Name
Equity-Minded Mentoring: Affirming Relationship-Rich Environments for Grad Students and Early-Career Faculty
Date & Time
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Location Name
Hong Kong
Session Type
Knowledge-to-Action Workshop
Description

Mentoring relationships are seen as a key element of successful academic and professional growth. However, mentorship programs often focus on a formalized approach that emphasizes the role of a single mentor. Contemporary research identifies the need for equity-minded approaches and recognizes a range of mentoring relationships, including academic, family, and community. These "mentoring constellations" recognize and affirm the varied and diverse identities, backgrounds, and experiences of mentees and mentors. This session will focus on developing an ethos of equity-minded mentorship for graduate students and early-career faculty and staff, with an emphasis on community-engaged learning and research. Attendees will reflect on and map their own mentoring constellations and will identify ways to improve mentoring environments in their work and partnerships.