In this 1.5 hour interactive workshop, Bec Batchelor and Dana Stamo will introduce mentors to key concepts for inclusive mentoring. You will be supported with tools, activities, and discussions that you can bring to your mentoring experience of mentees of all academic levels. Guidance and templates relevant for scoping and supporting summer undergraduate research projects will be provided, and mentors will be encouraged to ask questions that help them feel prepared and supported in their mentoring journey. This workshop is intended for NNA-funded projects and researchers of all levels who want to improve their mentoring.
About the Facilitators:
Dana Stamo is a graduate student in Chemical and Biological Engineering, and a founder of STEM Routes, a student-led program supporting first-generation and minoritized STEM students on campus. She brings leadership for weaving DEI through all parts of academia as well as a student perspective of inclusive mentoring relationships and has been supporting students in the Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) REU program at CIRES for the last 2 summers.
Rebecca (Bec) Batchelor is a member of CIRES Education & Outreach at CU Boulder and co-lead of the GEO REU network, a network of people who run undergraduate research experience programs in the geosciences. With a PhD in atmospheric science conducted in the polar regions, and more than a decade of experience leading undergraduate research experiences as well as diversity, equity and inclusion programs that support students and faculty in their STEM careers, Bec brings a commitment to supporting and empowering both mentors and early career researchers in creating a kind, welcoming and inclusive research environment.