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Faculty Advisor

Doctoral Peer Mentor

Guidelines for PRAXIS Peer Doctoral Advisors
2003

Eight doctoral students in the UCLA Department of Information Studies will be peer advisors to PRAXIS students. They will share their doctoral experience and provide the real live student perspective. Peer advisors will be the touchstone factor in the PRAXIS program.

Thank you for participating in the PRAXIS program as a peer doctoral advisor.

Responsibilities

• Contact the PRAXIS student assigned to you upon notification.
• Meet with the PRAXIS students twice each quarter (minimum).
• Participate in a PRAXIS social event once a quarter.
• Share your doctoral experience and insights into the decision to undertake the program.
• Participation in the weekly PRAXIS seminars is optional

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National Faculty Mentor

Guidelines for PRAXIS National Mentors
Faculty of Color
2003

The involvement of national faculty of color as mentors for PRAXIS students will develop and strengthen cross-institutional relationships and synergies. This is part of the three-prong approach to mentoring implemented so PRAXIS students will receive the guidance from different vantage points: a local faculty advisor, a peer doctoral mentor, and a national faculty of color mentors. PRAXIS students will benefit from the guidance and advise from their national faculty mentor who will also serve as a role model for professional leadership and personal involvement in the recruitment of doctoral students.

Each PRAXIS National Mentor will receive the resume and a statement of purpose of their PRAXIS student. The goal is for the PRAXIS student to explore and, hopefully, enter a doctoral program in the near future. Take the initiative and responsibility regarding this mentorship.

Thank you for participating as a PRAXIS National Faculty Mentor.

Responsibilities

• Contact by telephone or email the PRAXIS student identified as your mentee upon notification. First contact should take place prior to the program start in January 2003. Tell your mentee about yourself and your stake-hold in the recruitment of doctoral students of color to the profession.
• Maintain contact with the PRAXIS student on a monthly basis (minimum).
• Discuss and explore doctoral interests. Share your experience, career choices, concerns and decisions regarding the doctoral degree.
• Discuss with the PRAXIS student their research paper and the program.
• Inform the PRAXIS student about doctoral programs at your institution and at other universities around the country.
• Arrange to meet the PRAXIS student at the ALA Annual Conference in Toronto in June 2003, if you are planning to attend.
• Offer to maintain contact after the PRAXIS program ends.

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Faculty Advisor Doctoral Peer Mentor National Faculty Mentor xxx xxx xxx	Faculty Advisor ^go to top Doctoral Peer Mentor Guidelines for PRAXIS Peer Doctoral Advisors 2003 Eight doctoral students in the UCLA Department of Information Studies will be peer advisors to PRAXIS students. They will share their doctoral experience and provide the real live student perspective. Peer advisors will be the touchstone factor in the PRAXIS program. Thank you for participating in the PRAXIS program as a peer doctoral advisor. Responsibilities • Contact the PRAXIS student assigned to you upon notification. • Meet with the PRAXIS students twice each quarter (minimum). • Participate in a PRAXIS social event once a quarter. • Share your doctoral experience and insights into the decision to undertake the program. • Participation in the weekly PRAXIS seminars is optional ^go to top National Faculty Mentor Guidelines for PRAXIS National Mentors Faculty of Color 2003 The involvement of national faculty of color as mentors for PRAXIS students will develop and strengthen cross-institutional relationships and synergies. This is part of the three-prong approach to mentoring implemented so PRAXIS students will receive the guidance from different vantage points: a local faculty advisor, a peer doctoral mentor, and a national faculty of color mentors. PRAXIS students will benefit from the guidance and advise from their national faculty mentor who will also serve as a role model for professional leadership and personal involvement in the recruitment of doctoral students. Each PRAXIS National Mentor will receive the resume and a statement of purpose of their PRAXIS student. The goal is for the PRAXIS student to explore and, hopefully, enter a doctoral program in the near future. Take the initiative and responsibility regarding this mentorship. Thank you for participating as a PRAXIS National Faculty Mentor. Responsibilities • Contact by telephone or email the PRAXIS student identified as your mentee upon notification. First contact should take place prior to the program start in January 2003. Tell your mentee about yourself and your stake-hold in the recruitment of doctoral students of color to the profession. • Maintain contact with the PRAXIS student on a monthly basis (minimum). • Discuss and explore doctoral interests. Share your experience, career choices, concerns and decisions regarding the doctoral degree. • Discuss with the PRAXIS student their research paper and the program. • Inform the PRAXIS student about doctoral programs at your institution and at other universities around the country. • Arrange to meet the PRAXIS student at the ALA Annual Conference in Toronto in June 2003, if you are planning to attend. • Offer to maintain contact after the PRAXIS program ends. ^go to top