Cultivating Culturally Responsible Mentorship in STEM
May 1-2, 2025 | Johns Hopkins University
Co-Hosted by Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University
The Leadership Alliance, in collaboration with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Alliance, invites you to a transformative 2-day Regional Mentoring Conference, Cultivating Culturally Responsible Mentorship in STEM, at Johns Hopkins University. This event will bring together over 100 in-person and 120 virtual attendees, including undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, administrators, and faculty with STEM backgrounds.
Conference Highlights
- Build Regional Networks: Connect with peers and professionals to establish valuable regional connections.
- Near Peer Mentorship: Engage in mentorship relationships that support personal and professional growth.
- Diverse Voices in STEM: Amplify the presence and impact of underrepresented individuals in STEM fields.
Sample Session Topics:
- The Power of Diverse Perspectives in Mentorship
- Panel Discussion: Mentoring Across Cultures
- Breakout Sessions:
- Workshop: Building Psychological Safety in Mentor-Mentee Relationships
- Roundtable Discussion: Success Stories from Mentees
- Postdoc and Faculty Mentorship
- Mentoring Up
- Effective Communication Across Cultures
- Student-Led Session: Our Experiences: Challenges and Triumphs
- Mentor Training Session: Developing Your Mentoring Philosophy
- Building a Supportive Mentorship Community
Open to Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Administrators, and Faculty.
Mark your calendars for an inspiring event dedicated to driving diversity and excellence in STEM! Further details and registration information will follow.
We look forward to seeing you in May 2025!
A grant from the National Science Foundation supports this conference.
Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education, a Distinguished Professor, and the Associate Dean for Research in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice and the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Prior to joining the faculty at Rutgers, Marybeth was the Judy & Howard Berkowitz Endowed Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author or editor of 35 books, including Educating a Diverse Nation (Harvard University Press, 2015 with Clif Conrad), Envisioning Black Colleges (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007), Making Black Scientists (Harvard University Press, 2019 with Thai-Huy Nguyen), Doing the Right Thing: How to End Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring (Princeton University, 2022), HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), and her newest book Why Historically Black Colleges Matter: 25 Years of Research for Justice (Teachers College Press, 2025). Marybeth has written over 300 peer-reviewed articles, scholarly essays, and book chapters. She has penned over 650 opinion articles for the nation’s newspapers and magazines and is ranked by Education Week as one of the 20 most influential education scholars in the nation. Marybeth has raised over $24 million in grant funding to support her research and that of her students, mentees, and MSI partners. She has served on the board of trustees of The College Board as well as historically Black colleges – Paul Quinn College, Morris Brown College, and St. Augustine College. She considers her proudest accomplishment to be receiving the University of Pennsylvania’s Provost Award for Distinguished Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring, serving as the dissertation chair for over 85 doctoral students since 2000. Marybeth is an avid photographer, loves to write, and believes balance and harmony are essential to achieving life goals.
