Symposium on 
"How to be a Good Mentor/Mentee"

(Sponsored by Women in APS and ASPET)

Presented at Experimental Biology 2002, New Orleans, LA  

Vignettes

The following eight vignettes have been developed in an attempt to describe some crucial issues that mentees and mentors may face during their careers. Although actual events have inspired some of these vignettes many of the specific details as well as names and places have been changed. 

If, as you read these vignettes, you see yourself, do not assume that you were the person the writer was thinking about as they wrote these fabricated stories. Rather, it shows that the presenters and committee members have succeeded in drawing attention to real issues that face us today. Another thing to keep in mind as you read these vignettes is that there is no single correct answer to any questions posed. The hope is that by working together, a mentee-mentor pair can reach an appropriate solution.  

   


#1: Husband and wife are both scientists: evaluating offers for faculty positions

#2: The absent-minded talented student

#3: What’s yours and what’s your mentor’s?

#4: What looks good on the surface can be poisonous on closer examination

#5: Ad apted from “What a tangled web we weave”

#6: Sexual harassment

#7: Challenges for a new Assistant Professor

#8: The scientist/mother
The scientist/parent


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