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Mentoring and Gender Diversity: Issues for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender StudentsPanel Discussion sponsored by AAA Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Anthropology 1997 AAA Annual Meeting Surveys and interviews conducted by the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Issues in Anthropology have pointed to the central importance of mentoring as a factor in the experience of graduate students who identify as LGBT or who pursue research on LGBT-related topics. The presence of a supportive mentor can help a student overcome even serious obstacles while the absence of such mentoring may severely undermine the student's academic career. Because the number of faculty who either openly identify as LGBT or who specialize in research in this field is small, some students develop mentoring relationships with professionals not located at their home institution, including with individuals whom they locate through the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (SOLGA) or through other AAA sources. This panel has been organized to air the sorts of mentoring-related issues that have surfaced in the Commission's studies and to provide an opportunity for students and faculty to share experiences. Two graduate students will describe their positive and negative mentoring experiences, and four faculty will briefly offer comments on the issue based on their experiences. The session has been organized in order to allow maximum time for comments from the audience and for general discussion. Updated 6/14/99 |
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