Mentoring

Early Career Scholars Mentoring Program at the 51st Annual Hume Society Conference

The Hume Society Early Career Scholars Mentoring Program was first organized by Jackie Taylor and is organized this year by Liz Goodnick and Katie Paxman. The program has two aspects:

1. All mentees attend a workshop the morning before the conference officially begins. This year, the workshop will be Monday July 14 from 10:30am-12:30pm in University Hall room 312. The workshop is in three parts:
   1. The first 45 minutes will consist of a discussion with a panel of senior scholars. Several assigned participants will come with prepared questions on topics relevant to early career scholars (ex. planning and executing a research programme, publications, the job market, and networking). Other mentees are welcome to ask follow-up questions and/or additional questions and participate in the informal discussion/Q&A.
   2. The middle 30 minutes will involve breakout groups for particular discussions: one on the job market, one on publishing, and one on a heavy teaching load combined with early career scholarship. Mentors who have expertise and/or interest in the topics will lead the discussions and mentees may choose to join whichever group they wish.
   3. The final 45 minutes will include lunch (provided by the Hume Society) and networking– previous informal/smaller group discussion topics have included ideas for Hume Society/mentor support throughout the year, reading groups and other connections with society members (and especially fellow mentees), and current research.
2. All mentees are assigned a senior scholar mentor who is an expert in the subfield (or a related subfield) that the mentee is currently exploring. Mentees will submit a sample of current written work (ideally one different from the paper they are presenting at the conference, if applicable) on which they would like advice, feedback, etc. from a mentor. Mentors will read the paper and mentors and mentees will schedule a one-on-one meeting during the conference to discuss the work (the cost of a meal for both mentor and mentee during that meeting should be paid for by the mentor who will be reimbursed by the Hume Society) This year, mentees should submit their papers to mentors by July 1.