Recruiting Psychology Mentors Through Virtual Agent Mentors - Cal State Fullerton

Overview

Psychology Pathways, a 5-year research project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is seeking STEM professionals with Psychology backgrounds to serve as volunteer mentors. Mentors will be asked to video record a “virtual mentor” (conversational virtual agent) to share stories about their career path with psychology students, starting at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), as a part of a STEM outreach intervention/study.

Involvement

1. Video-recording interviews

Video-recording interviews for your own virtual agent (“virtual mentor”) on a self-serve web platform. 2. Interacting directly with students (optional)

Mentors can make themselves available for one-on-one consultations or workshops/events on an as needed basis.

Location: Remote

Time Commitment: Approximately 12-15 hours, scheduled flexibly

More Information

About the “Psychology Pathways” project

https://sites.google.com/fullerton.edu/okadolab/projects/psychology-pathways

Project press release (CSUF)

https://news.fullerton.edu/spotlight/csuf-professor-awarded-grant-for-ai-powered-platform-to help-underserved-students-in-stem-subjects/

Sample virtual mentors from a prior project (CareerFair.ai)

https://dodstem.mentorpal.org/home/?referrer=pathways

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2237924&HistoricalAwards=false