Alumni Connect Mentorship Program
As a master’s student at the University of Chicago you will be assigned an advanced doctoral preceptor who will serve as your primary academic advisor. In addition, all students have the opportunity to work with our Career Services professionals, who advise students on all issues related to careers, including resume building, networking, job searching and interviewing.
MENTORSHIP
If you are a MAPSS student, you may also find it helpful to have the mentorship of a recent graduate of your program who can share their experiences at UChicago and serve as a resource. The mentorship initiative, Alumni Connect seeks to facilitate partnerships between current students and recent graduates of the MAPSS program.**
If you choose to participate we will provide you with an Alumni Mentor who can help you navigate challenges that arise during your time at UChicago. Unlike preceptors and other program staff, Alumni Mentors are able to draw upon their own recent experiences as students to address challenges such as how to:
- thrive as a first-year graduate student
- develop social networks at UChicago
- establish successful study habits
- navigate the campus and take advantage of its numerous resources
- participate in and foster an inclusive campus environment
As part of the Alumni Connect program, you can expect to meet and/or correspond with your mentors on a regular basis and to join your mentors and other Alumni Connect mentees for a variety of remote social events.
HOW TO JOIN
Due to high demand, registration is now closed. However, if you did not submit your initial registration survey and would still like to take part in the Alumni Connect program, please register through this alternative link: a waitlist has been created and we will be update you of any changes. If spots become available, we will assign them to students on the waitlist on a first-come, first-served basis.
A mandatory Kickoff Event will be held remotely on September 26th, 2020, 8am-10am CDT. At this Kickoff, interested students can learn more about the program, register, and meet Alumni Mentors. Program Coordinators Samantha Fan and Cate Fugazzola will be available to answer your questions.
MEET THE MENTORS
To learn more about this year’s mentors, please the MACSS Alumni Connect Mentor directory. For mentors in the MAPSS program, please visit the Alumni Connect Mentor directory.
For more information, please contact MAPSS Assistant Director, Samantha Fan at sfan@uchicago.edu, or Johnson Instructor in Sociology, Cate Fugazzola at cfugazzola@uchicago.edu.
**Currently, Alumni Connect is only open to MAPSS and MACSS students. CIR students should go here for more information about the CIR 2nd year specialization program. Please contact Michael Reese with any questions.
PAST MENTORS
2019-2020 Mentors
Name (by last name) |
Current Email |
Current Position/Career |
Stanislaw Banach |
History PhD Student, University of Cambridge |
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Sara Corley |
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Rosemary Cook |
Program Coordinator and Analyst, UChicago Campus and Student Life |
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Jin Deng |
Research Professional, UChicago Booth School of Business |
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Bhargav Desikan |
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Katie Furrow |
Senior Research Analyst, Ipsos |
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Sarah Jensen |
Lab Manager, Booth Center for Decision Research |
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Peitong Jing |
Comparative Politics PhD Student, University of Notre Dame |
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Samhitha Krishnan |
Project Manager SSA Beyond Schools Lab |
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David Arbelaez |
Research Analyst, UChicago Urban Labs, Applying to PhDs in Sociology for Fall 2021 |
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Hannah Madison |
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Ikiltezilani Mazehuani |
Program Manager, UChicago Katz Center for Mexican Studies, Applying to PhDs in Sociology for fall 2021 |
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Shehan McFadden |
Research Associate, Clinical Outcomes Solutions |
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Kelsey Pagorek |
UX Researcher, Bold Insight |
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Stewart Rivers |
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Ruben Rodriguez |
Politicial Science PhD Student, UChicago |
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Helen Galvin Ross |
Political Science (political theory) PhD Student, UChicago |
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Shan Shan |
JD Student, Duke Law |
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Adam Shelton |
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Emily Simpson |
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Pantelis Solomides |
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Tiffany Wu |
Research Analyst, LEAP Innovations |
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Feng Ye |
Anthropology PhD, UChicago |
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Pearl Ye |
Psychology PhD Student, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
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Lienong (Lennon) Zhang |
Audience Research Intern, Lincoln Park Zoo, Applying to PhDs in anthropology for Fall 2021 |