NEWS: Call for Chapter Proposals: Mentorship & Wellbeing in Graduate Education

Dear colleagues,

Please find attached a call for chapter proposals for the edited book “Mentorship and Wellbeing: Global Perspectives and Priorities.” This edited book will focus on an international perspective about global and cross-cultural issues related to mentorship, mental health, and wellbeing within higher education. Empirical and conceptual research will be accepted.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

  • Mentorship and Caring
  • Culture, Mental Health, and Wellbeing
  • International Students’ Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Expressive/Art Therapies
  • Indigenous Cultures, Mental Health, and Wellbeing
  • Self-Care and Resilience
  • Mindful Pedagogies
  • Trauma-informed Pedagogies
  • Writing Pedagogies of Self-Care and Wellness

Interested contributors, please submit a 300-word abstract in APA format, outlining the topic and the argument for a proposed chapter. Also include a working title of the chapter, five key words, a cover page (with title, name, position, affiliation, and contact information), and a reference page. Please submit an abstract of your proposed chapter by 30 April 2019 to Snezana Ratkovic at sratkovic@brocku.ca. You will be informed if your proposal is accepted by 31 May 2019.

Proposed abstracts will be selected based on connection to mentorship in graduate education, with an emphasis on mental health and wellbeing; importance of topic; depth of analysis; quality of writing; and balance with other proposals. You will be required to submit an electronic copy of your full chapter (approximately 5000 words) to Snezana Ratkovic at sratkovic@brocku.ca by 30 September 2019. You will be notified of chapter status by mid-November 2019.

Routledge has expressed interest in publishing this book subject to review of the final manuscript.

 

I am more than happy to answer any questions regarding proposal submission.

Sincerely,

Snezana

P.S. Please feel free to circulate this call to your colleagues.

Snezana Ratkovic, Ph.D.

Research Officer and Instructor

Brock University | Faculty of Education

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