Ep. 64 - The Future of Mentorship ft. Lauren Ortosky & Payton Small

<p><strong>Lauren Ortosky</strong> is a <strong>PhD </strong>candidate in <strong>Social Psychology</strong> with diverse research interests exploring the interaction of personal and social identity in critical domains. Her primary research examines the passive influence of living in a nationalist country on the beliefs and behaviors of those who are or are not already sympathetic to that ideology. She is also involved in projects to improve diversity in the professoriate with culturally-sensitive training programs and mentorship, as well as work on reducing under-employment among returning veterans. In her free time she is a dedicated trail runner and rock climber - hobbies that combine her passionate support of environmental sustainability and personal health, fitness, wellness, and overall human optimization.<br> <br> <strong>Payton Smal</strong>l is a <strong>PhD </strong>candidate in the <strong>Psychological and Brain Sciences</strong> department at UC Santa Barbara. Broadly, he studies how people of color cope with race-related prejudice, discrimination and stressful life events. In a separate line of work, he examines Whites' pushback against pro-diversity organizational messages and the downstream consequences of such pushback on people of color. In addition to researching topics related to diversity, he is deeply committed to the diversification of the field of social psychology, both in terms of who is conducting research and whose perspectives we are interested in when we conduct research.<br> <br> <strong>Tune in for answers to questions like...<br> </strong>What is Access Grads and how can I get involved?<br> What goes into creating a student mentorship program?<br> What are graduate students best able to help undergraduates with in their academic and even non-academic lives?<br> ... and so much more!<br> <br> <strong>Topics &amp; Concepts</strong><br> Cultural Mismatch Theory<br> The Independence Norm &amp; Creating Norms<br> Winding Academic Paths<br> Humanizing Graduates &amp; Research<br> Mentor