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The ARA Faculty Mentoring Program’s 2025 Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Beronda Montgomery
Award-winning leader in mentoring, academic leadership, and equity, diversity, and inclusion, as well as being a Professor of Biology at Grinnell College, prominent plant biochemist, and author of the book Lessons From Plants

Envisioning our future: How to enhance a culture of mentoring and equity. How universities acknowledge faculty mentoring faculty efforts

May 21, 2025

3:30-4:30 PM
UCR School of Medicine Education Building II, Room 104

About Dr. Beronda Montgomery

https://www.berondamontgomery.com/leadership-philosophy-thoughts/

Dr. Beronda Montgomery is a leader in mentoring, academic leadership, and equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as being a prominent plant biochemist. She is currently the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Dean of Grinnell College. Dr. Montgomery’s perspectives on mentoring and leadership have helped form the foundations of the ARA Faculty Mentoring Program within CNAS. Dr. Montgomery is a plant biochemist, writer, and scholar who focuses on how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist; this theme unites her research with her efforts for systemic change in mentoring and leadership. Her 2021 book Lessons from Plants creatively joins the principles of plant responses and adaptations to their environments with best practices for mentoring and creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive university environment.

Dr. Montgomery sports a wide variety of awards. Three of her most recent awards are:

• 2025 recipient of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) (Jan 13, 2025).
• 2024 recipient of the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists.
• 2022 recipient of the Adolph E. Gude Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists in recognition of outstanding service to the science of plant biology.

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Learn more about the Advancement and Retention in Academe (ARA) Program here https://ara.ucr.edu/