04/29/2022
By Meg A. Bond and Brita Dean


The ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity, in collaboration with the Provost’s Office, is excited to announce that five ADVANCE Collaborative Mentoring Seed Grants have been awarded. The grants will expand faculty access to mentoring networks that will support participants’ professional and personal success and well-being through connections with colleagues across the university.

The following groups will receive funding and ongoing support from the ADVANCE OFE for 2022-23.

“The Women of Color (WoC) Working Group”
Claire Seungeun Lee (team leader), Joselyne Chenane Nkogo, Teresa Irene Gonzales, Maia Gil’Adi, Robai Werunga, Minnie Min Hyeong Joo

“Mentoring Engineering Womxn (MEW)”
Kelilah Wolkowicz (team leader), Yanfen Li, Wan Ting (Grace) Chen, Dimitra Papagiannopoulou, Chiara Ghezzi

“#Pandemic Profs – peer support for junior female faculty in unprecedented times”
Teresa Lee (team leader), Hilary Lustick, Maru Cabrera, Jane Sancinito, Rachel Melamed, Joy Winbourne, Christine Kwapich, Kelilah Wolkowicz

“Latin American & Caribbean Studies Peer-Mentorship Group”
Max Ubelaker (team leader), Maia Gil’Adi, Angelica Duran-Martinez, Maria Matz, Lisa Edwards, Keith Mitchell

“Exploring the Market Drivers of Labor Exploitation in Central Massachusetts”
Jana Sladkova (team leader), Amber Horning-Ruf, Monica Galizzi, Katherine Santos, Renata Konrad (WPI)

Congratulations to all for their successful proposals!