Online Mentoring & Related Resources

Women Mentoring Women Resources

• First Meeting Checklist
• Confidentiality Agreement to be signed by both mentor and mentee

Here are some resources from past Women Mentoring Women workshops:

• Internet Resources for Academic Job Searches
• Academic Job Search Interview Guide
• Academic Job Search Tips

Participants are encouraged to discuss any concerns you may have about your mentoring experience with members of the WMW advisory board. We will maintain confidentiality unless a breach of confidentiality is necessary to maintain someone's personal safety.

• If you are a postdoc mentor, contact:
  • SUSAN CROSS, Assistant Director of the Staff & Faculty Consultation Center: shcross@caltech.edu
  • RENEE SORIANO, Postdoctoral Scholars/Visitor Services Advisor: renee.soriano@caltech.edu

• If you are an upper-level graduate mentor and/or mentee, contact:
  • LODDIE FOOSE, Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry: loddie@caltech.edu
  • LINDA KRIPPNER, Director of the Staff & Faculty Consultation Center: krippner@caltech.edu

• If you are a first-year graduate mentee, contact:
  • PORTIA HARRIS, Assistant Director of the Caltech Center for Diversity: pbharris@caltech.edu
  • IMOGEN PRYCE, Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering: imogen@caltech.edu

MISCELLANEOUS MENTORING RESOURCES

Women and the future of physics: http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/Colloquium/041020Georgi/index.htm

Articles Available for Download

2009 Nobels: Break or Breakthrough for Women?

Unmasking the Impostor (an article on the Impostor Syndrome phenomenon)

Questions to Ask Before Selecting an Advisor

The Roles of Mentors and Mentees

The MIT Success Story: Interview with Nancy Hopkins

The Power of Giving

Web Resources

Association of Women in Science (AWIS): http://www.awis.org/
Science NextWave: http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/

Career Development  Resources

Mentoring for Women in Engineering: http://paesmem.stanford.edu/

Career Development Center at Caltech: http://www.career.caltech.edu/