Undergraduate Mentoring Program

Anthropology is nothing if not built upon relationships between people.  We see ourselves as a community interwoven and held together by common interest in the study of humankind.  To that end, we foster ties with one another in part through relationships of mentoring.  Beginning in Fall 2011, the department has undertaken a pioneering undergraduate mentoring program with paid graduate student mentors.  The mentor-mentee relationship is one that is beneficial to all: undergraduates gain insights into the discipline of anthropology, as well as graduate student life; graduate students gain teaching experience and the opportunity to guide budding anthropologists to future involvement with the discipline. 

In general, mentors and mentees meet once a week.  The kinds of mentoring activities may include:
-help with course work  
-help with honor’s thesis
-talk about graduate student research
-attend on-campus events together (departmental colloquia, GSO conference, SPAS conference) and discuss afterward
-attend a dissertation defense
- discussion of how to apply to graduate school

At the end of each semester, mentors and mentees are required to submit a one-page assessment of their experiences.

A call for anthropology majors and minors interested in participating in this mentoring opportunity will take place at the beginning of every semester.

page last updated October 4, 2011