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Mentoring: A Berkeley Perspective

Sheila Humphreys, Ph.D. Sheila Humphreys, Ph.D. Academic Coordinator, EECS Dept. Academic Coordinator, EECS Dept. UC Berkeley UC Berkeley

Many Existence Proofs

• Dr. Valerie Taylor
• Dr. Valerie Taylor-
• Texas A & M+ photo

Texas A & M+ photo

• Dr. Gary May
• Dr. Gary May-
• Georgia Tech+ photo

Georgia Tech+ photo

• Dr.Jeff Forbes

Dr.Jeff Forbes-

• Duke University+ photo

Duke University+ photo

• Dr. Armando Fox
• Dr. Armando Fox-
• Stanford University

Stanford University

• Dr. Arlene Rhodes
• Dr. Arlene Rhodes-
• Morgan State

Morgan State

Find more UCB Existence Proofs

• Distributed Role Models

Distributed Role Models

• UCB Women Ph.D. Database:

UCB Women Ph.D. Database: http://www. http://www.eecs eecs. .berkeley berkeley. .edu edu/Programs/gra /Programs/gra d/ d/GradWomen GradWomen/ /gradwomen gradwomen.html .html

• Databases on Berkeley women Ph.D.’s

Databases on Berkeley women Ph.D.’s

• Website for Berkeley minority Ph.D.’s

Website for Berkeley minority Ph.D.’s

Departmental Mentoring

• Faculty

Faculty-

• Student

Student-

• Staff Commitment

Staff Commitment

• Admissions/ graduate recruitment

Admissions/ graduate recruitment

• Alternate avenues to grad program

Alternate avenues to grad program

• Diversity focus in grants

Diversity focus in grants

• Innovative policies (Parent Policy)

Innovative policies (Parent Policy)

• Gender balance in Colloquium Speakers

Gender balance in Colloquium Speakers

• Strong support of student organizations

Strong support of student organizations

Support of WICSE

• History and longevity: 25

History and longevity: 25th

th Anniversary

Anniversary

• http://www.

http://www.eecs eecs. .berkeley berkeley. .edu edu/Programs/grad/ /Programs/grad/Grad Grad Women Women/ /Wicse Wicse/wicse25th. /wicse25th.htm htm

• Virtual community

Virtual community

• Weekly Meetings

Weekly Meetings

• Monthly Mentoring Lunch with

Monthly Mentoring Lunch with Ugrad Ugrad Women Women

• New Graduate Recruitment

New Graduate Recruitment

• Big Sister Program

Big Sister Program

WICSE’s Influence

• Webpage

Webpage

• Advocacy for Policy Changes

Advocacy for Policy Changes

• Conference Participation: Hopper, CRA, Tapia

Conference Participation: Hopper, CRA, Tapia

• Official voice at Faculty Retreat

Official voice at Faculty Retreat

• EECS Student Organizations Council

EECS Student Organizations Council

• Institutional Research: Ph.D. retention study

Institutional Research: Ph.D. retention study

• Strong links to EECS Alumnae

Strong links to EECS Alumnae

BGESS(Black Grad Students in / Science and Engineering)

• Minority cohort in SEM

Minority cohort in SEM

• Founded 1987

Founded 1987

• Building Community

Building Community Chancellor’s Outstanding Service Award Chancellor’s Outstanding Service Award 2004 2004

• Research Mentorship

Research Mentorship

• Recruitment

Recruitment

Effective Peer Mentoring

• MFTO

MFTO-

• Dr. John Davis, IBM
• Dr. John Davis, IBM
• Ph.D. support group at Berkeley

Ph.D. support group at Berkeley

• Student Initiated

Student Initiated

• Goal

Goal-

• oriented:
• riented: What happened last week?

What happened last week? This week I plan to accomplish: This week I plan to accomplish: Penalty Penalty-

• based:

based: OOPS I didn’t OOPS I didn’t

Synergy with Industry

• Keeping our feet to the fire

Keeping our feet to the fire

• Tracking our diversity students

Tracking our diversity students

• External affirmation

External affirmation

• $

$ome

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$

• Example: UCB senior women grads invited

Example: UCB senior women grads invited to IBM Academy Meeting, 10/03 to IBM Academy Meeting, 10/03

SUPERB: Graduate Pipeline

• Summer undergraduate Research

Summer undergraduate Research

• Minority/ Gender Balance

Minority/ Gender Balance

• 67% attend graduate school

67% attend graduate school

• 6 Minority Ph.D.’s: 3 in academe

6 Minority Ph.D.’s: 3 in academe

• Mills, Michigan, Penn State, IBM Research

Mills, Michigan, Penn State, IBM Research (2) (2)

• Erika Take, SUPERB Coordinator

Erika Take, SUPERB Coordinator

SUPERB-IT Percentage of Men and Women Overall 1990 - 2004

Male 64% Female 36%

SUPERB-IT 1990-2004 % Ethnicity Overall

45% 20% 10% 1% 2% 12% 10% African-American Latino Chicano Native American Other Asian Caucasian

Training Future Mentors

• SUPERB Graduate Mentor Evaluation

SUPERB Graduate Mentor Evaluation

• Biggest Challenges

Biggest Challenges

• Defining a project

Defining a project – – scope & level scope & level

• Getting students up to speed

Getting students up to speed

• Calibrating supervision

Calibrating supervision

• Most Rewarding

Most Rewarding

• Encouraging academic excellence

Encouraging academic excellence

• Coaching for final presentation

Coaching for final presentation

• Continuing relationship

Continuing relationship

CS Reentry Program

• Tapping an alternate source of women &

Tapping an alternate source of women & minorities for graduate school minorities for graduate school

• 1983

1983-

• 1998; now at CMU, UBC

1998; now at CMU, UBC

• 12 Ph. D.’s’, 39 MS, ~20 in pipeline

12 Ph. D.’s’, 39 MS, ~20 in pipeline

• Prof. Nina
• Prof. Nina Amenta

Amenta, Davis , Davis

• Faculty now sensitive to reentry issues

Faculty now sensitive to reentry issues