Mentoring Mentors workshop series

As the Director of Graduate Student Services, Matthew works closely with the Dean of the Graduate School and the Director of Postdoctoral Affairs, Graduate Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives to maintain and grow the offering of graduate student services to support the recruitment and retention of graduate students to the University. This includes co-organizing the Graduate Professional Development Workshop Series and the Three-Minute Thesis Competition and assisting in graduate student recruitment. As Senior Advisor to the Graduate Student Association (GSA), Matthew is responsible for the training of the GSA Council and Executive Board, fiscal advisement of the GSA accounts and overseeing all GSA programs and events. 

Scott Bassett attended CIMER training in 2019 and is an associate professor of geography and director of the land use planning and policy program at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focus is in environmental planning, specifically, he looks at the urban-wildland interface issues. Scott has experience in advising both undergraduate and graduate students. His graduate student advisees have received jobs in the private, government and education sectors. He has limited experience in mentoring assistant professors in seeking promotion and tenure. With an expanding role in his department, Scott has an interest in improving the mentoring experience of junior faculty within the University's geography department.

Anne Leonard attended CIMER training in 2018 and is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her primary area of research and academic work is Animal Behavior and Pollination Biology. She has no past experience with Mentor Training, but has always been interested in what makes a good “fit” for mentoring as well as learning new strategies for coming up with solutions to difficult situations when they arrive. She hopes to not only learn how to become a more effective mentor, but also how to share that information with her colleagues.

Kevin Shoemaker attended CIMER training in 2018 and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno focusing on Conservation Biology. 

Jacqueline Snow attended CIMER training in 2018 and is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno with over 10 years of experience supervising undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral trainees. She hasn’t had formal mentor training but has supervised new incoming faculty as part of COBRE mentoring initiative. Her primary focus is Neuroscience and she chose to learn more about Mentor Training since it is important to build current skills. She would like to learn more about evidence-based approaches to mentoring.

Alireza Tavakkoli attended CIMER training in 2019 and is an associate professor of computer science with research interest in visual computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, and virtual reality.