A quick guide to networking for scientists

HK Beasley, VA Ky'Era, AG Marshall… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Networking is an important skill for finding social relationships relevant to one's career.
However, networking can be difficult to navigate as different social situations and career …

Intentional and unintentional benefits of minority writing accountability groups

EC Spencer, K Neikirk, SL Campbell… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
A faculty position can be a balancing act. Many new faculty, particularly minorities, struggle
due to a lack of mentorship. Writing accountability groups (WAGs) offer new faculty an …

Intentional mentoring: maximizing the impact of underrepresented future scientists in the 21st century

H Shuler, V Cazares, A Marshall… - Pathogens and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Mentoring is a developmental experience intended to increase the willingness to learn and
establish credibility while building positive relationships through networking. In this …

Project Strengthen: An STEMM-focused career development workshop to prepare underrepresented minority students for graduate school

T Barongan, K Neikirk, B Shao, N Vue, EC Spencer… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) programs are aimed to increase
diversity in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM) fields. However …

Responding and navigating racialized microaggressions in STEM

A Marshall, AD Pack, SA Owusu… - Pathogens and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While it is commonly thought that microaggressions are isolated incidents, microaggressions
are ingrained throughout the academic research institution (Young, Anderson and Stewart; …

A pilot study on our non-traditional, varied writing accountability group for historically excluded and underrepresented persons in STEMM

K Neikirk, T Barongan, B Shao, EC Spencer, K Kabugi… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Underrepresented faculty have higher burnout rates and lower grant attainment rates when
compared with their non-minority counterparts. Many in science, technology, engineering …

The role of mentoring in promoting diversity equity and inclusion in STEM Education and Research

AG Marshall, Z Vue, CB Palavicino-Maggio… - Pathogens and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The success of mentoring derives from active and respectful listening and the willingness to
learn and accept opportunities for personal growth. This shapes every trainee and their …

How to be a GREAT mentor

JS Davis, AM Sakwe, A Ramesh… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Formal training in how to mentor is not generally available to students, postdoctoral fellows,
or junior faculty. We provide here a framework to develop as a mentor, using the GREAT …

Creating inclusive environments in cell biology by casual mentoring

JA De Lora, A Hinton Jr, CM Termini - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Informal mentoring affects the development of cell biologists by providing essential career,
scientific, and educational guidance to mentees. In this piece, we discuss the importance of …

Adapting STEMM in Hawaiʻi: Necessary actions for one of the most diverse places in the United States

K Neikirk - Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hawaiʻi's diverse population prime it to be an exemplary environment to study
representation in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). In …