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Statistical mentoring at early training and career stages
Abstract
At Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), statistical scientists develop solutions for a variety of national security challenges through scientific excellence, typically as members of interdisciplinary teams. At LANL, mentoring is actively encouraged and practiced to develop statistical skills and positive career-building behaviors. Mentoring activities targeted at different career phases from student to junior staff are an important catalyst for both short and long term career development. This article discusses mentoring strategies for undergraduate and graduate students through internships as well as for postdoctoral research associates and junior staff. Topics addressed include project selection, progress, and outcome; intellectual and social activities that complement the student internship experience; key skills/knowledge not typically obtained in academic training; and the impact of such internships on students’ careers. Experiences and strategies from a number of successful mentorships are presented. Feedback from former mentees obtained via a questionnaire is incorporated. As a result, these responses address some of the benefits the respondents received from mentoring, helpful contributions and advice from their mentors, key skills learned, and how mentoring impacted their later careers.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOD; USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1312573
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-29115
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-1305
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- American Statistician
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: American Statistician; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-1305
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; applied research; applications; career; interpersonal skills; networking; presenting; publishing; science; service; technical skills
Citation Formats
Anderson-Cook, Christine M., Hamada, Michael S., Moore, Leslie M., and Wendelberger, Joanne R. Statistical mentoring at early training and career stages. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1080/00031305.2016.1200491.
Anderson-Cook, Christine M., Hamada, Michael S., Moore, Leslie M., & Wendelberger, Joanne R. Statistical mentoring at early training and career stages. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2016.1200491
Anderson-Cook, Christine M., Hamada, Michael S., Moore, Leslie M., and Wendelberger, Joanne R. 2016.
"Statistical mentoring at early training and career stages". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2016.1200491. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1312573.
@article{osti_1312573,
title = {Statistical mentoring at early training and career stages},
author = {Anderson-Cook, Christine M. and Hamada, Michael S. and Moore, Leslie M. and Wendelberger, Joanne R.},
abstractNote = {At Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), statistical scientists develop solutions for a variety of national security challenges through scientific excellence, typically as members of interdisciplinary teams. At LANL, mentoring is actively encouraged and practiced to develop statistical skills and positive career-building behaviors. Mentoring activities targeted at different career phases from student to junior staff are an important catalyst for both short and long term career development. This article discusses mentoring strategies for undergraduate and graduate students through internships as well as for postdoctoral research associates and junior staff. Topics addressed include project selection, progress, and outcome; intellectual and social activities that complement the student internship experience; key skills/knowledge not typically obtained in academic training; and the impact of such internships on students’ careers. Experiences and strategies from a number of successful mentorships are presented. Feedback from former mentees obtained via a questionnaire is incorporated. As a result, these responses address some of the benefits the respondents received from mentoring, helpful contributions and advice from their mentors, key skills learned, and how mentoring impacted their later careers.},
doi = {10.1080/00031305.2016.1200491},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1312573},
journal = {American Statistician},
issn = {0003-1305},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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