Research and Scholarship > Faculty Scholarship Mentoring Program

The Process

Four faculty, representing each of Calvin's Academic Divisions, serve as faculty mentors in the area of research and scholarship, along with the Dean for Research and Scholarship.

If you are interested in meeting with one or more of these faculty members, please refer to the following mentoring protocol:

Read the following descriptions of the types of activities in which individual mentors have been involved, and decide with whom you would like to meet. Any one of these mentors is able to help on general five year plans and strategies for developing a scholarship life (as well as a "balanced" life).
Send Janel Curry, Dean for Research and Scholarship an e-mail with a request for a meeting with a particular mentor.
This mentor will then contact you in order to arrange a time to meet.
In preparation for the meeting, please read the linked worksheet and bring the requested materials

The Mentors (2007-2008)

James Bratt, History (Division of Contextual Disciplines) and Director of the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship
Kurt Schaefer, Economics & Business (Division of Social Sciences)
Kumar Sinniah, Chemistry (Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
Helen Sterk, Communication Arts & Sciences (Division of Languages, Literature and Arts)

Research & Grant-Writing Resources

Crafting a Great Proposal: Advice and Resources provided by Calvin College's Office of Grants & Foundation Relations
Writing Winning Proposals by Jeanne Narum, ICO (login: konyndyk; password: calvin)
Proposal Writing Short Course, The Foundation Center (Part I, Part II)
A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing by Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner
Proposal Writing: Selected Web Sites, University of Pittsburgh
Making the Call, by Sarah Brophy

Publishing & Scholarship Resources

Organizational Strategies:
Tips and tools for organizing and managing your time, space, stress, research & scholarship
Sabbatical Planning: exerpt from Sabbatical Planning Luncheon (Oct. 18, 2000)
Composing a Life of Scholarship: transcript of Faculty Development Luncheon (Oct. 31, 2001)
Composing a Scholarly Life: Summary of Notes from Faculty Development Luncheon (Oct. 31, 2001)
The Independent Colleges Office (ICO): provides advice and resources for faculty across topics of Research & Scholarhip (login: konyndyk; password: calvin)
The "Well Traveled Article", by Randy Bytwerk of Calvin's department of Communication Arts & Sciences
Workshop: 5-Year Plan for Scholarship
Writing a Book Prospectus #1, sample provided by James Penning and Corwin Smidt of Calvin's department of Political Science
Writing a Book Prospectus #2, sample provided by Corwin Smidt of Calvin's department of Political Science