The APS Mentorship Program is open to all APS members. Mentorship pairs will meet for a six-month period. Through the Mentorship Program, APS seeks to foster skills growth, professional development, and a vibrant and multinational community. The program is operated and overseen by two advisors and the APS Student Caucus (APSSC) Executive Board, elected by the student members of APS.
Each pairing is supported by APS from November to April, which serves as the timeline for each cohort. The sign up period for the Mentorship Program ended October 13th.
Who Participates
APS Mentors are:
- Professionals working in psychological science and related fields
- Early and mid-career professionals as well as those retired from psychological science careers
- Professionals who transitioned from academia to the private and/or public sector
- Graduate students willing to serve as a mentor to their peers and/or undergraduate students
APS Mentees are:
- Professionals seeking to work in the public and private sectors
- Mid-career professionals looking to attain the next step in their career
- Early-career professionals
- Graduate students and postdocs
- Undergraduate students
All participants must be active APS members and must maintain their memberships throughout the mentorship period.
Why Participate
APS Mentors:
- Help the next generation of psychological scientists and those interested in taking their career to the next level
- Share your experience and insights
- Connect to a network of APS members outside of your current institution or employer
- Strengthen psychological science
APS Mentees:
- Gain insights into various career paths and opportunities
- Learn strategies to navigate career transitions
- Learn a variety of skills like communication, networking, negotiating, and interviewing
- Gain confidence in your scientific and career identity
- Develop your professional network with APS members outside of your current institution and employer
How It Works
- Fill out and submit the program registration form
- Receive your match
- With your partner, create your mentorship agreement
- Schedule your first meeting
- Meet regularly to work toward the goals outlined in your mentorship agreement
APS Support for Program Participants
APS is pleased to offer live and recorded professional development webinars and a resource library that addresses topics such as navigating your career, skills-building, and professionalism. The APSSC Undergraduate Advocate will check in with students participating in the program every two months to provide additional resources as needed.
Important Details
APS will match pairs based on the unique responses individuals provide on their registration forms. As determined by the mentorship agreements made in their first meeting, pairs should meet regularly, address conflicts in a professional manner, and work together to accomplish their goals. Should unforeseen and unresolvable issues or conflicts arise within the mentoring relationship, the APSSC is available to help. All Mentorship Program participants are expected to abide by the APS Code of Conduct at all times. Click the blue “APS Mentorship Code of Conduct” text below to expand and view it.
For more information about the program, please contact the APSSC Undergraduate Advocate at [email protected].
APS is committed to science being conducted, discussed, presented, and published in ways that promote the lively and productive exchange of ideas. To demonstrate this commitment, APS expects all Mentorship Program participants to conduct themselves professionally and refrain from actions or speech that could reasonably be construed as harassing or personally disparaging. Please review the full code of conduct.
Unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to:
- Intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning speech or actions.
- Harmful or prejudicial spoken or written comments or visual images related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, or other personal characteristics, including those protected by U.S. law.
- Inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images.
- Real or implied threat of professional or financial damage or harm.
- Inappropriate disruption of meetings or events.
Guidelines
Please see the following guidelines regarding presentations, activity, conversations, and content in APS conventions and programs:
- Participants may not share screen shots or videos of meetings unless given explicit permission.
- Participants are expected to comply immediately with any request to stop a behavior that violates the code of conduct.
- Participation in the APS Mentorship Program is reserved for APS members only.
- Report misconduct to APS at [email protected].
Consequences of misconduct may include:
- Immediate removal from the APS Mentorship Program.
- Restriction from participation in future APS conventions, events, or programs.
- Termination of APS membership or positions on current or future boards, panels, and committees.
APS is committed to science being conducted, discussed, presented, and published in ways that promote the lively and productive exchange of ideas. To demonstrate this commitment, APS expects all Mentorship Program participants to conduct themselves professionally and refrain from actions or speech that could reasonably be construed as harassing or personally disparaging. Please review the full code of conduct.
Unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to:
- Intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning speech or actions.
- Harmful or prejudicial spoken or written comments or visual images related to gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, or other personal characteristics, including those protected by U.S. law.
- Inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images.
- Real or implied threat of professional or financial damage or harm.
- Inappropriate disruption of meetings or events.
Guidelines
Please see the following guidelines regarding presentations, activity, conversations, and content in APS conventions and programs:
- Participants may not share screen shots or videos of meetings unless given explicit permission.
- Participants are expected to comply immediately with any request to stop a behavior that violates the code of conduct.
- Participation in the APS Mentorship Program is reserved for APS members only.
- Report misconduct to APS at [email protected].
Consequences of misconduct may include:
- Immediate removal from the APS Mentorship Program.
- Restriction from participation in future APS conventions, events, or programs.
- Termination of APS membership or positions on current or future boards, panels, and committees.
