Our second book winner is Charles Izuchukwu Ezekiel, a first-year PhD student! Be sure to enter the book giveaway for your chance to win a copy of A Field Guide to Grad School! More details below (at the end of the post). Now, onto the good stuff! It’s not always obvious how to develop productive (and healthy) mentor-mentee relationships. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t very intentional about my approach with my PhD mentors. That is, I waited to learn their preferences and benchmarks and, fortunately, everything worked out. In general, though, I would advise against this strategy and encourage PhD students (especially first-year PhD students) to be more proactive. So, this week, I’m sharing a few ways you can work with your mentor(s) to develop a productive and healthy relationship with them. More specifically, I’m focusing on mentor-mentee relationships between primary advisors and early-career PhD students (however, the recommendations may be useful to everyone!).
Establishing good mentor-mentee relationships
Establishing good mentor-mentee relationships
Establishing good mentor-mentee relationships
Our second book winner is Charles Izuchukwu Ezekiel, a first-year PhD student! Be sure to enter the book giveaway for your chance to win a copy of A Field Guide to Grad School! More details below (at the end of the post). Now, onto the good stuff! It’s not always obvious how to develop productive (and healthy) mentor-mentee relationships. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t very intentional about my approach with my PhD mentors. That is, I waited to learn their preferences and benchmarks and, fortunately, everything worked out. In general, though, I would advise against this strategy and encourage PhD students (especially first-year PhD students) to be more proactive. So, this week, I’m sharing a few ways you can work with your mentor(s) to develop a productive and healthy relationship with them. More specifically, I’m focusing on mentor-mentee relationships between primary advisors and early-career PhD students (however, the recommendations may be useful to everyone!).