Resources

Articles

• • The more mentors, the merrier

  • A Mentor Isn’t Enough. You Also Need an Advocate.

  • Why Mentoring & Sponsoring Are Important

  • Choose your adviser wisely

  • How to Pick a Graduate Advisor

  • Choosing a graduate mentor

  • Productivity Hack: Why you Should Keep a Journal as a Grad Student or New Faculty Member

  • Why clocking my work hours shifted my work-life balance

  • How to handle rejection in your professional life

  • What I Wish I Knew as a First-Generation Student

  • Female Scientists in the Diaspora

  • Your Resume Should Tell A Story

Websites

• • Career Exploration: NU Career Advancement, Beyond the Professoriate, Individual Development Plan (IDP, from Science Mag), NIH Career Blog, The Professor Is In, Mass Career Customization, Hello PhD (podcast)

  • Finance: ProFellow (Professional & Academic Fellowships), WSJ (free subscription through NU), Personal Finance Blog for PhDs

  • Productivity: The Academic Society

  • Self-compassion: Kristin Neff, Ph.D

  • Adulting: Infographs

Unconventional academics

• • Thoughts on the Graduate & Professional School Experience

    • In this video, several NIH trainees speak candidly about their “dimension of difference”, any challenges they faced in their research careers due to those differences, and how they overcame them. This video offers both personal reflections and advice to those who may find themselves in similar situations.

  • Sister

    • Media outlet for women and non-binary voices in academia

For mentors/ mentees

• • Mentor Handbook

  • Entering Mentoring

  • Mentee Guidelines

Additional mentorship opportunities

• • NU Peer Research Mentor Program: connects students undertaking research for the first time with a community of their peers and a mentor

  • Northwestern Alumni Association: connect with an Northwestern Alumni for specific career mentorship

  • Chicago Scholars: connect with the greater Chicago community and help CPS students apply and succeed in college

  • Morning Mentors: tutor middle school students for an hour before school at Nicholas Middle School in Evanston, IL

  • Science Club: engage elementary students and teachers through long-term programs, bridging in-school and out-of-school learning

  • Black Grad Mentors: connects prospective graduate students with scholars in their field for consultation sessions

  • oSTEM: non-profit professional association for LGBTQ+ people in the STEM community

  • MentorNet in partnership with NOGLSTP: One on One e-Mentoring for LGBTQ+ engineer or scientist in STEM

  • National Research Mentoring Network in partnership with NOGLSTP: for students and researchers in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences

  • 1000 girls, 1000 futures: engage young women interested in STEM and advance their pursuit of STEM careers