Mentors

Job Title: Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science
Why I became a Mentor: The older I get, the more I realize that mentoring is the part of my job that I most enjoy.
Fun Fact: I am a huge fan of those floppy inflatable guys you see outside car dealerships and whatnot. They bring me joy for reasons I don't really understand.

Job Title: Professor of Religious Studies
Why I became a Mentor: I enjoy working with teams to improve whatever institution I'm a part of, and the POSSE scholars here form an important and effective team for changes in the right direction at Sewanee. Becoming a POSSE mentor also promised me the opportunity to get to know student leaders as they began their college learning, so I would not only get to know them very well and work with them for important change, but also I'd be able to learn their first impressions of this college. I love working with POSSE 15, each scholar intelligent, creative, and engaged in different ways.
Fun Fact: Since 1983, I have aimed to walk or bike any distance under 5 miles--an environmentally-focused practice that daily informs how I see the world.

Job Title: Director of HR Innovation
Why I became a Mentor: I kept meeting Posse Scholars at campus events and noticed the substantial impact they were making. Mentoring allows me to spend more time with these students, their stories, and their work. I know that my experience as a mentor will shape me as much as it shapes our scholars.
Fun Fact: I enjoy woodworking and building things, generally, and I like to spend time quietly 'piddling' in the workshop making all types of things including some expensive sawdust.

Job Title: Associate Professor of Political Science and African and African American Studies
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