Mentoring Matters
Welcome to "Mentoring Matters" the podcast where professors Stephanie Hansen and Mary Drewnoski share their expert insights on how to excel as a mentor. Join us as we tackle the challenges of mentoring graduate students and offer actionable tips for building community, enhancing communication, and fostering a culture of learning within your team. With years of experience and hard-won wisdom, Hansen and Drewnoski will provide the guidance you need to succeed in your mentoring endeavors. Tune in to "Mentoring Matters" for valuable insights and advice on mentoring graduate students.
- Update frequency
- every 33 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
Mentoring 2.0: Integrating Generative AI Tools for Enhanced Support
In this episode of Mentoring Matters, we explore the transformative potential of generative AI tools like ChatGPT in the context of graduate student mentoring. As these cutting-edge tec…
Reset: Starting Fresh at the Beginning of a Semester
In this (long awaited) episode of Mentoring Matters we discuss how to get our students started off strong at the beginning of the semester. Things we discussed include:
- How much Steph lo…
Thriving Together: Cultivating Well-Being in Students and Faculty
Dr. Jodi McGill (Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Students at Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine) joined us to discuss what we learned in our last grad facult…
Wrangling the Chaos: Tips for Time Management
Time management can be a struggle for graduate students and faculty. In this episode we offer tips to make more efficient use of your time, with the goal of reducing everyone's stress.
W…
A Behind the Scenes Peek at our Lives as Graduate Mentors
In this episode we take you on a behind the scenes journey to hear about our graduate student interactions over a random week.
Things we discussed:
- Being intentional with our time
- Planning…
Tips for Building Resiliency in Graduate Students
In this episode we share ideas for improving resiliency in our graduate students. Topics covered include:
- Angela Duckworth's book "Grit" and Liz Wiseman's "Impact Players" are two resour…
Building Better Teams: How Book Clubs Can Foster Community and Professional Growth
In this episode we discuss how we've used book clubs with our graduate students to enhance community and habit building.
- Mary talks about reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People …
Utilizing Strengths in Graduate Student Mentoring
In this episode: Steph and Mary are on vacation! And nerding out about how we use the Clifton Strengths talent assessment in our graduate student mentoring. Similar to how we use Meyers…
The Power of Recognition
In this episode we discuss what a powerful tool recognition of individual and team success can be, including:
- Why it's important to ask your team members how they want to be recognized.
- R…
Mirror, Mirror: The Importance of Reflection for Student Growth
In this episode we discuss how reflection helps our graduate students learn and grow. We talk about some of the strategies we are already using to cause students to pause and reflect an…
Getting the Most out of Conferences
Attending conferences can be a great way to entice a student to finish a project and share their data. But how do we help students get the most out of an often very expensive conference…
Doing our Homework
Hello Mentors!
In this episode we reflect on the value of taking time to prepare for our individual grad student meetings. We offer some strategies to find time in your busy schedule an…
Retreat! AKA How to Get the Most out of a Research Retreat
Retreat! Research retreat, that is!
In this episode we talked about the research retreat Steph did with her lab recently. We talk about what went well, what she'd do differently, and Mar…
Quit Bossing and Start Coaching
In this episode we discuss the traits we've appreciated in our best bosses, and why those bosses might have actually been our best coaches. We talk about tips for figuring out how to b…
Resources for our Professional Development
In this episode, we discuss a few resources we’ve found useful for our own professional development. And how we use them with our grad students, of course!
Resources we discuss:
James Cle…
Lessons Learned in 2021
In this episode we discuss the hard-fought mentoring lessons we have learned not only over the past year, but stretching back to early 2020. We talk about what has gone well and what we…
Keeping the Curiosity: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Heemstra
Emory University Professor Jen Heemstra joined us for a conversation about strategies for success as graduate student mentors. We also chatted about ideas for faculty development and wa…
Using Personality Assessments to Tailor Graduate Student Mentoring
In this episode we interview one of our own teaching mentors, Dr. Jan Wiersema of Iowa State University.
We explore how using type indicators (sometimes called personality assessments) l…
Ten Phrases to Use in Your Grad Student Mentoring
Welcome to Season 2! We are excited to be back after our summer hiatus.
In this episode we discuss 10 phrases we find useful to have in your pocket when mentoring graduate students.
Among…
Ten Pieces of Graduate Mentoring Advice for New Faculty
In this episode we cover our top ten tips for things we wish we'd known when we started mentoring graduate students. Have a listen to learn why our number one tip was to keep your mouth…