Lessons Learned from Designing and Implementing an Undergraduate Mentorship Program

Thursday December 12, 2019 3:00 – 4:30 pm ET

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One of NACPM’s core commitments is investing in a strong, racially, ethnically and socially representative CPM workforce to meet the urgent needs of childbearing people in our country.  In partial fulfillment of this goal, we are pleased to bring you Lessons Learned from Designing and Implementing an Undergraduate Mentorship Program.  This webinar is both the 8th in our Equity, Race and Access to Midwifery Series, and the first in NACPM’s new Education in Midwifery Series.  Drs. Keisha Goode and Ashlee Lien have important research to share with us from their mentorship program at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury that can apply to supporting increased representation in our midwifery training programs.  Please join us.

Keisha Goode is currently a Visiting Assistant professor of Sociology at The State University of New York College at Old Westbury. She also coordinates a U.S. Department of Education funded program called Research Aligned Mentorship focused on improving retention and the overall student experience through research opportunities, faculty mentorship and customized learning. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology from The City University of New York GraduateCenter, a M.S. in Women’s Studies from The GeorgeWashington University and a B.A. in English from The University of Maryland, College Park. Her primary research area is Medical Sociology with specific attention to the medicalization of childbirth and the historical nd contemporary complexities of black midwifery in the United States. Her work is grounded in sociological and feminist theory. She serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives.

Ashlee Lien is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at SUNY Old Westbury and also serves as the Program Coordinator for the Research Aligned Mentorship Program. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Community Psychology in 2013 from Wichita State University. Her teaching and research interests include applied learning techniques, mentorship of undergraduate students, and engaging traditionally bypassed/underrepresented students.

 Rhayna Prado graduated from SUNY Old Westbury in Spring of 2019 with a B.A. in psychology and a minor in accounting. She worked as an undergraduate research assistant since her junior year in efforts to improve her academic experience and gauge her research interests. Rhayna has contributed to two publications, four conference presentations, and one webinar.