University at Buffalo (UB)
Faculty Profile
William Solomon
Associate Professor
English
wsolomon@buffalo.edu
Education:
- PhD, English, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1992
Professional experience:
- Associate Professor of English, American Literature and Critical Theory, University at Buffalo
What mentoring means to me:
My mentor supplied me with an ethically admirable model for how to conduct myself professionally when relating to mentees. My goal would be to do the same for others: to show them the virtues of supporting the research of those who I am in position to guide. The specific quality I prize most highly in this regard is the ability to listen and respond to student aspirations rather than seek to determine these in accordance with my own convictions or biases.
Topics I am willing to discuss with students:
Academic Culture
- Considering a non-academic path after grad school.
- Dealing with politics and conflict with faculty or peers.
- Decoding and demystifying academic culture and norms.
- Taking a non-traditional path to grad school.
- Uncertainty about staying in grad school.
Personal Experiences
- Experiences related to class and/or socioeconomic status.
- Caregiving for children.
- Caregiving for other loved ones.
- Experiences related to physical health and/or abilities.
- Experiences related to mental health and/or abilities.
- Experiences related to racial, ethnic, cultural and/or religious minority status.
- Financial stress and strain.
- Non-U.S. citizen or immigrant experiences.