Office of theProvost

There are many articles, web posts and blogs about faculty mentoring A short, select list is provided.

• A Mentoring Manifesto
• Proof the Mentoring Matters
• Start Strong
• How to Succeed in the Academy: A Chair’s Advice to Junior Faculty
• Top Ten Things New Faculty Would Like to Hear From Colleagues

Here is a list of some selected books that focus on the career of the professor in academe, and the positive outcomes from a productive mentoring relationship. Additional books are also listed for a more targeted audience, and discuss topics including racial and gender diversity, motherhood, and work-life balance.

• Buller, Jeffrey L. The Essential College Professor, A Practical Guide to an Academic Career, John Wiley and Sons, 2010.
• Felten, Bauman, Khevarty and Taylor, Transformative Conversations: A Guide to Mentoring Communities Among Colleagues in Higher Education, John Wiley and Sons, 2013.
• Nakamura, Shernoff, Hooker, Csikszentmihalyi, Good Mentoring: Fostering Excellent Practice in Higher Education, John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
• Bain, Ken What the Best College Teachers Do, Harvard University Press, 2004.

For a more targeted audience:

• Connelly, Rachel and Ghodsee, Kristen, Professor Mommy, Finding Work Family Balance in Academia, Rowman and Littlefield, 2011.
• Mack, Watson, Camacho, Mentoring Faculty of Color: Essays on Professional Development and Advancement in Colleges and Universities, McFarland and Company, Inc. 2013
• Guttierez y Muchs, Niemann, Gonzalez and Harris, Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia, University Press of Colorado, 2012. 

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• http://www.umass.edu/ctfd/mentoring/index.shtml
• http://www.umass.edu/ctfd/mentoring/resources.shtml

Harvard University

• http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/development-and-mentoring/faculty-mentoring-resources