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Different Minds, Shared Goals: Building Supportive Mentoring Relationships for Neurodivergent Students in Grad School

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Now more than ever, it's vital that we uplift and amplify one another鈥檚 successes. One powerful way to do that is by intentionally creating opportunities where we can better understand how we thrive individually and in collaboration with others.

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Join a dynamic and diverse panel of neurodivergent STEM graduate students, scientists, faculty, and researchers for an honest, insightful conversation about self-advocacy in graduate education. Discover practical strategies that students can use to communicate their accommodation and learning needs, as well as how faculty, mentors, and peers can actively support those efforts. Whether you're a student learning to navigate your academic journey, or a mentor seeking to foster empowering relationships, you鈥檒l walk away with actionable insights, real-world examples, and research-backed approaches to mentoring and STEM education.

This ACS Webinar is co-produced with the ACS Committee on Chemists with Disabilities and听ACS Division of Professional Relations.

What You Will Learn

  • Tools to foster mutual understanding and success between students, advisors, and instructors
  • Approaches for addressing challenges in mentoring relationships by leveraging individual and collective strengths
  • Resources to help students build meaningful mentoring connections and support networks in graduate school

Event Details

  • Wednesday, July 9, 2025 @ 2-3pm ET
  • Free to attend
  • Slides will be听available to download on the day of the webinar

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MEET THE EXPERTS

Wendy Harbour
Director, National Center for College Students with Disabilities and Senior Director for Programs and Development, Association on Higher Education and Disability

Mariel Pfeifer
Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Mississippi

Liam McDermott
Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics, University of Connecticut

Madalyn Howard
M.S. Student, Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Stephen Podowitz-Thomas
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Thomas Jefferson University

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