UConn MAGIC (Mentoring Aspiring Graduate students and building an Inclusive Community) is a network of mentors in the fields of Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neurosciences (including Cognitive, Animal and Human) and related areas (e.g., Linguistics, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, Educational Psychology) focused on helping underrepresented, historically marginalized and first-generation students (and former students) get into and succeed in PhD programs. Mentors, who are UConn faculty members, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows, provide one-on-one advice and mentorship through video chats on topics like: choosing a grad program, preparing applications, CVs, etc.
In addition to having access to a large network of mentors, mentees have access to a range of resources from CV and personal statement examples, fellowship information and more. We provide an annual orientation session about how to sign up for video chats and how to get the most out of them. The orientation session also provides general information about applying to PhD programs in the fields mentioned above.
