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Hersch, E., Werntz, A., Deng, Y., Jasman, M., & Rhodes, J. (2026). Can I help with that? The role of goal setting in a technology-enabled peer mentoring program. Journal of Community Psychology, 54, e70115. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70115
Jean Rhodes
Most colleges ask incoming students for immunization records, housing choices, and a meal-plan preference....
Dennehy, T. C., & Dasgupta, N. (2017). Female peer mentors early in college increase women’s positive academic experiences and retention in engineering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(23), 5964–5969. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1613...
By Jean Rhodes
I first raised this idea with my sister, a computer scientist. But I keep coming back to it. What if Anthropic had named its chatbot Claudia instead of Claude. It sounds like a trivial branding choice, but names shape perception in ways we rarely notice until we notice them, and now I can’t stop noticing this one.
That’s because every day, million...
Jean Rhodes
Building strong, enduring mentoring relationships depends on many factors, including empathy, proximity, shared interest, and the fit between how mentors and mentees communicate (Fallavollita & Lyons, 2026). Here are two research-based tips that might be helpful to mentors, with important caveats.
Self-disclose, within limits
...Aschenbrener, C. S., & Edwards, K. (2023). Mentoring youth in rural settings. National Mentoring Resource Center, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. https://www.ojjdp.ojp.gov/library/publications/mentoring-youth-r...