The article reflects on the mentoring relationship formed over 40 years between a seasoned psychologist and their graduate students. It highlights the impact of collaboration in research and the importance of storytelling in psychological studies. Mentioning an academic retirement celebration, the author shares how students recounted shared experiences and collective accomplishments in research. The narrative also emphasizes the role of science being collaborative, where mentorship fosters independent growth in students, equipping them to succeed in their fields while also contributing to new understandings in psychology.
The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.
Science is a never-ending story; it is a process of both tedium and discovery, of careful observation and moments of insight.
Together in the Family Narratives Lab, we embarked on studies of family storytelling, of how and why families that tell more elaborated and emotionally expressive stories facilitate positive outcomes for their children and adolescents.
In collaboration with many other scholars, my graduate students and I demonstrated the importance of stories. In this way, science is a team effort.
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