase I (1999-2004): NSF Cooperative Agreement No. HRD-9978868



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