Mentoring Academy: Addressing Diversity and Inclusion in Mentoring Relationships

Diversity offers both challenges and opportunities for any relationship. Learning to identify, reflect upon, learn from, and engage with diverse perspectives is critical to forming and maintaining both an effective mentoring relationship as well as a vibrant learning environment. In this session, mentors will expand upon this by considering how to foster an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best learning and create the highest quality of research, both because of and despite their diverse perspectives.

Learning Objectives for Addressing Inclusion in Mentoring Relationships

1. Improve and expand understanding of equity and inclusion and how diversity influences mentor-mentee interactions.
2. Begin to understand systems of oppression and how they play out in educational settings and mentor relationships.
3. Identify concrete strategies for learning about, recognizing, and addressing equity and inclusion issues to engage in conversations about diversity with mentees and foster a sense of belonging.

This workshop is designed for faculty members. A similar workshop for graduate students and postdocs will take place in the coming weeks.

Attendance at Session One is not required to attend this workshop.

For more information about the program, visit the Mentoring Academy page.

Facilitators:
Alma Trinidad, Associate Professor, Social Work
Tom Keller, Co-Investigator EXITO, Professor, Social Work

Mentoring Academy: Addressing Diversity and Inclusion in Mentoring Relationships
Friday, January 22, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Zoom Event

Register for the workshop