The ASLE Mentoring Program connects graduate students and early career scholars with experienced members of our community for career guidance and professional support. Mentorship can take many forms, including guidance in academic scholarship or creative writing, service as outside readers on dissertation committees, help navigating the job market, advice for publishing, and support for faculty members in early career tenure-track and precarious positions.
We Need Mentors!
We are currently experiencing a significant shortage of mentor volunteers. While we have received numerous requests from graduate students and early career scholars seeking mentorship, we do not have enough mentors to match with everyone who has applied. This means that some mentees are waiting longer than we would like for a match, and we want to ensure that we can provide timely support to all members of our community who need it.
If you are an established scholar, creative writer, or environmental professional with experience to share, we encourage you to consider becoming a mentor. Mentoring relationships can be as flexible as you need them to be—some mentors meet with mentees regularly over an extended period, while others provide focused guidance on specific projects or career transitions. Even if you can only commit to a short-term mentoring relationship or a single-session consultation, your expertise would be invaluable.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please fill out our intake form.
Mentees Update
If you are an ASLE member and would like to work with a mentor, please note that we are currently working on pairing mentees who applied in 2025. We will send out a new call for mentees in Spring 2026. However, if you have an urgent need for mentorship or would like to be added to our waiting list, please feel free to reach out to us directly.
Questions?
If you have questions about the Mentoring Program, please contact Mentoring Program Co-Coordinators Juliana Chow (juliana.chow@utah.edu) and Megan Kaminski (kaminski@ku.edu).
