The Faculty Member’s Guide to Career Success Through Mentoring provides strategies for achieving success in academia by gaining adequate and appropriate mentoring. Expecting that you can get all the help you need from a single source is unrealistic. This guide will show you how to deploy a networking model to find an array of mentors who can supply help and advice in the areas where you need it. This guide explores how to establish and refine your goals, find and choose appropriate mentors, and cultivate and evaluate your mentoring relationships.
Council of Advisors
Assistant Faculty
The Council of Advisors is a group of experienced faculty members who have volunteered to provide career advising to assistant professors in the regular rank and in-residence series. The Council is made up of full professors with mentorship and promotion expertise. Members represent all areas of the campus, including the School of Medicine. This Council provides both breadth and depth in terms of understanding what is required to advance through the faculty ranks at UCLA. This mentorship arrangement is confidential and has no direct bearing on promotion.
- Assistant Faculty Information Sheet
- Application Form - Assistant Professors
- Agreement Form
Associate Faculty (Midcareer)
This program is modeled after the Council of Advisors program for early career faculty within Faculty Development. In the midcareer program, the AVC of Faculty Development matches midcareer faculty members to senior mentors (including Emeriti) who are familiar with promotion processes and expectations on campus. Typically, the match is made with someone in a related discipline but in another department or school. This mentorship arrangement is confidential and has no direct bearing on promotion.
- Midcareer Faculty Information Sheet
- Application Form - Midcareer Faculty
- Agreement Form
Faculty Advising Handbook
Mentoring Resources
- "Candor in the Evaluation of Tenure-Track Faculty." Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation
- Earth Science Women’s Network
- Giving and Getting Career Advice: A Guide for Junior and Senior Faculty. NSF ADVANCE, University of Michigan
- How to Mentor Graduate Students: A Guide for Faculty. University of Michigan
- Making the Most of Mentors: A Guide for Mentees (PDF)
- Mentoring the Mentors: Aligning Mentor and Mentee Expectations. J.M. Lee et al.
Web page updated August 2023
