Networks & Communities of Practice

Overview of Networks & Communities of Practice

The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) strives to be a convener, collaborator and connector – we want to support individuals and organizations as they move their efforts forward to engage in conversations with others across the country about improving mentorship relationships and organizational support for those relationships.

Publications

The following resources will help you learn about the science of effective mentorship and the dialogue around the importance of mentorship education.

Suggested Readings

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; Board on Higher Education and Workforce; Committee on Effective Mentoring in STEMM; Dahlberg ML, Byars-Winston A, editors.

Culturally Aware Mentoring

A Research Study with the NRMN

Project Title

Impact of Culturally Aware Mentoring Interventions on Research Mentors and Graduate Training Programs  NIH Grant #U01 GM132372

Team Members

Richard McGee

Co-Investigator, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern

Stephanie House

Researcher, UW-Madison

Sylvia Hurtado

Co-Investigator, School of Education, UCLA

Ellyssa Eiring

Research Services Manager, UW-Madison

Bernard Reyes

PhD Student, Higher Education and Organizational Change, UCLA

You-Geon Lee

Statistician, UW-Madison

Amanda Carrasco

PhD Student, Higher Education and Organizational Change, UCLA

Our Focus

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Culturally Aware Mentoring Resources

The CAM Study

Find more information here about a randomized controlled trial comparing variations of CAM.

What is CAM? We define culturally aware mentoring as mentoring practices in which mentors recognize their own culturally shaped beliefs, perceptions, and judgments and are cognizant of cultural differences and similarities between themselves and their mentees.

Principal Facilitators

https://cimerproject.org/principal-facilitators/

The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) relies upon a talented and experienced team of Principal Facilitators to facilitate our workshops and work with our institutional clients.

New episode of NAE’s Diversity Dialogues

Episode 4 of NAE’s Diversity Dialogues podcast is out now! This episode explores how building #mentorship into academic and professional systems can increase #equity in #engineering. Listen here: https://ow.ly/Vwp550SqmPx

NAE member and host Wanda Sigur speaks with Angela Byars-Winston and NAE member Percy Pierre about their mentoring experiences, and how to encourage mentors and mentees alike in engineering.