Programs & Support: Faculty Mentoring

Your department or academic unit may have formal and/or informal mentoring opportunities that are available to you – ask your chair or department head.  Some faculty members, however, find that it can be valuable to work with someone outside their academic unit or department to provide a different perspective. 

Whatever your preference, if you are interested in being paired with another Mason faculty member, then we are happy to identify a mentor for you.  We ask that you contact us with the following information:

• Your name, academic unit, and contact information
• Areas for which you are seeking mentoring (e.g., teaching/advising, research, grant writing, other professional development, etc.)
• What you seek from a mentoring relationship

We shall review your information, investigate possibilities, and identify a mentor for you.  Please note that this is an informal program – once you are paired with a faculty mentor we ask that you meet with that person and discuss your mutual expectations.