Professor Spencer Selected as Research Fellow for Summer Institute on Mentoring

Professor Renee Spencer has been invited to serve as a Research Fellow in Portland State University’s inaugural Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring. The institute will be held in Portland, Oregon, in July.

According to the University, “The Summer Institute offers a truly distinctive educational opportunity for experienced mentoring professionals. Participants attend an intensive week-long seminar presenting the latest developments in theory and research on youth mentoring. The aim is a series of highly interactive discussions that provide an in-depth view of the research and examine its implications for program policies and practices.”

Research Fellows are selected to serve as Summer Institute seminar instructors on the basis of their expertise. Each fellow is a nationally recognized scholar who has made an important contribution to the literature on youth mentoring. The 2007 Summer Institute focuses on the latest theory and research on mentoring in school settings.