Faculty mentoring can provide valuable perspective, practical strategies and meaningful professional connections.Explore OVPFAA programs designed to help faculty navigate current priorities and plan for continued growth.
Mentoring support throughout a faculty career
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Offered each fall, Hoosiers Connect helps faculty in their first year at IU Bloomington build community with peers and experienced faculty mentors.
Faculty-to-Faculty (F2F) Mentoring Program
The Faculty-to-Faculty (F2F) Mentoring Program provides structured, individualized career guidance to faculty of all ranks. Each mentoring network includes one mentee and two mentors: one from the mentee’s home unit and another from elsewhere at IU. This model combines insight into unit expectations with a broader university perspective.
Participants meet monthly with their mentoring network and connect with faculty across networks to discuss shared questions related to research, teaching, service, promotion and career development.
Methods and Practices to Succeed (MAPS)
Methods and Practices to Succeed, or MAPS, is a 12-week faculty mentoring program that helps faculty develop sustainable professional and personal goals as they work toward promotion. Launched in fall 2024, the program is open to faculty across ranks and disciplines.
Through weekly discussions and activities, participants explore strategies to manage their time, increase productivity, navigate teaching and service commitments, and make progress toward appointment-specific goals. Working in small peer groups, faculty build accountability, learn from colleagues, and develop practical tools for continued professional growth.
Faculty interested in learning more may contact Gen Creedon at gcreedon@iu.edu.
Newly Tenured Faculty Mentoring Program
The Newly Tenured Faculty Mentoring Program supports associate professors as they work toward promotion and plan the next phase of their careers.
During the year-long program, participants receive guidance from two full professor mentors and take part in monthly discussions and research development workshops. Each participant develops an individualized roadmap for advancing their research and working toward promotion to full professor.
For more information, contact Jessica Nina Lester at jnlester@iu.edu.