Applicants must be:

• Tenure-track or Tenured faculty who meet the following criteria:
  • Have a benefits-eligible appointment at UT during the current academic year

Any eligible faculty member may nominate themselves to be considered for selection as a mentee.

Each mentee will ultimately select their own faculty mentor and will be encouraged to select a faculty mentor outside their home department/CSU when there is a relevant match of experience/expertise. Because mentees select their own mentor, not every mentor in the pool will be matched with a mentee. A mentor will only be expected to mentor one mentee for the program. Selected mentees will receive compensation of $10,000 for their participation. 

Mentors will be recommended and selected based on how their expertise might enhance the mentees’ career goals, whether a faculty member is looking to enhance their publication portfolio, secure new sources of external funding, or lead a new research initiative. Mentors selected to participate in the program will receive compensation of $5,000 for their participation. 

Through sustained, 1:1 interaction with their mentors over a one-year period, along with workshops and cohort sessions featuring mentoring experts from among UT’s faculty, each participant will develop soft skills critical to building or expanding their scholarly portfolio and increasing its impact. This includes maximizing the reach of their scholarship beyond traditional sub-disciplines; navigating the University’s culture and climate; navigating the external scholarly and publishing landscape; understanding how funds flow within UT; and knowing how to design a larger-scale initiative or scholarly endeavor that returns on its investment. 

Applications consist of text-box entries and PDF uploads submitted through our application portal. Submit required materials no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, September 9, 2024.

2024-25 Participants

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Amira Rose Davis, Assistant Professor and Harrington Faculty Fellow in African and African Diaspora Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Juan Guan, Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy

Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, Associate Professor, Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts

Arbel Harpak, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School

Nneka Ibekwe-Okafor, Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Education & Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Karen Johnson, Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Jonathan Kaplan, Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Grace MyHyun Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education

Su Yeong Kim, Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences

Mallory Matsumoto, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Laura Quiñones Camacho, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education

Whitney Thurman, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Liang Wang, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture

Andrew Waxman, Assistant Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Luke Williams, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts

2023-24 Participants

Alex Beasley, Assistant Professor of American studies, College of Liberal Arts

Hugh Daigle, Associate Professor of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering

Charles L. Davis II, Associate Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture

Christy L. Erving, Associate Professor of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Ashley D. Farmer, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora studies, College of Liberal Arts

Lauren Hampton, Assistant professor of special education, College of Education

Blair Johnson, Assistant Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering

Hyeun Ah Kang, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy

Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Natural Sciences

Brad Love, Associate Professor of advertising and public relations, Moody College of Communication

Ji Ma, Assistant Professor of Philanthropy and Community Service, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Laurel Mei-Singh, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environment, College of Liberal Arts

Erin Rodriguez, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, College of Education

Lauren Schudde, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, College of Education

Thibaud Taillefumier, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, College of Natural Sciences

Justin J. West, Assistant Professor of Music in Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts

Yuanjin Zhou, Assistant Professor of Social work, Steve Hicks School of Social Work