Micro-Mentorship Series

Fall 2025 Applications NOW OPEN for On-Campus MSW

Coffee and Conversation

Interested in connecting with a professor beyond the classroom?

Are you seeking career insights, mentorship and an opportunity build meaningful relationships with faculty in a relaxed setting?

Micro-mentorship involves short, focused interactions with individuals who possess valuable insight or expertise. These small-group sessions are designed to foster connections and support personal and professional development.

Sessions available in-person or virtually, each lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Ready to join Coffee & Conversation?

Explore below the faculty members hosting sessions this semester. Click on the faculty member's name to learn more, then sign up for the session that interests you the most. A calendar invite will be provided to registered participants prior to each micro-mentorship session, including a Zoom link for virtual sessions.

We look forward to seeing you!

Melissa Singh
Teaching Professor

June 25, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. PDT

Melissa Singh has over twenty years of online teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate levels, with research interests in building inclusive learning environments, trauma-informed education, disaster preparedness and response, and creative disruption to induce innovation.

Michelle Zappas
Associate Teaching Professor

July 10, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. PDT

Michelle Zappas is a nursing educator and expert, focused on health care for vulnerable populations across the lifespan and community-based family medicine. She also serves as director for the MSN program.

Holly Priebe Sotelo
Associate Teaching Professor

July 15, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. PDT

Priebe Sotelo has decades of experience in K-12 public education, public child welfare, mental health, probation and higher education, with expertise in human trafficking, child abuse and family violence, school-based violence, bullying and crisis response, and intergroup mediation.

John Blosnich
Associate Professor

July 16, 2025
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. PDT

John Blosnich is an expert in suicide risk and prevention among vulnerable populations, with a specific emphasis on social determinants of health, and has conducted numerous studies on secondary analyses of existing survey data to fill gaps in knowledge around LGBT health.

Coffee and Conversation