Society for Music Theory

Committee on the Status of Women

Mentoring Program

For the past several years, SMT has encouraged mentoring within our community and has assisted prospective mentors and mentees in meeting their needs. We have long recognized that through mentoring theorists can provide invaluable service to one another, giving advice onissues that range from possible graduate school applications to potential paper or proposal submissions,to providing support at times of tenure decisions or discrimination due to sexism, racism or sexual orientation. SMT members may request to be both a mentor and/or mentee. For example, a graduate student may mentor an undergraduate applying to graduate schools, while at the same time receiving advice on securing a job; or a full professor may mentor a junior professor seeking tenure, while requesting counsel on new research.

The Mentoring Associates Program is sponsored by SMT's Committee on Professional Development. We encourage the entire theory community to take advantage of this unique opportunity, both as mentors and/or mentees, and ask that you begin by filling out the Mentoring Questionnaire below and returning it to:

Jane Clendinning, Florida State University, School of Music Tallahassee, FL  32306-1180

Mentoring Associates Program Questionnaire

I am completing this form as someone wishing to
            Receive Advice (Mentee)      Provide Advice (Mentor)
(We encourage you to submit separate forms for each category.)
PAIRING PREFERENCES (to be completed by Mentees):

I would like my pairing to be facilitated by a member of the following SMT committee:
        Any of the three    Status of Women    Diversity    Professional Development

I prefer to be paired with a mentor of the following gender:   Either   Female   Male

I prefer to be paired with a mentor with the following racial/ethnic heritage(s):
        Any         American Indian/Alaskan Native         Asian/Pacific Islander
        Black (not of Hispanic origin)         Hispanic        White (not of Hispanic origin)

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

  To assist us in making a suitable pairing of mentoring associates, it is necessary for you to provide us with some personal information. This information will be kept confidential among those administering the SMT Mentoring Associates Program. Furthermore, while this information may be used as criteria for pairing (based on the preferences of the mentee), it will not be shared with your mentoring associate without your permission.

Please indicate your gender:   Female   Male

Please indicate the category or categories which most closely describe your racial/ethnic heritage:
        American Indian/Alaskan Native    Asian/Pacific Islander    Black (not of Hispanic origin)
        Hispanic    White (not of Hispanic origin)    Write-in:   

Please identify the category which most closely describes your professional status:
       Undergraduate   Graduate Student   Post-Graduate   Asst. Prof (untenured)
       Assoc. Prof. (tenured)   Full Prof   Administrator   Other   

AREAS OF INTEREST
Please rate each item on a scale of 0 (no interest) to 2 (highest interest).

I'm particularly interested in receiving/providing advice for the following stage(s) of development:
  0 1 2       In the process of grad school admission
  0 1 2       In the early stages of graduate work
  0 1 2       At the dissertation level
  0 1 2       About to enter the job market
  0 1 2       Facing tenure decisions
  0 1 2       Switching to another institution
  0 1 2       Moving toward full professorship
  0 1 2       Seeking administrative positions
  0 1 2       Pursuing non-traditional/non-academic theory careers
  0 1 2       Other   
I'm particularly interested in receiving/providing advice in the following area(s):
  0 1 2       Critiques of presentations/publication submissions
  0 1 2       Issues of pedagogy
  0 1 2       General expectations/duties of a faculty member
  0 1 2       Balancing the demands of personal/family life and career
  0 1 2       Issues of sexual identity and career
  0 1 2       Issues of racism and career
  0 1 2       Coping with departmental politics
  0 1 2       Dealing with sexual harassment
  0 1 2       Handling conflicts involving students
  0 1 2       Other   
Additional comments or suggestions:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Last Name:        First:       Middle:   
Institution:   
  Email:    Phone:   
Mailing Address:

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Jane Clendinning, Florida State University, School of Music Tallahassee, FL  32306-1180