Mentor Network 2011-12

UM-Flint Faculty Mentoring Program

The Mentor Network: A core philosophy behind the Program is that one mentor cannot provide all the guidance an individual faculty member needs. Rather a variety of different kinds of mentors can more effectively help faculty achieve their career goals—true for faculty well beyond the early stages of their academic careers. By making use of the reservoir of mentors’ experience and expertise, the Mentor Network supplements the one-on-one mentoring and group programs by enabling mentees to seek out the kind of information they want most.
Here is a list with each mentor’s specific mentoring interests. If you have particular questions or concerns, we encourage you to contact these mentors for further discussion.

Darryl Baird (Art), dbaird@umflint.edu

  • Scholarly activity and publication
  • Research funding

Eric Freedman (Psychology), freedman@umflint.edu

  • Personal statements (e.g., for 2-year, 4-year and tenure reviews)
  • Writing multiple choice questions for exams
  • Staying focused on maintaining your research
  • Practical/informal T & P expectations

Guluma Gemeda (Africana Studies), ggemeda@umflint.edu

  • Teaching
  • Choosing committee, teaching, and/or service assignments

Carolyn Gillespie (Theatre), cmgil@umflint.edu

  • Interactive teaching strategies
  • Assessing oral assignments

Lixing Han (Math), lxhan@umflint.edu

  • Scholarly activity and publication
  • Opportunities for collaboration in research

Adam Lutzker (Economics), alutzker@umflint.edu

  • Teaching
  • Collegial support/community building
  • Choosing committee, teaching, and/or service assignments

Juan Mestas (Foreign Languages), jmestas@umflint.edu

  • Collegial support/community building
  • Diversity issues:  gender, race, identity in the academy

Cindy Pfalzer (Physical Therapy), cpfalzer@umflint.edu

  • Scholarly activity and publication
  • Institutional Review Board, research with human subjects
  • Preparation and strategies for tenure and promotion

Suzanne Selig (Public Health & Health Sciences), sselig@umflint.edu

  • Integrating teaching, research, and community engagement

Jessica Tischler (Chemistry), jtisch@umflint.edu

  • Teaching (science/labs specifically)
  • Balancing life/work
  • Working with student clubs

Huey-Ming Tzeng (Nursing), humi@umflint.edu

  • Working with undergraduate/graduate students with international background
  • Research (e.g., manuscript preparation)

Chris Waters (Art), cwaters@umflint.edu

  • Choosing committee, teaching, and/or service assignments
  • Collegial support/community building

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