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PAESMEM/Stanford School of Engineering Workshop on Mentoring in Engineering

21-22 June 2004
Stanford University
David Packard Electrical Engineering Building - Room 101
Revised 21 May 2004

This two day workshop is intended to provide a forum on the needs, goals, methods, and best practices for mentoring engineering students interested in an academic career and young faculty beginning such a career. The emphasis is on mentoring members of underrepresented groups in academic engineering, especially women. The workshop is jointly supported by the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering through the National Science Foundation and by the School of Engineering at Stanford University. Workshop funding will be largely devoted to providing local housing for the workshop for those needing it. Participation will be by invitation and application. There will be no registration or other fees.

Participation

Participants will include experienced mentors along with recent graduates and students who are considering, have begun, or have decided upon academic careers. Faculty in leadership positions will be invited along with those emphasizing research and teaching. The workshop will consist of invited presentations, proposed presentations by participants that are accepted by the Organizing Committee, panel discussions, informal discussions. Presentation slides will be posted on the Web and the conference will produce a proceedings based on the presentations and discussions. There is an admitted bias towards EE/CS because of the constitution of the Organizing/Program Committee and the initial group of people involved, but this is not official and we will encourage all engineering disciplines (and other related disiplines where there is interest). If you are interested in attending and receiving future email information, please send your request to rmgray@stanford.edu.

Organizing/Program Committee:

Tentative Schedule

All sessions are in Packard Electrical Engineering unless otherwise indicated.

Monday 21 June

  • 8:50-9:00 Welcoming Remarks: Jim Plummer, Dean of Engineering, Stanford University
  • 9:00-11:30 Best practices in mentoring: teachings from experience
    Chair: Michelle Effros, Cal Tech
    Speakers: Jeff Koseff, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
    Vincent Poor, Princeton University
    Bob Gray, Professor and Vice Chair of EE, Stanford, PAESMEM Recipient
  • 11:30-12:30 Box Lunch
  • 12:30-3:00 Early and mid career mentoring and support: Finding mentors and setting priorities, maintaining momentum after tenure.
    Co-chairs: Jia Li and Sheila Hemami
    Speakers:(Donald) Richard (Rick) Brown, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (asst prof)
    Lydia Sohn, UC Berkeley (asst prof)
    Rebecca Willett, U. Wisconsin/Rice (grad student)
    Sheila Hemami, Cornell Univ. (assoc prof), Yoonkyung Lee (assistant prof. Ohio State)
  • 3:15-4:45 Special Session:`` How to Feel As Bright and Competent As Everyone Seems to Think You Are,''Valerie Young. The ``imposter syndrome'' and related topics. Hewlett Teaching Center.
  • 4:45-5:45 Workshop Reception: Packard Lobby

Tuesday 22 June

  • 10:00-11:30 Mentoring support: National and local resources for mentoring Chair: Eve Riskin, University of Washington
    Speakers: Carol Muller, Founder and CEO of Mentornet
    Sheila Humphreys, Academic Coordinator for Student Matters,
    Suzanne Brainard, Director, Women in Engineering, University of Washington.
    Candace Rypisi, Director, CalTech Women's Center
    Nancy G. Love, Associate Prof, Virginia Tech ADVANCE professor
  • 11:30-12:30 Box Lunch
  • 12:30-2:00 Mentoring for academic leadership: career paths and choices
    Chair: Mari Ostendorf, University of Washington
    Speakers: Kristina Johnson, Dean of Engineering, Duke
    Denice Denton, Dean of Engineering, University of Washington, PAESMEM recipient
    Andrea Lawrence, CS Chair, Spelman University
    David Notkin, CS Chair, University of Washington
    Mark Smith, EE Head, Purdue University
  • 2:30-4:30 Early career choices and work/family issues
    1. Career path choices: Choosing among research/teaching institutions and research/development labs, tenure-line and non-tenure-line positions.
    2. When to have children (before/after degree, before/after tenure?) and how to balance career/family once you've had them.

    Chair: Pam Cosman, UCSD
    Speakers: Sangeeta Bhatia, Associate Professor, UCSD Bioengineering
    Pamela Cosman, Professor, UCSD Electrical Engineering
    Chris Golde, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
    Melany Hunt, Professor, Caltech Mechanical Engineering

Best practices should reflect viewpoints of mentors and mentees. Priorities for new professors will include consideration of funding, research, teaching, academic administration, professional participation, and career paths and strategies. Mentoring support will include consideration of alumni/ae contacts and statistics. Mentoring for academic leadership is intended to provide an opportunity for successful chairs and deans to encourage new and prospective faculty to consider leadership career paths.

Workshop Structure

The workshop will consist of three sessions on each of the two days. Each session will focus on one of the above topics and begin with brief (15 minute) presentations with 5 minutes for initial questions. The presentations will be followed by a general discussion and a break. The second half of the session will consist of a panel discussion with audience participation devoted to the session topic. Box lunches will be provided for lunch on both days, and there will be informal discussions and refreshments following the afternoon session. The lunch break will be at least two hours to provide conversation and walking time. Coffee/tea breaks will not be rushed. There will be a reception with snacks and liquid refreshment following the final session on Monday.

Workshop Goals

The workshop has two primary goals. The obvious one is to provide an opportunity for mentors, mentees, and mentoring facilitators to educate each other and have fun doing so. The second goal is a deliverable: we intend to produce a Proceedings of the workshop including summaries of the talks and discussions, a document distilling the best practices, resources, and other important issues. Current plans are to make the Proceedings available on the Web as both an html and a pdf file. The organizing committee will form the editorial committee, but all participants are requested to take notes and provide their written observations on the key points of the workshop.

Contacts

For further information contact Robert M. Gray with a copy to Natasha Newson.