Peer Mentoring Circles
Peer mentoring or "networked mentoring" creates a community of shared knowledge and experiences, meets the diverse needs of faculty mentees, and normalizes cultivating a support system of multiple mentors and sponsors. Mentoring groups are facilitated by senior faculty and comprised of 4-6 early career faculty. We offer affinity-based peer mentoring groups in order to address the specific and unique challenges faced by underrepresented faculty. Senior faculty mentors must attend a mandatory workshop, which will cover how to cultivate trust, facilitate generative, solution-oriented dialogue, and how to address specific needs/challenges of URM faculty.
Past and Present PMC Mentors:
![tavis jules tavis jules](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/TavisJules.jpg)
tavis d. jules
Professor, Cultural and Educational Policy Studies, International Higher Education, School of Education
![Abigail Silva Abigail Silva](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/2021 Abigail Silva Professor Headshot Loyola HQ.jfif.jpeg)
Abigail Silva
Associate Professor, Public Health Sciences, Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health
![Qunfeng Dong Qunfeng Dong](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Dong_photo-Dec. 2020.jpg)
Qunfeng Dong
Professor, Department of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine; Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics
![Jennifer Parks Jennifer Parks](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/20190415_193717 (1).jpg)
Jennifer Parks
Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Bioethics Minor
![Christine Li-Grining Christine Li-Grining](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Psychology_Christine_Li_Grining_edit-411x274.jpg)
Christine Li-Grining
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Center for Faculty Excellence
![Aisha Raees Aisha Raees](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Raees1000x560.jpg)
Aisha Raees
Clinical Associate Professor, Philosophy, Arrupe College
![](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Eilene Edejer.jpg)
Eilene Edejer
Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Education
![René Luís Alvarez René Luís Alvarez](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Rene1000x560.jpg)
René Luís Alvarez
Clinical Associate Professor, History, Arrupe College; Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
![Laura Brentner Laura Brentner](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/LBrentner_photo.png)
Laura Brentner
Advanced Lecturer, School of Environmental Sustainability
![Florence Chee Florence Chee](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/CheeFlorence.jpg)
Florence Chee
Associate Professor, School of Communication; Director, Center for Digital Ethics and Policy; Director, SIMLab
![Twyla Blackmond Larnell Twyla Blackmond Larnell](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Political_Science_Twyla_Blackmond_Larnell_edit.jpg)
Twyla Blackmond Larnell
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
![Julia Pryce Julia Pryce](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Julia Pryce.jpg)
Julia Pryce
Professor, School of Social Work; Associate Director, Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy
![Jennifer Zitzner Jennifer Zitzner](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Zitzner, Jennifer_300x400.jfif.jpeg)
Jennifer Zitzner
Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
![Jacqueline Scott Jacqueline Scott](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Jacqueline-Scott.png)
Jacqueline Scott
Department Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences
![Sacha Coupet Sacha Coupet](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/coupet-2018.jpg)
Sacha Coupet
Professor, School of Law
![Jessica Brown Jessica Brown](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/BROWN_JESSICA.jpg)
Jessica Brown
Senior Professional in Residence, School of Communication
![Molly Melin Molly Melin](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/180914_LSC_Headshots-329.jpg)
Molly Melin
Professor & Graduate Program Director, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
![Dawn Franks Dawn Franks](/media/lucedu/inspired/images/Franks, Dawn_300x400.jpeg)
Dawn Franks
Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences; Program Director, Master of Arts in Medical Sciences (MAMS)
Peer mentoring or "networked mentoring" creates a community of shared knowledge and experiences, meets the diverse needs of faculty mentees, and normalizes cultivating a support system of multiple mentors and sponsors. Mentoring groups are facilitated by senior faculty and comprised of 4-6 early career faculty. We offer affinity-based peer mentoring groups in order to address the specific and unique challenges faced by underrepresented faculty. Senior faculty mentors must attend a mandatory workshop, which will cover how to cultivate trust, facilitate generative, solution-oriented dialogue, and how to address specific needs/challenges of URM faculty.