Mentors

Department: Biology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Works actively to incorporate group work and discussion into lecture
• Values mentoring greatly 
• Seeks student feedback and input on her teaching

Work & Communication Style

• Very collaborative within department
• Seeks to make contributions to teaching and improving the undergraduate experience

Mentorship Goals

• Eager to provide pedagogical and professional guidance 
• Wants to share PUI experience with new teachers

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Department: Mechanical Engineering Technology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Works to accommodate different types of learners so that none feel isolated
• Open to trying new teaching techniques and styles 
• Holds high expectations of students, sets them up to meet challenges

Work & Communication Style

• Collaborative 
• Likes to establish tasks and responsibilities 
• Emphasizes the importance of timelines and deadlines

Mentorship Goals

• Wants mentee to feel confident and relaxed about teaching, not fearful
• Use teaching mentoring as a way to serve her profession and give back for the mentoring she received

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Department: Mechanical Engineering Technology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Emphasizes instilling strong work ethics 
• Practical, solution-based, problem solving focus
• Very strict on deadlines and timelines, more flexible on grades

Work & Communication Style

• Does not micro manage (Chair of dept.)
• Very open, values initiative and tends to be less structured

Mentorship Goals

• Wants to help mentee develop their teaching style and understand PUI student needs 
• Looking to hire LI based faculty to work for department
• Values mentee initiative and self-motivation in developing and maintaining the mentoring relationship

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Department: Psychology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Works to engage  empathy in education 
• Elicits students' own life experiences to create personal meaning and relevance 
• Uses conversation to engage students 
• Listens and encourages student input and feedback from students, seeks to grow in her teaching from them.

Work & Communication Style

• Collaborative, seeks out the input of others
• Describes herself as linear and practical 
• Emphasizes effective communication

Mentorship Goals

• Eager to give back the great examples of effective and meaningful mentorship she had
• Wants to hire quality adjunct/full time faculty  
• Seeks to perpetuate a culture that values teaching through pedagogical mentorship

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Department: Psychology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Has converted many classes into applied learning models 
• Integrates service learning into curriculum
• Incorporates research into lower level classes 
• Values teaching as much as research

Work & Communication Style

• Highly collaborative 
• Emphasizes listening and reframing to achieve comprehension

Mentorship Goals

• Hopes to learn from mentee and improve his own teaching through mentoring 
• Seeks to provide an understanding of teaching at a PUI

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Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Practices active and project- based learning
• Seeks to achieve deep vs. superficial learning
• Emphasizes written and oral communication and developing technical vocabulary early

Work & Communication Style

• Open and friendly with colleagues
• Appreciates deadlines and punctuality

Mentorship Goals

• Wants to see how young people are approaching teaching and learn from them how to approach the new generation better
• Seeks to provide an understanding of PUIs for mentees considering working at one

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Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Strong emphasis on balancing theory and practice and solidifying theoretical knowledge first 
• Listens to students to learn their goals and teaches to those goals when possible 
• Encourages “thinking” before “doing” 
• Believes that students should not feel intimidated in the classroom

Work & Communication Style

• Prefers to work with and learn from others
• Very collaborative within department 

Mentorship Goals

• Seeks to help mentees understand and navigate the positive and negative aspects of teaching
• Wants to help mentee convert motivation for teaching into conviction and practice

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Department: Biology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Gives students multiple formats to communicate through to build confidence, encourage questions and dialogue (uses  specific technology to facilitate discussion in and outside of class)
• Emphasizes meaningful and intentional use of visuals and management of information on slides to make lectures engaging
• Considers herself to be performative in class- uses storytelling to make concepts relatable, moves around, is energetic and enthusiastic
• Does not generally suffer from stage fright around teaching and leans into silence
• Uses case studies to develop students’ applied learning skills
• Has previously completed microteaching experiences herself as a postdoc

Work & Communication Style

• Needs deadlines to stay organized
• Likes to come together for high level planning and then complete tasks individually
• Email can be easiest way to reach her

Mentorships Goals 

• Eager to help dissertators think about teaching meaningfully and instill placing the student and what they are getting out of the experience at the center of teaching philosophy
• Seeking to gain insight into and refresh her own teaching
• Interested in understanding more about teaching methods at other institutions through sharing dissertator experiences

Department: Biology

Teaching Style & Philosophy

• Gives students multiple formats to communicate through to build confidence and encourage questions and dialogue
• Establishes open and  welcoming class environment, wants students to feel comfortable saying “I don’t know”
• Makes sure that lectures are interactive, encourages questions and relates material and concepts to students so they are engaged

Work & Communication Style

• Considers herself adaptable and collaborative
• Experience immigrating from Nigeria was formative in shaping her ability to adapt to different situations and communicate with students and colleagues of all different work and communication styles
• Incorporates listening into interactions with students and colleagues 

Mentorships Goals 

• Seeks to guide mentee in learning to make information accessible to and manageable for students (how to craft slides and integrate them into lectures meaningfully)
• Sees AGEP as an opportunity to make new connections and gain new perspectives on her own teaching
• Eager to provide mentorship that she did not receive as a dissertator herself