Nature Communications (Mar 2022)
Community voices: the importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring
- Rocío Deanna,
- Bethann Garramon Merkle,
- Kwok Pan Chun,
- Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt,
- Ivan Baxter,
- Nora Oleas,
- Alejandro Bortolus,
- Patricia Geesink,
- Luisa Diele-Viegas,
- Valeria Aschero,
- María José de Leone,
- Sonia Oliferuk,
- Rui Zuo,
- Andrea Cosacov,
- Mariana Grossi,
- Sandra Knapp,
- Alicia Lopez-Mendez,
- Elina Welchen,
- Pamela Ribone,
- Gabriela Auge
Affiliations
- Rocío Deanna
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado
- Bethann Garramon Merkle
- Department of Zoology & Physiology, and Biodiversity Institute, University of Wyoming
- Kwok Pan Chun
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Deborah Navarro-Rosenblatt
- Escuela de Salud Pública (Programa Doctorado en Salud Pública), Universidad de Chile
- Ivan Baxter
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- Nora Oleas
- Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente y Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
- Alejandro Bortolus
- Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales IPEEC- CONICET
- Patricia Geesink
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research
- Luisa Diele-Viegas
- Programa de Diversidade Biológica e Conservação nos Trópicos, Universidade Federal de Alagoas
- Valeria Aschero
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo - IANIGLA Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET)
- María José de Leone
- ARG Plant Women Network
- Sonia Oliferuk
- ARG Plant Women Network
- Rui Zuo
- University of Texas at Austin
- Andrea Cosacov
- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET-UNC)
- Mariana Grossi
- División Plantas Vasculares, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de la Plata - CONICET
- Sandra Knapp
- Natural History Museum
- Alicia Lopez-Mendez
- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
- Elina Welchen
- ARG Plant Women Network
- Pamela Ribone
- ARG Plant Women Network
- Gabriela Auge
- ARG Plant Women Network
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28667-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Mentor relationships are crucial to retention, success, and wellbeing of women and underrepresented minority scientists in academia. A network of diverse mentors may support achieving long-term career goals, advancement, and retention of both mentors and mentees, thus enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
