Who We Are

About Us

The Graduate Mentoring Center (The GMC) provides mentoring services, consultations, and programs for graduate students, faculty, and staff, with an emphasis on underrepresented minority students. The GMC co-sponsors these events with an array of university partners to provide the tools and resources necessary for success before, during, and after the graduate school journey. 

Mission
To provide graduate students informal and formal mentorship through programs that support their successful degree completion and entry into the professoriate and/or other professions. 

Vision
To develop and help graduate an intentional community of scholars who are diverse, committed to social justice and equity, and who consistently produce innovative research and creative works that have viable and sustainable impact on their communities. 

 

Current Staff

Graduate Assistant, Operations

Aya Shohatee

Email:
gmcgaops@iu.edu

Interests/ Concentrations: Mental health help seeking behaviors, immigrant and refugee populations, cultural comfort, therapists of color 

Graduate Assistant, Operations

Shelly Mclean Bent

Email:
gmcgaops@iu.edu

Interests/ Concentrations: Education policy for indigenous, ethnic and minoritized communities, race, culture, identity, international comparative education, Caribbean and Latin American education systems, international students, higher education.