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The nominees for Faculty Mentoring Committee Non-classroom Faculty representative are:

Megan Donnelly

Nominations close Apr 4, 2025.
Regular Non-classroom Faculty may be nominated.

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Megan Donnelly


Department: University Libraries

I am nominating myself for a Non-classroom Faculty representative position on the Faculty Mentoring Committee because I believe that I will be able to serve the institution and faculty in the role by applying my positionality, experience, knowledge, research, and passion for mentorship.

I am the Information Literacy Librarian at the West Chester University Libraries. In this role, I envision and develop the Libraries' instruction strategy; leading in pedagogy and assessment. This opportunity aligns with both my professional responsibilities in this role and my research agenda, as I understand mentorship as one of the most high impact learning experiences available to humans. I have many new and fresh ideas of how to structure mentoring programs to support the success of both mentees and mentors.

I'm passionate about mentorship because it's why I became a librarian. My experiences with mentorship have inspired my career trajectory and scholarly identity formation. I decided to pursue a career in academic librarianship nine years ago because I was mentored by librarian as an undergraduate, first generation, college student at another PASSHE institution: Millersville University. During grad school, I mentored a seventh-grade student in the School District of Philadelphia with the Spark Mentoring Program. After grad school, I landed my first professional position as an adjunct librarian at Millersville University and was mentored by another librarian there. We wrote a book chapter together about our mentoring experience which we characterized as organic, holistic, nurturing, allyship, being built on trust, and mutually beneficial for both mentor and mentee. The citation is detailed below.

I am seeking to apply my unique positionality, experience, knowledge, research, and passion for mentorship to serve the institution. I would be honored to serve on the Faculty Mentoring Committee. Thank you for considering my nomination.

Santamaria, M. & Donnelly, M. (2022). Informal Mentorship as a Nourishing Practice: Building Reciprocal Trust. Academic Library Mentoring: Fostering Growth and Renewal. Association of College & Research Libraries.


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