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Preparing Future Faculty website!

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This website presents information related to the initiative Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) in Psychology. The PFF is Psychology program is part of a national initiative on preparing future faculty undertaken over the past decade, and initiated under co-sponsorship of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). For more background on this national initiative, go to http://www.preparing-faculty.org/.

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For more about PFF in Psychology, see below.


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Developing PFF in Psychology Programs

Other Resources:

The Partnerships in Graduate Education webpage lists various initiatives relatedto service learning, other doctoral preparation programs and partnershipsin higher education that might be of interest.

APA Division 2 - Society for the Teaching of Psychology promotes excellencein the teaching of psychology.

The National Preparing Future Faculty Program has information related to national resources and programs

The Preparing Future Faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences publication has strategies and outcomes related to establishing a PFF program which can be downloaded.

James Madison University
Department of Graduate Psychology
Sheena Rogers, Ph.D.

University of South Dakota
Clinical Psychology Training Program
Contact – Beth Boyd, Ph.D.

DePaul University
Department of Psychology
Contact – Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D.

Fordham University
Counseling and Counseling Psychology Programs
Contact – Eric Chen, Ph.D.

Old Dominion University
Department of Psychology
Contact – Elaine Justice, Ph.D.

California State University at Bakersfield
Master of Arts Program in Psychology
Department of Psychology
Contact – Marianne Abramson, Ph.D.

Auburn University - Teaching Fellows Program
Contact – Bill Buskist, Ph.D

Links to other PFF in Psychology Programs

The following websites provide links to current PFF programs at graduate departments of psychology. In addition, the "Preparing Future Faculty in Psychology Final Narrative Report" highlights some of the lessons learned from PFF models in psychology, plus recommendations resulting from PFF experiences at the various departmental programs. Lastly, this website also includes links to other partnerships the APA is involved with related to doctoral preparation programs (see Other Resources).

University of Georgia
Four campuses are included in the Georgia partnership: Kennesaw State University located in Kennesaw, Georgia; Morehouse College located in Atlanta, Georgia; Morehouse School of Medicine located in Atlanta, Georgia; North Georgia College and State University located in Dahlonega, Georgia.

University of Georgia
Contact – Rosemary Phelps, Ph.D.

University of New Hampshire
Six campuses are included in the New Hampshire partnership: one regional campus of the University of New Hampshire located in Manchester, New Hampshire; Dartmouth College located in Hanover, New Hampshire; Howard University located in Washington, DC; Keene State College located in Keene, New Hampshire; St. Anselm College located in Manchester, New Hampshire; and the New Hampshire Community Technical College System, a seven campus network of community colleges located throughout New Hampshire.

University of New Hampshire
Contact – Victor Benassi, Ph.D.

Miami University of Ohio
Five campuses are included in the Miami partnership: two regional campuses of Miami University, located in Hamilton and Middletown, Ohio; College of Mount St. Joseph, located in Cincinnati, Ohio; Earlham College located in Richmond, Indiana, and Northern Kentucky University located in Highland Heights, Kentucky.

Miami University of Ohio
Contact – Cecelia Shore, Ph.D.

Oklahoma State University
The PFF program at Oklahoma State University involves collaboration of psychology faculty from doctoral programs in the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, the other partners in PFF program include: Northeastern State University, University of Central Oklahoma, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Langston University, and the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services.

Oklahoma State University
Contact – Sue Jacobs, Ph.D.

The “Preparing Future Faculty in Psychology Final Narrative Report
summarizes the activities of four Preparing Future Faculty programs.
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The Faculty Development Bibliography website features topics related to faculty development.

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Updated 08.08.07



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