“…Features of this role encompass practices related to instruction, including preparing and delivering lectures, facilitating discussions, and assessing student performance (e.g., Lee, 2019;Mesa et al, 2014;Speer et al, 2010). Other TA roles include: connecting and building community with and amongst their undergraduate students (Camarao & Din, 2023;Olarte et al, 2021), mentoring (Brown & Sheerin, 2018;McAlister et al, 2022), and supporting peers and undergraduate students (Bowles et al, 2018;Staton & Darling, 1989;Syrnyk, 2018). For example, Brown and Sheerin (2018) described the ways that graduate students enacted different forms of mentorship, ranging from informal mentoring with no set goals or timelines to more formal mentoring.…”