Women Mentoring Women Network

Based on feedback from women faculty about the kinds of programs the Faculty Women’s Forum should sponsor, the Women Mentoring Women Network was launched in February 2007. This program invites senior women faculty to share their experiences and advice with junior women faculty. It provides networking opportunities through a series of events as well as a one-on-one mentoring network.

  • Kickoff Event
    A lunch meeting with a panel discussion titled Three Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Life in Academia, was held at the Faculty Club on February 12, 2007. On the panel were Deborah Rhode, McFarland Professor of Law, Natalie Rasgon, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Sheri Sheppard, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

    They shared their experience with 35 attendees on the following topics:
    1. managing teaching, research, and other faculty responsibilities;
    2. managing work/family/personal life;
    3. equity and climate issues.
    For a list of Three Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Life in Academia submitted by FWF members, see (web link to be established).
  • Small Group Mentoring The Women Mentoring Women Network
    will sponsor smaller groups from individual schools or divisions to host gatherings for women faculty to discuss issues of shared interests. Modest funding for refreshments or on-campus lunches or dinners will be available from the FWF.
  • One-on-one Mentoring
    The Network will also match interested junior women faculty with senior colleagues in or outside their discipline. For more information, please write to facultywomensforum@stanford.edu.