Mentoring Resources
Finding and serving as a mentor is a valuable part of your personal, professional and career development. Sometimes guidance from a mentor is life changing; other times it is simply reassuring and affirming.
Graduate students are encouraged to seek mentoring from multiple faculty, including from their advisor if they choose, as well as from other other students, postdoctoral scholars, and staff. In turn, students are also encouraged to serve as mentors to more junior graduate students, to undergraduates, or to high school students. Here are a few resources for finding mentors outside of Stanford.
Mentoring Programs & Groups
Stanford Alumni Mentoring
Overseen by Stanford Career Education (CareerEd), Stanford Alumni Mentoring (SAM) connects graduate students with alumni near and far.
Association for Women in Science
Offers students access to many valuable programs and mentors through Stanford's university membership.
National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
Provides professional development, training, and mentoring resources that are broadly applicable across academic disciplines through Stanford's institutional membership.
National Research Mentoring Network
Provides opportunities for virtual mentorship (as a mentor or mentee) with trainings and guidance to broaden participation in every career stage in the biomedical workforce (broadly defined); no subscription or membership required.
Bibliography & Videos
- Entering Mentoring: A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists (PDF)
- Nature's Guide for Mentors (article and self assessment)
- University of Michigan's How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty (PDF)
- University of Michigan's How to Get the Mentoring You Want: A Guide for Graduate Students (PDF)
- Mentoring Up: Learning to Manage Your Mentoring Relationships (PDF; from The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School to Tenure by Glenn Wright)
- Beyond Mentoring (PDF; book chapter in Advancing Postdoc Women, National Postdoctoral Association)
- Mentoring in Research - Skills for Mentoring Others (VPGE video and accompanying materials)