Hello! Nora, Ceal, and Amy welcome you to the Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG (#066). We have been meeting every month since June, planning for the upcoming Dissertation Award (due December 31, 2024 tentatively), and the Distinguished Paper Award (due this past August 23). Next, we are working on the SIG Website and hope to publish a periodic newsletter.
We wanted to share a bit about ourselves. We look forward to serving you, Nora, SIG Chair, and Ceal, SIG Secretary/Treasurer terms will continue for the next two years, and Amy in her three-year term as Program Chair begun in April 2024.
Nora Dominguez, Ph.D., is the Director of the Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico (UNM), a Professional Consultant at the School of Medicine (SOM-UNM), Assistant Professor at the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences Department (OILS-UNM), Research Faculty for the Department of Internal Medicine (IM-UNM), and President Emeritus of the International Mentoring Association (IMA). Dominguez earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), her M.B.A. from the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), and her Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies from the University of New Mexico (UNM).
Nora has over 30 years of experience holding academic and management positions in banking and higher education institutions and providing consulting and program evaluation services in the United States and Mexico. She served at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) - Mentoring and Mentorship Practices SIG as Conference Program Chair (2019-2021) and currently serves as the SIG’s Chair (2023-2025). Dominguez is also a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Mentoring and Coaching (Emerald, UK)); co-author of the book Mentoring: Perspectivas Teóricas y Prácticas (2010), co-editor and chapter contributor of the SAGE Handbook of Mentoring (2017), chapter contributor of the Wiley International Handbook of Mentoring (2020), co-editor of the book Making Connections: A Handbook for Effective Formal Mentoring Programs in Academia (2023), author of several articles published in peer-reviewed journals, and chief editor of the online journal The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching.
Retired engineer, researcher.
Society of Women Engineers Fellow and Distinguished Service Award recipient.
Ceal@research.druai.com
The mentoring SIG was helpful to me during my dissertation research over a decade ago. In my journey to become a researcher after retiring from three decades in engineering, the SIG focus matched my personal goal: Recruiting and retaining women in engineering and computer sciences careers. Mentoring practices, experiences, programs, and deficits are key success factors for achieving that goal. I’ve been active in AERA since 2010. First as a graduate student, then as a researcher, educator, and not-for-profit volunteer. Through 12 years with AERA, I have been a peer reviewer for the Mentoring SIG (and other SIGs and Divisions) for 11 of those 12 years. In AERA 2022, I was a discussant for one of the Mentoring SIG sessions (and another SIG); in 2018, helped the SIG with the Distinguished Paper award judging. I hope to help the Mentoring SIG grow and remain an active SIG as secretary. I’m committed to help!
In 2024, as the Editor, I published a book--Mentoring in STEM Through a Female Identity Lens: Heroes Make a Difference for Women--on mentoring women in STEM; this grew out of me being a discussant at AERA 2022, the publisher approached me afterwards.
BS Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University; MS Engineering, California State University, Fullerton; PhD Education, Walden University. Fellow, Society of Women Engineers.
Other relevant info: not-for-profit officer (President, Secretary, Treasurer, and more) for several education, engineering, arts, and environmental support groups for over thirty years.
Assistant Professor, College of Education, Auburn University
serafini@auburn.edu
Dr. Amy Serafini brings a wealth of leadership and organizationalexpertise to the role of Program Chair for the Mentorship & Mentoring Practices SIG. Her tenure as Section Chair of Division A - Administration, Section 2: School Organization and Effects in 2023, honed her ability to manage and coordinate the complex nature of planning conference sessions, ensuring relevance and impact within the field. Amy’s service to the SIG includes membership on the Distinguished Paper Award Committee and Dissertation Award Committee. Driven by a profound conviction in the transformative power of mentorship, Amy's vision for the Program Chair position is to cultivate a dynamic forum that both honors and elevates the practice of mentorship in all its forms. Her prior experience as Secretary/Treasurer has not only endowed her with a comprehensive understanding of the SIG's operational dynamics but also primed her to steer its endeavors towards tangible outcomes that resonate with the SIG’s core objectives.
Rubén Garza is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. His involvement as a past Chair, Program Chair, and recently as Chair of the Distinguished Paper Award afforded him an opportunity to provide leadership to our SIG in different positions. As a retiree, his involvement continues with the SIG as Chair of the Distinguished Paper Award. The Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG provided him with an opportunity to network and collaborate with other educators and researchers both nationally and internationally on research projects. Whether you are a graduate student, an established or novice faculty member, you can get involved by volunteering to serve on the SIG’s committees or run for office. National service always looks good on any vitae.
Department of Educational Leadership and Sport Management, College of Education Washington State University, Tri-Cities, Richland, WA 99354
Kathleen M. Cowin, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor (Career Track) of Educational Leadership at Washington State University—Tri-Cities where she teaches, mentors, and co-mentors aspiring PK-12 school leaders. Her research focuses on the development of effective relational co-mentoring practices for PK-12 educational leader formation and the creation of co-mentoring circles among current and former educational leadership students. Kathleen served as a teacher and elementary and middle school principal for 30 years and also completed her Superintendent Certification. She is the past Chair of the American Educational Research Association Mentorship and Mentoring Practices Special Interest Group. In 2020, Kathleen was selected as a Fellow of the Washington State University President’s Teaching Academy.