Resources
PBS Graduate Program Resources
- Incoming graduate students have a mentoring committee; see the Mentoring page for details.
- The PBS graduate program is part of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, which offers many campus-wide resources such as career and professional development events, social programming, travel support, mental health and counseling services.
- The Methods in Neuroscience Dartmouth summer school offers training in cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience methods, and brings outstanding faculty, students and postdocs to campus for intensive training. PBS graduate students are invited to participate as students and/or TAs in this course.
- The Title IX Office works to promote an environment of sexual respect, safety, and well-being. Their site provides information on Dartmouth's programs for promoting sexual respect, and resources, policies, and procedures for preventing and responding to sexual assault, gender-based harassment, and other forms of sexual misconduct.
- Dartmouth offers resources for graduate students with disabilities.
- AskPBS.org is a forum for people to converse, share, and store collective knowledge with the Dartmouth Psychological & Brain Science Community.
Outside Resources
How Can I Learn More About Mentoring?
- Mentors:
- A book written by The Howard Hughes Medical Institute specifically for postdocs and new faculty: Making the Right Moves: A practical guide to scientific management and mentoring for postdocs and new faculty (Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Howard Hughes Medical Institute).
- Effective mentoring in STEMM: Effective Mentoring in STEMM: Practice, Research, and Future Directions (National Academy of Sciences, 2017, workshop proceedings).
- Detailed resources for mentoring and cultivating a positive lab environment from the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (Requires a free account; Clinical and Behavioral Sciences resources are particularly well-matched to many labs in PBS).
- Nature's guide for good mentorship: Nature's guide for mentors (Lee et al., 2007, Nature).
- For new mentors. Entering Mentoring: A seminar to train a new generation of scientists. (The Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching; 2005).
- Mentoring advice for mentees and mentors in science: Mentoring Advice (Pain, 2012, Science).
- Science writers share their perspectives on mentoring and research integrity. Spotlight on Mentoring (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity, 2012)
- Guide to mentoring graduate students. How to mentor graduate students: a guide for faculty (University of Michigan Rackam Graduate School, 2018)
- Postdocs:
- Helping postdocs find their next position: Mentoring: On the right path. (Allison McCook, 2011, Nature)
- Selecting a good postdoctoral mentor: Ten Simple Rules for Selecting a Postdoctoral Position (Bourne et al., 2006, PLOS Computational Biology)
- Selecting a good postdoctoral lab: Advice on Choosing a Successful Post-doctoral Position (ASCB Newsletter, 2005)
- Mentees:
- The "Quick Start for Great Mentoring" from the Council of Graduate Schools (Lunsford and Baker, 2016)
- For students seeking mentors: How to get the mentorship you want (University of Michigan Rackham graduate school, 2018).
- Spotting a good mentor: Mind Matters: Getting Yourself Mentored (Levine, 2006, Science)
- Mentoring advice for mentees and mentors in science: Mentoring Advice (Pain, 2012, Science).
- A brief primer on the PhD supervision relationship (Madan, 2021, European Journal of Neuroscience).