Technical Communication as an academic field is complex and in
need of well-mentored faculty. This article reports on an initiative
to improve mentoring of faculty and practitioners that has been
underway for three years. We have focused on listening to needs
expressed by women in Technical Communication
(#womeninTC), comparing what they expressed about their
experiences and needs to literature on mentoring models, and
developing resources that do a more comprehensive job of
addressing their experiences and needs. Our goals are to improve
mentoring in ways that are sustainable for faculty and working
technical communicators at the same time as we grow a sturdier
field.