Advance Career Management Resources

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The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM

Website that contains mentoring tools, resources for developing and maintaining effective mentorship education in STEM, and information regarding the value of effective mentorship and the harms that can result from negative mentoring experiences. 

Researchers' Individual Publication Rate Has Not Increased in a Century (2016)

Debates over the pros and cons of a "publish or perish'' philosophy have inflamed academia for at least half a century. Growing concerns, in particular, are expressed for policies that reward "quantity" at the expense of "quality," because these might prompt scientists to unduly multiply their publications by fractioning ("salami slicing"), duplicating, rushing, simplifying, or even fabricating their results.

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How to Tackle the Childcare–Conference Conundrum (2018)

One major challenge is what we call the childcare-conference conundrum: Parent-researchers face a conundrum as they struggle to attend key conferences and further their careers while finding care for the children. Conferences face a conundrum as they assess how to better accommodate mothers and families.

A Scientist On Any Schedule (2017)

Audry Mayer talks about the hours of working as a scientist and how they change with different life commitments. 

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How To Give Better Advice (2018)

Research reveals the common mistakes we make when trying to help. 

Patching Up the "Leaking Leadership Pipeline": Fostering Mid-Career Faculty Succession Management (2018)

The research presented here contributes to research and practice focused on faculty leadership development by examining the leadership pipeline for mid-career faculty in a consortium of 13 liberal arts colleges.

Re-Crafting Careers for Mid-Career Faculty: A Qualitative Study

The purpose of this study was to conduct a rich exploration of the career

experiences of mid-career faculty using the lens of job crafting theory.

Mid-Career Faculty: Trends, Barriers, and Possibilities

The aim of this study was to

deepen our understanding of the lives of mid-career faculty working

at institutions of higher education in the United States, with focus on

their productivity, and to suggest implications for future research on

the subject.

Call To Action To Support The Success of Mid-Career Nurse Scientists

In this paper, we discuss definitions and expectations of mid-career scientists, challenges and barriers faced by mid-career scientists, and opportunities for mid-career

scientists, informed by both nursing and non-nursing literature.

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Reconceptualizing Faculty Mentoring Within A Community of Practice Model

This study proposes a community of practice (CoP) model for faculty mentoring that emerged from the practical and conceptual dilemmas we faced as a professional graduate school trying to facilitate mentoring for its faculty.

Overview of the Faculty Mentor Training from CIMER

Multidisciplinary Research Mentor Training Seminar For Faculty Mentors.