
Faculty Mentoring Resources
UNLV values the career development and success of its dedicated faculty and staff. This page is intended to increase visibility and access to campus mentoring programs and resources, including:
- Guidance on how to become a faculty mentor
- Guidelines for establishing a mentoring program at the local or university levels
- Awards that recognize the service of faculty mentors
Upcoming Events
Campus Mentoring Programs
Engineering Faculty Program
The purpose of the Engineering Faculty Program is to facilitate the matching of engineering faculty interested in participating in one-on-one and/or group mentoring with a faculty mentor in the College of Engineering. The program specifically addresses teaching improvement, navigating bureaucracy, grants, introductions to potential collaborators, insight into tenure and promotion expectations, and student advising issues.
Target Audience: engineering faculty
Contact:
Jacimaria Batista, Professor, Environmental Engineering, P.E
Phone: 702-895-1585
Email: jacimaria.batista@unlv.edu
First-Generation Faculty Program
First generation faculty members face many of the same challenges entering their first jobs in higher education as they did when they were first generation students pursuing their academic degrees. The Intersection serves as a connection point to help first generation faculty members acclimate to our campus. The program provides monthly gatherings that allow for faculty to meet, share ideas and information, and connect with others over a cup of coffee. These networking events have resulted in partnerships for academic programming, interdisciplinary research collaborations, and making faculty feel welcomed, valued, and part of the UNLV family.
Target Audience: first generation faculty
Contact:
Harriet Barlow, Executive Director of The Intersection
Phone: 702-895-0459
Email: harriet.barlow@unlv.edu
Libraries Faculty Mentoring Program
The purpose of the Faculty Mentoring Committee is to facilitate the matching of library faculty interested in participating in one-on-one and/or group mentoring. Mentors will assist new faculty to become familiar with UNLV Libraries and/or will help faculty as they pursue tenure and/or promotion.
Target Audience: library faculty
Contact:
Lateka Grays, Associate Professor and Hospitality Librarian
Phone: 702-895-2203
Email: lateka.grays@unlv.edu
Nontenure-Track Teaching Circle
The Non-tenure track Teaching Circle welcomes full-time teaching faculty (faculty in residence and lecturers) to come together and form a platform of support. The monthly meetings focus on career mentoring, with an emphasis on teaching excellence.
Target Audience: Faculty-in-residence and lecturers
Contact:
Dana Cotham, Professor in Residence, Hospitality
Phone: 702-895-5086
Email: dana.cotham@unlv.edu
Part-Time Faculty Community Forum
This group focuses on the career development of part-time faculty. Discussion topics are determined by faculty participants.
Target Audience: part-time academic faculty
Email: denise.tillery@unlv.edu
School of Nursing Faculty Mentoring Program
The purpose of the Nursing Faculty Mentoring Program is to facilitate the matching of newer nursing faculty with more senior nursing faculty for one-on-one mentoring in the School of Nursing. The program addresses the six domains of teaching, research/scholarship, service, collaboration, communication and support, and professional role.
Target Audience: nursing faculty
Contact:
Susan McLennon, Professor and Associate Dean
Phone: 702-895-5935
Email: susan.mclennon@unlv.edu
Tenure-Track Mentoring Group
This group focuses on the career development of tenure-track faculty. Discussion topics are determined by faculty participants.
Target Audience: tenure-track academic faculty
Contact:
Melissa Bowles-Terry, Director, Faculty Center
Phone: 702-895-2121
Email: melissa.bowles-terry@unlv.edu
Han-fen Hu, Associate Professor, Lee School of Business
Email: han-fen.hu@unlv.edu
For information about local programs within your unit, contact your unit supervisor. To develop a mentoring program for your unit or campus organization, see the Guidelines for Developing a Mentoring Program.
Faculty Mentoring Spotlight
Mentoring is a critically important yet often undervalued practice in higher education. The Faculty Center is committed to recognizing and honoring those faculty at UNLV who provide this highly important service by advising, guiding, and mentoring their colleagues.
Each month the Faculty Mentoring Spotlight features an administrative or academic faculty member who exemplifies the mentor service model. UNLV faculty are encouraged to nominate themselves or colleagues for this recognition.
Faculty Mentoring Resources Task Force
- Harriet E. Barlow
- Emma Bloomfield
- Melissa Bowles-Terry
- DeLyle Bowen
- Jamilah Brewington
- Samantha Coogan
- Lateka Grays
- Kat Hertlein
- Robert Levrant
- Cecilia Maldonado
- Sue McLennon
- Alexandra Nikolich
- Rocky Rockstraw
- David Schwartz
- John Starkey
- Jerra Strong
- Patty Violi
- Victoria Weaver
- Janelle Yasukochi
- Erin Zimmerman
Contact
For questions about the provided mentoring resources and programs, contact facultycenter@unlv.edu.