| What? | Where? | When? |
| Registration | Colony Ballroom | 8:30am-9:00am |
| Bagels and Coffee | Colony Ballroom | 8:30am-9:30am |
Welcome and Opening Reception:
|
Colony Ballroom | 9:00am-9:15am |
Morning Sessions Poster Session (see below for details) |
Colony Ballroom | 9:30am-11:00am |
Morning Sessions Oral Session (see below for details) |
Colony Ballroom | 9:30am-11:45am |
Panel Discussion (See below for details) |
Colony Ballroom Margaret Brent Benjamin Banneker |
12:00pm-1:00pm |
| Buffet Lunch | Colony Ballroom | 11:30am-1:00pm |
Afternoon Sessions (Session I & II) (See below for details) |
Colony Ballroom Margaret Brent Benjamin Banneker |
1:00pm-4:15pm |
Afternoon Sessions Oral Session (See below for details) |
Colony Ballroom Margaret Brent Benjamin Banneker |
1:00pm-4:15pm |
Ice Cream Social & Award Ceremony Dean of the Graduate School, Charles Carmello will chair the Awards ceremony |
Colony Ballroom | 4:30pm-5:00pm |
For a list of participants in the Oral Sessions, please see this pdf file.
| Theme | Location | Time |
| Our Changing Physical Environment and Beyond | Benjamin Banneker A | 9:30-11:00am |
| Interpreting Visual Culture and Images | Benjamin Banneker A | 11:00am-11:45am |
| Smart Computers | Benjamin Banneker B | 9:30-11:45am |
| Modeling and Simulation | Margaret Brent A | 9:30-11:30am |
| Education | Margaret Brent B | 9:15-10:45am |
| Health | Margaret Brent B | 10:45-11:45am |
| Theme | Location | Time |
| Culture, Literature, and Society | Benjamin Banneker A | 1:00pm-2:30pm |
| Economy and Business | Benjamin Banneker A | 2:30pm-3:20pm |
| Exploring Identities | Benjamin Banneker A | 3:20pm-4:15pm |
| Advances in Technology | Benjamin Banneker B | 1:00pm-3:00pm |
| Human behavior and the Cognitive Mind | Benjamin Banneker B | 3:00pm-4:15pm |
| Environmental Issues, Climate Change, & Sustainable Development | Margaret Brent A | 1:00pm-3:30pm |
| Globalization | Margaret Brent B | 1:00pm-2:00pm |
| History and Sociology | Margaret Brent B | 2:00pm-3:00 |
| Public Policy | Margaret Brent B | 3:00pm-4:00 |
For a list of participants in the Poster Sessions, please see this pdf file.
| Theme | Location |
| Advances in Technology | Colony 1 |
| Culture, Literautre and Society | Colony 2 |
| Exploring Identities | Colony 2 |
| Globalization | Colony 2 |
| Human Behavior and the Cognitive Mind | Colony 3 |
| Theme | Location |
| A Broad View of the Microscopic Cell | Colony 1 |
| Our Changing Physical Environment and Beyond | Colony 1 |
| Education | Colony 2 |
| Environmental Issues, Climate Change, & Sustainable Development | Colony 2 |
| Interpreting Visual Culture and Images | Colony 3 |
| Modeling and Simulation | Colony 3 |
| Theme | Location |
| Smart Computers | Colony 1 |
| History and Sociology | Colony 2 |
| Public Policy | Colony 2 |
| Health | Colony 3 |
Focus
In graduate programs across the country, students across disciplines from every walk of life are asking for the same thing - more effective mentoring. While what constitutes "good mentoring" will differ for each individual according to their goals and life experiences, there are some core tenets of successful mentoring. These include: keeping lines of communication open; supporting the student's scholarly, professional, and personal development; and building a relationship based on mutual trust and shared responsibilities. Today we are delighted to have with us four University of Maryland faculty members who are mentors extraordinaire. We invite them to share their experiences as mentors and mentees and offer suggestions about how graduate students can seek out (and, eventually become) good mentors.
Format
Panelists and Moderators
Dr. Mary Corbin Sies is an Associate Professor in the department of American Studies. She is also an Affiliate Professor in African American Studies, Historic Preservation, and Women's Studies, as well as Co-Director of the Material Culture/Visual Culture Working Group of the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity. Most of what Dr. Corbin Sies knows about mentoring has come from her eleven years as Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of American Studies; from directing 14 M.A. theses, numerous scholarly articles, and 16 Ph.D. dissertations; and from the wonderful mentoring she received from urban and suburban scholars. She also maintains a website of advice for academic job searches and is an active mentor in professional societies, particularly the American Studies Association, The Society for American City and Regional Planning History, and the Urban History Association
Dr. Robert Dooling is Professor of Psychology, Associate Vice-President for Research, Director of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, and Co-Director of the Center for the Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing. His main research interests are developing animal models (e.g. birds) of hearing and vocal learning in humans. Dr. Dooling enjoys interacting with young scientists and he regularly judges local high school science fairs as well as mentoring high school seniors conducting research in his lab. Over the past 15 years Dr. Dooling has taught courses and training workshops on various aspects of Responsible Conduct of Research on campus and he co-teaches a popular course on Research Integrity that attracts graduate students from multiple disciplines. He is also co-PI of an NSF grant to enhance courses in Scientific Integrity across the University System of Maryland.
Dr. Gregory R. Hancock is Professor in the Department of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation, Director of the Center for Integrated Latent Variable Research (CILVR), and currently the Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education of the College of Education. Over the course of his career Dr. Hancock has mentored dozens of graduate students and junior faculty and one of his guiding principles is: "Be the kind of mentor you would want for yourself." His research has appeared in multiple top-tier journals in his field and he also serves on the editorial board of a number of methodological and applied journals. Here at the University of Maryland, Dr. Hancock has been recognized for his mentoring talents with the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award and the Outstanding Teacher Award for the College of Education, as well as being nominated for the University-wide Outstanding Graduate Professor Award. He believes that considering the age-old question "What do I want to be when I grow up?" is a key question mentees must ask themselves to help ensure good mentoring.
Dr. Francine Hultgren is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Education Policy Studies. She also holds graduate faculty status in the Leadership Academy at Iowa State University where she was selected as a Critical Science Research Fellow. Dr. Hultgren is a phenomenologist who grounds her approach as a researcher and teacher in the lived lives of educational experiences and students' lives. Over the course of her career she has mentored over 250 individuals, including; children in public schools, undergraduates; graduate students; and junior faculty. She notes the significance that her Master's and Doctoral degree advisors have had on her own mentoring style. Dr. Hultgren has received numerous Distinguished Speaker/Scholar Awards at various institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Recently she received the award for Outstanding Service to the College of Education and the University of Maryland Presidential Award for Outstanding Service to the Schools in Maryland. Dr. Hultgren was honored as the first recipient of the Outstanding Mentor Award by the Department of Education Policy and Leadership.
Moderator - Ms. Lisa Pfeifer is a doctoral candidate in Biology, a National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow, and recipient of an Ann G. Wiley Dissertation Fellowship for 2007/8. She comes from a long line of teachers and has been involved in science mentoring and outreach since her undergraduate days at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Pfeifer has worked with students from the elementary school to college level and currently mentors a student in the Anthropology Honors Program and serves as faculty for the USA Biology Olympiad. The best piece of advice she ever received about mentoring was "Don't settle for just one mentor. Get as many as you think you need."