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How To Use the List of Prospective Mentors
You will note that several of these prospective mentors are willing to offer advice on different slices of the same general topic. You will also note that some seem willing to discuss the topic very broadly, while others want to focus on some specific aspect of the topic. If you can find a person who seems to be very interested in the same narrow slice as you, that person may be a good person to start with. If you cannot find a person who lists a narrow slice that fits what you want to consult about, it may make sense to contact a mentor who has expressed a willingness to discuss the topic more broadly.When you contact the prospective mentor, specify whether or not you are asking for a 15 minute or a 30 minute consult. If you expect that your topic can be answered briefly, you may want to suggest a 15 minute consult and it is likely that it will be possible to schedule that consult sooner than a 30 minute consult. The assumption is that through an exchange of e-mail the two of you will be able to work out a time that works for both of you and then you will be expected to call your mentor (consultant) at that time.
Q: Can you contact the same mentor again on some other topic?
A: Yes.
Q: Can you contact the same mentor again on the same topic?
A: Yes.
Q: Can you expect to meet this person at the annual GSA meeting?
A: This will depend on whether the mentor will be at the next meeting, how long the mentor will be there, how busy the mentor will be, and the like. Most will look forward to at least a brief conversation. Many of these mentors will be able and willing to schedule an appointment to meet in person with you, but if they do so, this is over and beyond what they agreed to when they signed up to participate in this mentoring initiative.
Q: Is it appropriate to ask this person to review your dissertation proposal, chapters of your dissertation, a draft of an article you are working on, and the like?
A: That is not what this mentoring initiative is all about. What the mentors have agreed to is to have a 15 or a 30 minute conversation with ESPO members that contact them. It is possible that in some cases in which the mentee is doing research that is very close to and of very much interest to the mentor that more extensive interactions may evolve out of the contacts associated with this initiative, but most of these mentors will not have the time available that would be needed for these more time intensive forms of mentoring. Such mentoring is typically done by an advisor in your own graduate program.
