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Providing the Psychosocial Benefits of Mentoring to Women in STEM: Career WISE as an Online Solution
Author(s) -
Dawson Amy E.,
Bernstein Bianca L.,
Bekki Jennifer M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0741
pISSN - 0271-0560
DOI - 10.1002/he.20142
Subject(s) - psychosocial , economic shortage , psychological resilience , psychology , career development , medical education , career counseling , psychosocial support , face (sociological concept) , higher education , applied psychology , pedagogy , medicine , sociology , social psychology , political science , psychotherapist , linguistics , philosophy , social science , government (linguistics) , law
This chapter outlines the psychosocial aspects of mentoring that help women combat the barriers they commonly face in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The authors describe the Career WISE online resilience training and how it can address the shortage of effective mentors and role models who have been shown to increase the persistence of women in STEM fields.