Connect to Seminar Speakers
Are you looking to diversify your seminar series or conference line-up? Check out our list of interested women of color and non-binary people of color in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and allided fields. If you self-identify as a woman or non-binary person of color in EEB or an allied field, join the WOCinEEB Slack and add yourself to the list. Please do not add other people to the list without their explicit permission.
Mentoring Resources
- Guerilla mentoring: Telling Truth(s) from the Trenches featuring an interview by #VanguardSTEM with Dr. Beronda Montgomery.
- Also, check out the book by Dr. Montgomery Lessons From Plants.
- From Women in Cell Biology, check out their article "Peer Mentoring—Colleagues as a Resource for Your Career Development"
- This paper by Shelton et al. (2021) on "Expanding the Landscape of Opportunity: Professional Societies Support Early- Career Researchers Through Community Programming and Peer Coaching"
- This paper by Elliott et al. (2020) on "An entrepreneurship education and peer mentoring program for women in STEM: mentors’ experiences and perceptions of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intent"
- Read about a mindful mentoring plan on A Practical Guide to Mentoring Across Intersections by Annica Harriot on #VanguardSTEM
- Peer Mentoring Networks: Building and Bonding as a Black Woman in STEM by Arianna Long on #VanguardSTEM highlights the importance of cultivating peer-mentoring networks
- Decolonize Mentorship with VanguardSTEM offers a 4-step guide to being a thoughtful mentor
- Learn about the benefits of having a diverse group of mentors on Creating an Expansive Mentoring Network: Who is On Your Team? by Arianna Long on #VanguardSTEM