AERI 2026 will feature mentoring opportunities in both group and one-on-one settings. Sign up at the info desk in the catering area!
Table Topics
During the lunch breaks from Monday to Thursday, we will have group mentoring sessions centered around specific topics. Some tables in the catering area will be set aside and assigned one of the day’s topics. Mentor(s) will be sitting at these tables to converse with mentees on the subject matter. There will be a sign up sheet each morning during the coffee break where mentees can reserve a space at a given table. Below are the daily themes and table topics:
Monday: Finding Your Place in the Field
Doctoral programs
Professional development
Building academic networks
Jessica Bushey
Kenneth Atuma
Vanessa Reyes
Lucy Brownson
Fiorella Foscarini
Travis Wagner
Tuesday: Writing and Research Development
Dissertation writing
Publishing
Grant funding/writing
Jessica Lapp
Gracen Brilmeyer
Karen Gracy
Deven Ray Donaldson
Travis Wagner
Amelia Acker
Wednesday: Collaboration and Research in Practice
Research collaborations
Research in practice
Elizabeth Shaffer
Thuy Vo Dang
Zack Marshall
Diana Marsh
Michelle Caswell
Thursday: Career Pathways and Transitions
Career development
Academic job market
Postdoc fellowships
Tenure packages and promotion
Sarah Buchanan
Temi Odumuso
Devan Ray Donaldson
James Hodges
Amelia Acker
Claire Battershill
One-On-One Mentoring
More information will be shared shortly about one-on-one mentoring. One-on-one mentoring and other informal mentoring meetups can take place at any time over the course of the week, but we have also scheduled an extra-long lunch break on Thursday for any participants who want to take advantage of this time slot to meet with mentors/mentees.
Ann Cvetkovich
Vanessa Reyes
Ricky Punzalan
Ed Benoit
Anna Sexton
Joanne Evans
Alexandria Rayburn
Temi Odumuso
Michelle Caswell
Claire Battershill
Wendy Duff
Kenneth Atuma
Alex Chassanoff
Fiorella Foscarini
Amelia Acker
Mentoring Sub-committee
Amelia Acker
Karen Gracy
Jiarui Sun