STEMulating Conversations with Dr. Q

The HR Twins, Camille and Carla, have utilize their combined 30 plus years of HR experience to help style your career.  They established The Career Salon to be a place where people can go to receive unfiltered and honest career advice from their unique and authentic perspectives.   Both are passionate about their respective HR specialty area and offer behind the scenes views of recruiting and human resources functions to help clients achieve that next great opportunity, with style. Follow the HR Twins on social media platforms @thecareersalon Be sure to check out their YouTube discussion on The Miseducation of Corporate America   The HR Twins: Camille Tate and Carla Patton

Dr. Beronda Montgomery is a plant scientist by training, and leverages her technical expertise to advance a professional development area that she is truly passionate.  She masterfully uses the analogy of plant care and maintenance to illustrate the importance that a nurturing environment plays in mentoring. She has written extensively on the topic of mentoring, particularly within the STEM community and has been recognized for her work in this area. Follow her on Twitter @BerondaM for STEMulating and thoughtful tips on mentoring. Articles written by Dr. Montgomery about mentoring: Montgomery, BL. (2017). Mapping a Mentoring Roadmap and Developing a Supportive Network for Strategic Career Advancement. SAGE Open 7(2), http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244017710288 Montgomery, BL (2017). Three Sisters and Integrative Faculty Development. Plant Science Bulletin, 63(3): 78–85, https://issuu.com/botanicalsocietyofamerica/docs/webpsb63_2_2017/25 Montgomery, BL (2017). Growing from adviser to mentor. MSUToday, http://msutoday.msu.edu/360/2017/beronda-montgomery-growing-from-adviser-to-mentor/ Montgomery, BL, Colon-Carmona, A (2016). Cultivating Evidenced-Based Mentoring and Training to Enhance Diversity in STEM, ASPB News, 43(2): 5. Montgomery, BL (2016). Evidence-based Training and Mentoring Practices: Practical Implications for Improving Diversity in STEM Education and Training, ASBMB Today, 15(2): 31. Whittaker, JA, Montgomery, BL, Martinez Acosta, VG. (2015). Retention of Underrepresented Minority Faculty: Strategic Initiatives for Institutional Value Proposition Based on Perspectives from a Range of Academic Institutions. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 13(3), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521729/ Montgomery, BL, Dodson, JE, Johnson, SM. (2014). Guiding the Way: Mentoring Graduate Students and Junior Faculty for Sustainable Academic Careers. SAGE Open 4(4), http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244014558043 Whittaker, JA, Montgomery, BL (2014). Cultivating Institutional Transformation and Sustainable STEM Diversity in Higher Education through Integrative Faculty Development. Innovative Higher Education, 39(4), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10755-013-9277-9 Whittaker, JA, Montgomery, BL (2012). Cultivating Diversity and Competency in STEM: Challenges and Remedies for Removing Virtual Barriers to Constructing Diverse Higher Education Communities of Success. The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 11(1), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3592737/ Dodson, JE, Montgomery, BL, Brown LJ (2009). ‘Take the Fifth’: Mentoring Students Whose Cultural Communities Were Not Historically Structured Into U.S. Higher Education. Innovative Higher Education 34(3), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-009-9099-y Additional mentoring resources: Mentoring Resources via Becky Packard (@BeckyPackard) – https://commons.mtholyoke.edu/beckypackard/resources/ National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) – https://nrmnet.net/ MentorNet (@MentorNetTweet) – http://mentornet.org/ Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning (journal) – http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cmet20/current

A parent recently asked me to give his sons advice and words of encouragement for the beginning of their college career.  What I shared with them inspired this episode's message.  Do Your Best Get Some Rest Leave the Nest

What does it mean to be a "cheerchemist"?  Are you a cheerleader?  Are you a chemist?  The answer to both question is YES.  This week's guest, Natalie LaFranzo, PhD, has used her talents for inspiring others since her college days of cheering sports events at Bradley Univesrity.  She began to transfer her skill of cheering into championing after receiveing her PhD and became more active in the American Chemical Society.  She has held a range of leadership roles at all levels and is passionate about ensuring the chemical enterprse exeplifies the ACS core value of diversity,equity, inclusion, and respect.   Her most recent accomplishment of being elected to the Society's Board of Directors will empower her to be an even greater Champion of Chemistry for ALL! Follow Natalie on Twitter: @CheerChemist Connect on LinkedIn:  Natalie LaFranzo  

Representative Rev. Harold M. Love, Jr., PhD is a proud graduate of Tennessee State University (TSU), the only public Historically Black College or University in Tennessee.  In this episode we discuss his experiences attending an HBCU and the impact that it had on his personal and professional paths.  In a full circle moment of giving back to his alma mater and continuing the legacy of his father, Rep. Love championed efforts that showed the State of Tennessee may have underfunded TSU by as much as $544 million in matching payments.  As a result, the university will receive $318 million in one-time capital funding for the 2023 fiscal year. From painful losses to historic memorable moments, Rep. Love fondly describes his HBCU as a nurturing environment that enabled him to 'dream big dreams' and establish lifelong friendships. To learn more about the Tennessee State University, an 1890 landgrant instituion visit the website   To learn more about the underfunding of HBCUS over that past 30+ years, a Bloomberg produced the docustory Short Changed Black Colleges Fight for Equal Funding and Forbes wrote an article entitled For HBCUs Cheated Out of Billions, Bomb Threats Are The Latest Indignity

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.

This is a 31 day journey of topics to invoke STEMulating conversations on what it takes to turn your intent into results.