Your Graduate Training in Psychology: Effective Strategies for Success / Edition 1

by Peter J. Giordano, Stephen F. Davis, Carolyn A. Licht

Overview

Your Graduate Training in Psychology takes current and upcoming graduate students beyond the typical concerns of enrolling into graduate school and guides them on how to complete graduate school successfully. Unlike other books that focus on how to get into graduate school, this book directly addresses the major issues that students confront during their graduate training in psychology. A carefully selected cadre of expert authors in their respective areas illuminate the broad range of processes, practices, and procedural issues that face graduate students in both masters and doctoral programs. Ordered chronologically, from the first year of graduate school (Settling In) to what students need to know as they finish (Winding Down and Gearing Up), students will learn the key skills needed to succeed in all aspects of their academic and professional careers while in school and after beginning a professional career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412994934
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/26/2011
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Peter J. Giordano is Professor and Chair of Psychological Scienceat Belmont University in Nashville, Tennesse where he began his career in 1989. He received his BA, MA, and Ph D in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has served as National President of Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology) and as the Methods and Techniques Editor for the journal Teaching of Psychology. He is a Fellow of APA Division Two (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) and is a frequent workshop presenter on pedagogy in psychology and on student professional development issues. He has received a number of teaching awards at Belmont University and was the recipient of the CASE Professor of the Year award for Tennessee.

Stephen F. Davis is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Emporia State University. He served as the 2002-2003 Knapp Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego. Currently, he is Distinguished Guest Professor at Morningside College and Visiting Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Texas Wesleyan University. Since 1966, he has published over 325 articles, 30 textbooks, and presented over 900 professional papers; the vast majority of these publications and presentations include student coauthors. He has served as president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP; Division 2 of the American Psychological Association [APA]), Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Southwestern Psychological Association, and Psi Chi. In addition, he received the first Psi Chi Florence L. Denmark Faculty Advisor Award. He is a fellow of APA Divisions 1 (General), 2 (STP), 3 (Experimental), and 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology), and a recipient in 1988 of the American Psychological Foundation's (APF) Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award.

Carolyn A. Licht was appointed to the position of Supervising Psychologist/Coordinator of Psychiatric Residencies for the Office of Counseling and Psychological Services at Fordham University in New York in July 2011. Previously she served as a staff psychologist in the Family Care Center at Harlem Hospital working in the pediatric and adult infectious disease medical clinics specializing in the care of individuals infected and affected by HIV, substance use, and trauma. She received her Ph D in Clinical Psychology with a child and family specialization from Fordham University's Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Bronx, NY in 2007, and was licensed in New York State in 2009 after completing her predoctoral internship at Jacobi Medical Center and her postdoctoral fellowship as a Columbia University Medical Center affiliate at Harlem Hospital. Areas of research, publication, and/or presentation include occupational stress, ADHD, family systems constructs, issues related to disclosure and neurocognitive functioning in pediatric HIV, and clinical management of triply diagnosed patients. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and New York State Psychological Association as well as Psi Chi (National Honor Society in Psychology), Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society), Phi Kappa Phi, Omnicron Delta Kappa, and Alpha Chi (honor societies reflecting academic excellence).

Table of Contents

Preface vii

About the Editors ix

About the Contributors xi

Introduction Peter J. Giordano Stephen F. Davis Carolyn A. Licht 1

Section I Introduction-Settling In 3

Section Introduction Peter J. Giordano Stephen F. Davis Carolyn A. Licht 3

1 Settling in the Right Way: Playing by the Rules Jason P. Kring Stephen F. Davis 5

2 Maximizing Success in Your Graduate Training Christia Spears Brown 13

3 Setting Your Path: Begin With Your Dissertation in Mind Daniel P. Corts Holly E. Tatum 23

4 Relationship Issues: Peers, Faculty, and Families Susan R. Burns 33

5 When Things Don't Go According to Plan: Shifting Areas, Programs, or Schools Christina M. Leclerc Jonathan B. Banks 41

6 Important Considerations for Ethnic Minority Graduate Students Loretta N. McGregor G. William Hill IV 53

7 Important Considerations for International and Older, Nontraditional Students G. William Hill IV Loretta N. McGregor 69

8 Graduate Students With Special Needs Alex Watters Susan R. Burns 83

9 Important Considerations for Online Graduate Training Victor A. Benassi Michael J. Lee 93

10 Self-Care in Graduate School: Finding Your Optimal Balance Carolyn A. Licht 101

Section II Developing and Maturing 115

Section Introduction Peter J. Giordano Stephen F. Davis Carolyn A. Licht 115

11 Effective Writing: Did You Mean to Say That? Bernard C. Beins 117

12 Developing Your Teaching Skills Robert Bubb William Buskist 133

13 Developing Your Clinical and Counseling Skills Radha G. Carlson 147

14 Developing Your Research Skills Regan A. R. Gurung 159

15 Developing Your Presentation Skills Lonnie Yandell 175

16 Success in Externships and Internships Erica Chin Laurie Reider Lewis 185

17 Preparing for Comprehensive Exams Valerie M. Gonsalves Leah Skovran Georges Matthew T. Huss 203

18 Skill Development for Oral Presentations and Examinations Catherine E. Overson Gary S. Goldstein 217

19 They Have My Money! Applying for Research Funding Leah Skovran Georges Valerie M. Gonsalves Matthew T. Huss 227

Section III Winding Down and Gearing Up (All at the Same Time) 241

Section Introduction Peter J. Giordano Stephen F. Davis Carolyn A. Licht 241

20 Working With Your Major Professor and Dissertation Committee Seraphine Shen-Miller David S. Shen-Miller 243

21 Developing a Plan for Your Career After Graduate School Randolph A. Smith 259

22 To ABD or Not to ABD? That Is the Question Jeffrey S. Bartel Kimberly M. Christopherson 267

23 Applying for Academic Positions Krisztina Varga Jakobsen 279

24 Applying for Clinical and Other Applied Positions Janet R. Matthews Lee H. Matthews 295

25 When Things Don't Go According to Plan: What If You Don't Find a Job? Jared Keeley 307

Conclusion 315

Name Index 317

Subject Index 323