A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop that will explore how identity, inclusion, and personal agency influence mentoring relationships, career development, and the well-being of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in STEMM. The workshop will provide an overview of the current research and available resources on the integration of mentorship, well-being, and professional development and take an intersectional approach to examining the challenge of translating existing theory (knowing) into effective interventions (doing). Additionally, the workshop will discuss how the Roundtable on Mentorship, Well-being, and Professional Development can help faculty and institutions focus on establishing methods that will bridge current barriers to success – particularly for those individuals from marginalized and minoritized populations in STEMM.
Major objectives of the workshop include:
1) Elevate understanding of common practices and research areas in mentorship, well-being, and professional development, with a focus on the integration of all three concepts, particularly for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from marginalized and minoritized populations;
2) Highlight practical approaches for identifying and bridging the “knowing-doing gap” in mentorship, well-being, and professional development; and
3) Explore actions that can shift institutional cultures towards prioritizing the interrelationship between mentorship, well-being, and professional development.
Following the workshop, a rapporteur-authored workshop proceedings-in-brief will be published.