The ASC email mentoring program has undergone a number of changes, all of them good.  For example, we now have a search feature that allows ASC students to search the site for mentors by specialization. So, type in the word theory (for instance) in the search bar and, voila, up pops all the mentors who do theory.   Also, the site is more accessible than ever as well as being password protected.

Please examine the web site at http://asmentor.anomie.com.  Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvement.

Current Mentors

If you have changed your affiliations, email addresses, or areas of specialization, please let me know and I make the updates.  Also, if you want off the list, tell me and I’ll remove you.

Call for New Mentors

If you’d like to sign up for the ASC email mentoring program as a mentor, you need only to be an ASC non-student member.  The program has been a very rewarding experience for those of us serving as mentors and we always welcome new people.  We seek not only university faculty but also those working in research institutes (private or public), practitioners, and administrators in any field related to the discipline of Criminology.  Students need mentors from a variety of specializations as well as various ages, races, and genders.  Interested?  Email me the following:

Name
Affiliation
Email address
Areas of specialization (e.g., women and crime, technology, community corrections, etc.)
Month and year of birth (optional)
Gender
Race/ethnicity

Students

The program is available and free to all ASC student members.  We encourage you to make use of our over 80 top-notch national and international experts.  The ASC developed the mentoring program in 1994, with the purpose being to link ASC students with experts in the field of Criminology outside their own universities.  Students may ask mentors about career choices, research and theoretical issues, personal-professional concerns (such as what it’s like to be a minority Criminologist in a variety of work settings).

The ASC Email Mentor of the Year Award

Students, please nominate the mentor who has been most helpful to you via the ASC email mentoring program.  I will forward your recommendation to the ASC Board.  The award is then delivered at the ASC annual meetings, along with a nice plaque.  Please make your nominations to me by September 1 of every year (not October 1, as I said in the last announcement).

Students and Mentors are encouraged to contact me at:

Bonnie Berry, PhD
Director
Social Problems Research Group
Mentor_inbound@socialproblems.org