Opening the Door: Improving Mentoring Through Stories and Science

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. Gerardo Maupome, a professor and the associate dean of research at the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health, who speaks on his experience with bias during his time as a junior faculty member.

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. Tamera Davis, a dean, and professor at the IU school of social work, who speaks on her experiences as a young woman experiencing microaggressions and bias in the workplace and as a Ph.D. student experiencing an affirming mentor-mentee relationship. 

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. Tabitha Hardy, assistant dean for student development and academic affairs, and director of Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals at the IUPUI Graduate Office, who speaks on her experience as a Black, woman scientist who experiences discouragement and bias in a mentor-mentee relationship. 

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. Mohamed Razi Nalim, the associate dean for research at the Purdue school of engineering and technology, who speaks on his experience as an international student dealing with microaggressions in a mentor-mentee relationship. 

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. Nathan Alves, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and the first tenure-track Ph.D. faculty member primarily appointed in the Department of Emergency medicine at the IU School of Medicine, who speaks on the bias and alienation he experienced when first appointed to his position. 

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Lauren Easterling, the director of trainee services at the IU School of Medicine, who speaks on her experiences as a trans woman dealing with bias and microaggressions during a transition to a new work environment. 

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. John Parrish-Sprowl, a professor of communication studies and director of the Global Health Communication Center at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, who speaks on his experience with discrimination and bias due to his hearing impairment. 

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. Katrina Reed-Hughes, an assistant professor of organizational leadership at IUPUI who speaks on her experience as a Black woman dealing with microaggressions in a mentor-mentee relationship. 

Opening the Door is a podcast series that uses storytelling to help trainees and mentors understand the impact of bias and discrimination in the training environment and how to mitigate it. This episode features Dr. James Hill, associate professor of Computer Science at IUPUI, who speaks on his experiences as a Black man doing research in California for the first time.