Mentoring Program

The Research Administrators Certification Council (RACC) offers a mentor program whereby those who are candidates to take the Certified Research Administrator (CRA) examination can be paired with a current CRA who will assist them in their preparation for the exam.  The role of the mentor is to provide general assistance to the candidate in their review of the body of knowledge.

 Mentors should be available to: 

-          Offer suggestions for books, websites, manuals, articles, or other materials that the candidate may want to use to study for the exam

-          Talk with the candidate to help determine areas in the body of knowledge where the candidate may need more study and to suggest resources for assistance in those areas 

-          Coach the candidate in examination preparation techniques 

-          Be available to talk to the candidate and to offer encouragement when needed 

-          Follow up with the candidate after the examination results have been published either to congratulate the new CRA or assist in identifying how the candidate can improve their results in a re-test for a successful certification.

The role of the mentor is to provide general assistance in the review of the body of knowledge with the candidate.  Mentors may not serve as either an Item Reviewer or an Examination Reviewer to ensure that no specifics about the contents of any examination are inadvertently revealed to candidates.

RACC suggests initial contact by e-mail for an individual who is located relatively near you just in case telephone contact becomes necessary.    

Please direct comments and suggestions to: 

Marcia Hamm Groover, Lehigh University mhm3@Lehigh.edu

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Mentors for all areas of the BOK 

Mecca Evans, CRA

Emory University

mqwilli@emory.edu

Domenica G. Pappas, CRA

Illinois Institute of Technology 

pappas@iit.edu

Marcia Hamm Groover, CRA    

Lehigh University 

mhm3@lehigh.edu

Anne Marie Brasile Mejac

NIH/NHLBI

brasilemejac@gmail.com

Robyn B. Remotigue, CRA   

Mississippi State University

Robyn@spa.msstate.edu

Nancy K. Ginn, CRA

Texas A&M Research Foundation

NKL@rf-mail.tamu.edu

Lisa G. Whitten, CRA

Texas A&M Research Foundation

Lwhitten@rf-mail.tamu.edu

Joan D. Birdwell, CRA

Texas A&M University

jbirdwell@tamu.edu

Marcie D. Avery, CRA

Texas A&M University

mavery@tamu.edu

Kathryn A.  Watkins-Wendell, CRA

The University of Akron

kwatkins@uakron.edu

Deborah Anne Brougher, CRA

University of Houston

dbrougher@uh.edu

Lee Folk, CRA

University of Houston-Clear Lake

folk@uhcl.edu

Rene Hearns

University of Louisiana at Monroe

hearns@ulm.edu

Michael DeShazo, CRA

University of Washington

mdeshazo@u.washington.edu

John D. Sites, Jr., CRA

Huron Consulting Group

jsites@cc.usu.edu

Meena Swaminathan, CRA

University of Pennsylvania

swaminam@uphs.upenn.edu

Rebecca M. Miro, CRA

University of South Florida

RMIRO@RESEARCH.USF.EDU

 

Mentors for Project Development and Administration

 

 

 

Janna Lawrence, CRA

Texas A&M Research Foundation

jlp@rf-mail.tamu.edu

 

   

Current as of March 10, 2010

 
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