@conference {140636,
	title = {Omni-directional mentorship: Redefining mentorship as a reciprocal process of teaching and learning},
	booktitle = {2011 Mentorship Conference},
	year = {2011},
	month = {October},
	publisher = {University of New Mexico},
	organization = {University of New Mexico},
	address = {Albuquerque, NM},
	abstract = {When one thinks of mentorship, what often comes to mind is the vision of a wizened field leader sharing knowledge and expertise with a less experienced protégé. This traditional approach to mentorship customarily involves the counsel of a young mentee by a more senior mentor. While such an approach to mentorship can be applied to great effect, the top-down nature of these relationships emphasize a power dynamic that overlooks the potential to tap the knowledge and expertise of an organization{\textquoteright}s diverse constituents, deviant voices, and emerging talent. This theoretical paper problematizes traditional top-down approaches to mentorship and argues for more reciprocal models that incorporate the knowledge and expertise of multiple colleagues and stakeholders within one{\textquoteright}s workplace or professional sphere. This paper first recognizes that mentoring relationships are by nature directional before making the case for a new mentoring framework: Omni-Directional Mentorship. The primary focus of Omni- Directional Mentorship is to fuse traditional top-down mentorship with {\textquotedblleft}mentoring-up,{\textquotedblright} and {\textquotedblleft}lateral mentorship{\textquotedblright} experiences to help replace steep institutional hierarchies with more constructive webs of teaching and learning.},
	author = {Edward P. Clapp}
}
