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Objective: We examine research related to effective mentoring relationships for graduate students. Background: Graduate mentoring, comprising educational, professional, and psychosocial development, plays a crucial role in graduate students' successful completion of their degrees. Effective mentor relationships can increase academic satisfaction, increase retention, keep graduate students on time to graduate, and have positive influences on future career goals. Methods: We conducted a literature review of 14 articles to examine graduate mentoring and make recommendations for family science graduate education. Results: Five major themes emerged: aspects of effective mentorships, choosing a mentor, characteristics of a successful mentor, diverse graduate students, and online mentoring. Conclusions: We discuss future research suggestions including the need for research on discipline-specific mentoring and the call for more writings on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Implications: These findings have implications for family science as organizations create

This study examines how gender interplays with emerging adults' intentions and outcomes when using online dating. Symbolic interaction and evolutionary theories are used to understand how evolutionary symbols are associated with online dating, impacting intentions and outcomes. Utilizing a sample of 229 emerging adults, between 18-30 years of age, regression analyses show online dating intentions and outcomes associated with online dating (e.g., whether it was a casual or sexual relationship or if their desired partner demographics were matched), are predicted by gender. Men were found to both seek casual, sexual relationships and have casual, sexual relationships when using online dating more than women. Though online dating has promoted a new path towards dating through technology, these results suggest online dating is similar to traditional dating. Further research is needed to examine the effects of gender on relationship quality, longevity, and theories of online dating relationships.

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