Global Co-Mentoring Networks in Higher Education

This book offers faculty and leaders of academic institutions insights on issues surrounding faculty mentoring and how national and international co-mentoring networks can contribute to the success of their members. These networks help female faculty and faculty from traditionally marginalized groups to engage positively with their careers, to create supportive systems that help them navigate the often-difficult path of academia, and gain success in their research work and publications. The book discusses the international women's network C-Y-F, which works across national and international boundaries, embracing women from five continents, diverse linguistic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, different generations and academic ranks. Contributions by authors from traditionally marginalized groups add to a better understanding of mentoring and co-mentoring from a variety of perspectives.

This book offers faculty and leaders of academic institutions insights on issues surrounding faculty mentoring and how national and international co-mentoring networks can contribute to the success of their members. These networks help female faculty and faculty from traditionally marginalized groups to engage positively with their careers, to create supportive systems that help them navigate the often-difficult path of academia, and gain success in their research work and publications. The book discusses the international women’s network C-Y-F, which works across national and international boundaries, embracing women from five continents, diverse linguistic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, different generations and academic ranks. Contributions by authors from traditionally marginalized groups add to a better understanding of mentoring and co-mentoring from a variety of perspectives.

Introduction by B. Gloria Guzman Johannessen.- Part I Mentoring Politics, Policies, and Practices in Higher Education.- Mentoring in and Outside Institutional Politics, Policies, and Practices by B. Gloria Guzman Johannessen and Laurette Bristol.- A Website Analysis of Mentoring Programs for Latina Faculty at the 25 Top-Rank National Universities by Beverly J. Irby, Detra Johnson, Nahed Abdelrahman, Elsa M. Gonzalez, Rafael Lara-Alecio and Fuhui Tong.- Part II Dynamics of a Global Mentoring Network.- Synergy, Care, and Constructive Chaos: Conceptualizing the Dynamics of an International Global Co-mentoring Network by Nilsa Thorsos, B. Gloria Guzman Johannessen, Makini Beck and Christine Nganga.- Storying our Academic Transitions by Anne E. Adams, Jerine M. Pegg, SueAnn I. Bottoms, H. Smith Risser, Ke Wu and Anne L. Kern.- Dynamics of Tensions and a Sense of Belonging in an Informal Peer Mentoring Community of Women Faculty by Ke Wu, Nilsa Thorsos and Anne L. Kern.- Part III  Ethnic and Sociocultural Issues and Faculty Responses.- Mentoring for Faculty Engagement from a Socially and Culturally Situated Perspective by Jose Lalas.- Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Alliance (MGSA): Crafting a Diverse Peer Mentoring Network within and beyond a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) by Wilfredo Alvarez, Patrick S. De Walt, Maria Genao-Homs and Julie Yun.- Critical Multicultural Latin@ Mentoring in Higher Education by Regina L. Suriel and James Martinez.- Part IV Mentoring in International Contexts.- The Cross-Cultural Mentoring of Graduate Students: Evidence from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Academy in Central Asia by Svetlana Vlady.- Student Co-Mentoring In Israeli And American Universities: Promoting Mutual Academic Success by Aram Ayalon.- Capacity Building of Early Career Researchers Through Cross-Institutional Mentoring by Angela Fenton, Kerryann Walsh and Amy MacDonald.