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What is the OFDAS Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP)?

The Faculty Mentoring Program (FMP) provides professional development support to new, junior and senior Mānoa faculty through:

FMP Dossier Library of successful dossiers from a range of faculty of varied classifications and department, available throughout the week and available to borrow over week-ends. Dossiers follow criteria for renewal, promotion and tenure, varying in styles of writing and presentation
Professional development events, including the FMP Summer Dossier Series with seminars and panels on the processes involved in successful professional achievement in academia, including panels of experienced DPC and TPRC members, Department Chairs, College and School Deans, and faculty who have successfully achieved promotion and tenure
Mentor/Mentee Pairing, at the request of a junior faculty, FMP can pair them with senior tenured faculty from outside their own department or college. An optimal and confidential pairing benefits both Mentee and Mentor
Mentees receive information on the Mānoa community, guidance on departmental processes, development of research and service agendas, advancing and documenting assessment of teaching, guidance in publishing, and advice on dossier preparation, as well as extending and sustaining collegial relations across campus
Mentors also receive benefits through association with young researchers on cutting-edge scholarship; potential future collaboration in scholarly work with energetic junior resources; possible future team-teaching with former Mentee; development of writing group members; and, new teaching practices from junior faculty.

Advisory Board

Teresa Bill
Project Coordinator
Bridge to Hope / Women’s Center

Jenifer Winter
Professor, Graduate Chair
Communications

Robert Toonen
Research Professor
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology

Monica Ghosh
Librarian
Asia Collection

Affiliate Faculty at the Faculty Mentoring Program are recognized based on their exemplar contributions to the field of teaching and learning for faculty and teaching assistants over an extended period of time. They help build a climate of collegiality at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa by shared expertise and knowledge with their colleagues through the professional development programs at the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support.