Keeping the Curiosity: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Heemstra

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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 ways we can foster strong mentors.

 A few things we talked about:

• Fear of failure, why we as mentors should bring the same level of curiosity to our mentoring as we do to our science.
• Individualized development plans for students that have nothing to do with their research and everything to do with their career goals.
• Avoidable vs. unavoidable struggles and how to encourage resiliency in our teams.
• Structure, structure, structure. Did we mention, structure?

Jen and Steph bonded over sharing our personal writing journey with our students (and Jen's stoked to try writing sprints with her group!) Jen’s writing a book, so look for that in 2023! Steph published a fiction novel in 2021. Steph’s author world is at www.slhansenbooks.com

You can follow Jen and her lab on Twitter:

@heemstralab

@jenheemstra

For actionable tips and strategies for mentoring please check out The Graduate Mentor's Trail Map available in paperback and ebook now!

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