<div dir="ltr">Check out SIOP's new initative!<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kisha Jones</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:admin1@siop.org">admin1@siop.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 4:02 PM<br>Subject: SIOP launches minority student member mentoring program<br>To: <a href="mailto:jabauer@valdosta.edu">jabauer@valdosta.edu</a><br><br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Dear Program Chair,<span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">My name is Kisha Jones and I’m the chair of <strong>SIOP’s Committee
for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA).</strong> This committee has the goal of addressing
issues related to ethnic minorities in SIOP and the field of industrial and organizational psychology. This includes
recruiting, retaining, and supporting SIOP’s ethnic minority membership.<span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">To this end, I am excited to inform you of the <em><strong>mentoring
program</strong></em> CEMA is launching to increase racial/ethnic minority student engagement
in SIOP and provide them with the information and advice they need to launch
productive careers.<span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">The <strong>SIOP-CEMA Mentor Program</strong> will facilitate a mentoring
relationship whereby a SIOP member-mentor meets (via phone, internet, or
in-person) regularly with a SIOP Student Affiliate mentee(s) to discuss research, career-related
topics, graduate school-related topics, or other professional issues of
interest (e.g., academic vs. practitioner careers, building a consulting
practice, publishing in top journals). It is left up to mentors and mentees to
determine the specific topics they wish to cover in their meetings, tailored to
mentors’ specific experience/expertise and the mentee's interests/needs.<span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">This mentoring program will provide some structure to ensure
that the mentor-mentee relationship flourishes, but will also provide the
flexibility for mentors and mentees to develop the scheduling, content, and
mode of communication. Mentors and mentees are free to determine the best time
and date that works for them to conduct mentoring sessions.<span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">We are hoping to launch the program in early September to
coincide with the beginning of the upcoming academic year. We are asking that
you forward this email and attached flyer to MA and PhD students in your
program who are from underrepresented groups (i.e., Black/African American,
Latino/a/x, Native American) so they may participate if they are interested in
being involved.<span style="font-size:14px"> The students would need to be current SIOP Student Affiliates.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">We would then need them to complete the following short
survey by August 1<sup>st</sup> to sign up for the program: <a href="http://tiny.cc/siopcemamentoring" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/<wbr>siopcemamentoring</a><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">If you or any potential mentees have questions about this
program, feel free to contact me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Thanks for your help and we appreciate your assistance in
making the SIOP-CEMA Mentoring Program a success!<span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Kisha S. Jones, PhD<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt">Assistant Professor<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt">Department of Psychology<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt">Industrial and Organizational Area<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt">Pennsylvania State University<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt">Office: 612 Moore Building<br>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Mailing: 141 Moore Building,
University Park, PA 16802<br>
Office Phone: <a href="tel:(814)%20867-4843" value="+18148674843" target="_blank">814.867.4843</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:kisha.jones@psu.edu" target="_blank">kisha.jones@psu.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">2016-2018 Chair of the
Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs,</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt">Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)</span></span></p>
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