The Graduate Student
Committee of the Medieval Academy of America would like to announce its
sponsorship of a mentorship program. This program is designed to extend
a welcome to less experienced members of the MAA by pairing them with
more experienced graduate students to help make the social and
professional realms of medieval studies more accessible. Kathleen Neal (kbneal1@gmail.com) will be coordinating the program this
year. Any graduate student member of the MAA who would like to have or
serve as a mentor should register online by using the form below.
The intent of the mentorship program is to offer an informal means for
established graduate students (and junior faculty) to welcome and briefly
connect with newer members of the MAA and to help facilitate social and
professional interaction. The initial extent of the commitment would be
for mentees and mentors to meet for a brief conversation at the beginning
of a given conference. The continuation of the mentorship will be at the
discretion of the parties involved. Some ways the mentor might continute to
assist the mentee include: being a friendly and supportive contact via e-mail,
answering questions about the on-goings of the MAA, discussing various aspects
of professional life, teaching, or working within a department, or offering tips
about the job market. The purpose of the mentorship program is not for detailed
career advice, serious academic mentorship, or for intense discussions of
research, although these are not to be excluded. Rather, the program is intended
to ease new members into the world of the MAA and to offer a mechanism through
which more experienced graduate students can offer professional and academic
advice to other, less experienced graduate students.
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