Mentoring Philosophy

Mentoring Activities

Founding Director, Summer Institute on Tenure Professional Advancement, 2015-present

The Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA) at Duke University is a mentoring and professional socialization initiative that facilitates the successful transition from junior faculty status to tenured associate professor for a broad group of early career faculty. SITPA seeks to help remedy the persistent underrepresentation of various racial and ethnic minority groups on the faculties of U.S. colleges and universities.

Faculty Director, Mellon Mays Undergraduates Fellowship (MMUF) Program, 2007-18

The MMUF program provides undergraduate research funding and other support for intellectually-engaged juniors and seniors pursuing undergraduate majors in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The MMUF program is designed to encourage Fellows to enter Ph.D. programs that prepare students for professorial careers in these Mellon-eligible fields.