Effective & Ethical Mentorship in Physics and Astronomy through Grassroots Organizations

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Autori principali: Latouf, Natasha, Schwartzman, Emma, McKaig, Jeffrey, Doan, Sara, Weingartner, Joseph
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Latouf, Natasha
Schwartzman, Emma
McKaig, Jeffrey
Doan, Sara
Weingartner, Joseph
author_facet Latouf, Natasha
Schwartzman, Emma
McKaig, Jeffrey
Doan, Sara
Weingartner, Joseph
contents Effective and ethical mentorship practices are crucial to improving recruitment and retention especially for historically minoritized groups (HMGs). Spectrum is a diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility (DEIA) grassroots organization committed to empowering equitable excellence through sustainable change. By improving transparency and DEIA within the fields of physics and astronomy, we can empower the next generation of diverse scientists and increase field retention. Starting within our home department at George Mason University and moving outwards, we ensure our students leave as advocates for DEIA and AJEDI (access, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) through education and mentorship. Spectrum is providing professionally trained peer mentors to aid students in all facets of their academic and personal lives. Although the peer mentoring program existed since the creation of Spectrum in Spring 2020, we have recently developed and implemented a formal mentorship training for both student and faculty mentors thus increasing the quality, trustworthiness, and confidence of our mentors. Using the latest mentorship research available, this training is developed by Spectrum for George Mason University, with the ability to implement the training at any institution.
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spellingShingle Effective & Ethical Mentorship in Physics and Astronomy through Grassroots Organizations
Latouf, Natasha
Schwartzman, Emma
McKaig, Jeffrey
Doan, Sara
Weingartner, Joseph
Physics Education
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics and Society
Effective and ethical mentorship practices are crucial to improving recruitment and retention especially for historically minoritized groups (HMGs). Spectrum is a diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility (DEIA) grassroots organization committed to empowering equitable excellence through sustainable change. By improving transparency and DEIA within the fields of physics and astronomy, we can empower the next generation of diverse scientists and increase field retention. Starting within our home department at George Mason University and moving outwards, we ensure our students leave as advocates for DEIA and AJEDI (access, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) through education and mentorship. Spectrum is providing professionally trained peer mentors to aid students in all facets of their academic and personal lives. Although the peer mentoring program existed since the creation of Spectrum in Spring 2020, we have recently developed and implemented a formal mentorship training for both student and faculty mentors thus increasing the quality, trustworthiness, and confidence of our mentors. Using the latest mentorship research available, this training is developed by Spectrum for George Mason University, with the ability to implement the training at any institution.
title Effective & Ethical Mentorship in Physics and Astronomy through Grassroots Organizations
topic Physics Education
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14761