Reflections on Mentoring and Diversity

Barrie Robison

2023-03-18

PURPOSE

Discuss and reflect upon mentoring and diversity.

Hear perspectives and ideas from outside our usual echo chambers.

Identify actionable suggestions that can be implemented in Year 4.

INTSTRUCTIONS

for i in 1:3{

  1. Randomized table assignments.
  2. 10 minute discussion of a prompt.
  3. Table scribe records the highlights and themes of the discussion.

}

  1. Debrief.

TOPIC 1

What defines a highly effective mentoring relationship? What are the roles and responsibilities of the mentor in this relationship? What are the roles and responsibilitees of the mentee?

Table Assignments:

library(readxl)

people<-read_excel("people.xlsx")

shuffled_people <- sample(people$Name)
tables <- split(shuffled_people, ceiling(seq_along(shuffled_people)/6))

for (i in 1:length(tables)) {
  cat("Table", i, ": ", tables[[i]], "\n")
}
Table 1 :  Amruta Kale Lucas Price Devin Mazolewski Frederick Harris Phi Hung Nguyen Molly McVicar 
Table 2 :  Joshua Dahl Yan Lin Claudia Rueckert Paul Gessler Vardayani Ratti Chenhao Li 
Table 3 :  Carson Rueber Al Ekram Elahee Hridoy Andrew Nuss Joseph Savage Monika Gulia-Nuss Haifeng Felix Liao 
Table 4 :  Augustine Ofoegbu Erik Marsh Jeremiah B Reyes Tin Nguyen Zhe Wang Xun Shi 
Table 5 :  Landon Wright Sanaz Salati Luke Sheneman Xiaogang Ma Kelly Upshaw-Bia, DVM Dorothy Wallace 
Table 6 :  Mike Teglas Meifang Li Zhuoming Liu

TOPIC 2

What is something positive that your institution is doing to promote diversity and inclusion in STEM? Do you have any recommendations that could support safety and belonging or improve inclusion on the Tickbase project?

Table Assignments:

shuffled_people <- sample(people$Name)
tables <- split(shuffled_people, ceiling(seq_along(shuffled_people)/6))

for (i in 1:length(tables)) {
  cat("Table", i, ": ", tables[[i]], "\n")
}
Table 1 :  Al Ekram Elahee Hridoy Carson Rueber Erik Marsh Yan Lin Paul Gessler Xiaogang Ma 
Table 2 :  Xun Shi Joseph Savage Zhe Wang Phi Hung Nguyen Meifang Li Lucas Price 
Table 3 :  Haifeng Felix Liao Claudia Rueckert Andrew Nuss Joshua Dahl Luke Sheneman Molly McVicar 
Table 4 :  Monika Gulia-Nuss Landon Wright Vardayani Ratti Kelly Upshaw-Bia, DVM Tin Nguyen Augustine Ofoegbu 
Table 5 :  Jeremiah B Reyes Sanaz Salati Zhuoming Liu Amruta Kale Chenhao Li Frederick Harris 
Table 6 :  Devin Mazolewski Mike Teglas Dorothy Wallace

TOPIC 3

Think about a research project that you would like to work on in the future. Imagine the project has just been funded and you are asked for suggestions on how to develop a productive, collaborative, and enjoyable environment for the team. What structure or activities would you suggest?

Table Assignments:

shuffled_people <- sample(people$Name)
tables <- split(shuffled_people, ceiling(seq_along(shuffled_people)/6))

for (i in 1:length(tables)) {
  cat("Table", i, ": ", tables[[i]], "\n")
}
Table 1 :  Joshua Dahl Frederick Harris Yan Lin Molly McVicar Xiaogang Ma Haifeng Felix Liao 
Table 2 :  Sanaz Salati Meifang Li Luke Sheneman Tin Nguyen Chenhao Li Andrew Nuss 
Table 3 :  Claudia Rueckert Mike Teglas Devin Mazolewski Dorothy Wallace Zhuoming Liu Joseph Savage 
Table 4 :  Phi Hung Nguyen Amruta Kale Lucas Price Paul Gessler Vardayani Ratti Xun Shi 
Table 5 :  Jeremiah B Reyes Al Ekram Elahee Hridoy Landon Wright Carson Rueber Monika Gulia-Nuss Zhe Wang 
Table 6 :  Erik Marsh Kelly Upshaw-Bia, DVM Augustine Ofoegbu

DEBRIEF

Barrie calls on people to provide summaries and feedback, and their poster board summaries are grouped together on the wall.

Can we summarize the themes or ideas that emerged for each question across all of the groups?

Ask the PI and Co-PIs which suggestions appeal to them as something they could help implement on the Ticbase grant before it ends.

brobison@uidaho.edu