Part I: On Mentoring 1. Why Mentoring Matters 2. The Mentoring Relationship Continuum 3. Exemplary Mentoring in Academe: A Glimpse Inside Part II: On Being a Mentor 4. Foundational Mentoring Competencies: Who Mentors Are 5. Functional Mentoring Competencies: What Mentors Do 6. Beginning a Mentoring Relationship 7. The Seasons of Mentorship: Common Relationship Phases 8. The Ethical Mentor: Doing No Harm Part III: On Mentoring Specific Groups 9. Mentoring Undergraduates 10. Mentoring Graduate Students 11. Mentoring Junior Faculty 12. Mentoring and Gender 13. Mentoring Across Race Part IV: Managing Mentorships 14. Diagnosis and Management of Mentorship Dysfunction 15. Assessing Mentoring Outcomes 16. Recommendations for Academic Leaders: What Deans and Department Chairs Can "Do"

The definitive guide for higher education faculty who wish to excel as mentors to students and faculty, this practical, research based guide features cases, strategies, and best practices. Updated throughout, this accessible guide offers advice on managing problem mentorships and measuring outcomes. Research-based advice on the rules of engagement for mentoring, mentor functions, qualities of good mentors, and methods for forming and managing student-faculty relationships is provided along with the common mentoring relationship phases, tips on mentoring specific populations, and recommendations on how to foster an academic culture of mentoring.

W. Brad Johnson is professor of psychology at the U.S. Naval Academy and a Faculty Associate at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Johnson is invited to give mentoring workshops for university faculty around the globe.