For graduate students in psychology, becoming a Student Affiliate of APA automatically enrolls you as a member of APAGS. Undergraduates may join APAGS for a small fee.* APAGS offers all its members enormous opportunities to enhance their development towards a career in psychology and to shape the future of the discipline. From at home access to research tools like PsycINFO, to opportunities to present your work at APA's annual conventions, membership in APA/APAGS will help you succeed in graduate school and develop as a member of the psychological community.
You can join APAGS at any time. Joining APA and APAGS entitles you to a plethora of benefits that will aid your training in psychology. Here are just a few:
- Subscriptions to American Psychologist, Monitor on Psychology, and the APAGS Magazine, gradPSYCH
- A $10.00 credit, on top of student discounts, for subscriptions to APA Journals such as the Journal of Counseling Psychology, Health Psychology, and the Clinician's Research Digest
- The right to purchase access to APA's Online databases like PsycINFO (nonmembers of APA cannot purchase access to the databases at any price!)
- Listservs targeted to student interests including:
APAEMGS concerning ethnic minority issues
APAGSABILITIES concerning disability issues
APAGSINTERNATIONAL for international students
studying psychology in the US
APAGSLGB for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi-Sexual students
APAGSINTERNSHIP concerning internship issues
APAGSWOMEN for women striving for balance between
their graduate studies and the rest of their lives
CLINAPAGS for students studying clinical psychology
COGAPAGS for students studying cognitive psychology
MENTORS connecting students with practicing psychologists
GRADPSYCHTALK a forum for discussions among APAGS
members and APA/APAGS staff and governance about articles
featured in gradPSYCH
APAGS-DSRN a closed list specifically for student division leaders.
For more information on this listserv, please contact the APAGS office.
- Internship and career resources such as the comprehensive APAGS Internship Workbook, Internship Listserv, and PsycCAREERS.com
- Information resources created by and for students such as the Survival Guide for Ethnic Minority Students, Networking with APAGS in State and Provincial Psychological Associations, "What Students Should Know about the APA’s Pursuit of Prescription Privileges for Psychologists: A Fact Sheet", and the Mentoring, Balance and Self Care—Especially for Women: A Collection of Articles and Resources, and Resource Guide for Psychology Graduate Student Disabilities.
- Access to Professional Liability Insurance for Graduate Students in Psychology from the APA Insurance Trust
And this list is by no means exhaustive. APAGS also gives you a
voice in APA through the APAGS Committee and the opportunity to develop you own
professional skills by running for APAGS elected office and serving on the APAGS
Committee and/or an APAGS sub-committee, chairing programs at the APA
Convention, writing articles for the APAGS Web site.
*Graduate students:
When you join APA as a Student Affiliate you automatically become a member of
APAGS.
*Undergradute students:
By paying an additional $24.00 in addition to your Student Affiliate fee, you
may become a member of APAGS.
For more information about membership, go to the APA
Membership page or call the APA Membership hotline at 1 (800) 374-2721.
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