Keeping the Curiosity: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Heemstra
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Emory University Professor Jen Heemstra joined us for a conversation about strategies for success as graduate student mentors. We also chatted about ideas for faculty development and ways we can foster strong mentors.
\\xa0A few things we talked about:
- Fear of failure, why we as mentors should bring the same level of curiosity to our mentoring as we do to our science.
- Individualized development plans for students that have nothing to do with their research and everything to do with their career goals.
- Avoidable vs. unavoidable struggles and how to encourage resiliency in our teams.
- Structure, structure, structure. Did we mention, structure?
Jen and Steph bonded over sharing our personal writing journey with our students (and Jen's stoked to try writing sprints with her group!) Jen\\u2019s writing a book, so look for that in 2023! Steph published a fiction novel in 2021. Steph\\u2019s author world is at www.slhansenbooks.com
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