Kellogg Legacy Doctoral Mentoring Program for Faculty Diversity

Cal Poly Pomona’s Kellogg Doctoral Mentoring Program provides guidance and supports and acquaints diverse future faculty with our Cal State mission. Select graduate students develop relationships with CPP faculty and come to campus for several days to learn firsthand what being a faculty member in a CSU is like. They also share their stories with our CPP undergraduates and learn what campus life is like at CPP.

Eligio Martinez Jr. Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership is the Faculty Coordinator for the Kellogg Doctoral Mentoring Program for Faculty Diversity. Martinez brings personal experience as a first-generation college student and extensive experience working with other programs that prepare graduate students for life in the academy. “The Kellogg Doctoral Mentoring Program provides us an excellent opportunity to highlight our campus to prospective applicants and allows us to maintain our commitment to recruiting the most talented and diverse faculty,” said Martinez.

The Fall 2023 first cohort of eight doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds was selected from 21 applications. These scholars are a diverse and dynamic group joining us from Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Univ. of Georgia, and Washington Univ. in St. Louis.

Thank you to their CPP faculty mentors who’ll share their time and provide guidance:

Jose Aguilar-Hernandez, Associate Professor from Educational Leadership and Ethnic and Womens’ Studies, College of Education and Integrative Studies

Melissa Barragan, Assistant Professor from Sociology, College of Letters, Arts and Social Science

Rachel Baumsteiger, Assistant Professor from Psychology, College of Letters, Arts and Social Science

Liane Hypolite, Assistant Professor from Educational Leadership, College of Education and Integrative Studies

Erica Morales, Associate Professor from Sociology, College of Letters, Arts and Social Science

Anjana Narayan, Professor, from Sociology, College of Letters, Arts and Social Science

Chantal Stieber, Associate Professor from Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science

Fatheema Subhan, Assistant Professor from Nutrition and Food Science, Huntley College of Agriculture

More to come on the spring campus visit date!