January 2006| Vol. 4 No. 1
COVER PACKAGE: Authorship
- Get the credit you deserve
Talking openly about credit early in the project may be the key to avoiding authorship disputes.
- Prevention on paper
Authorship contracts give researchers an avenue to discuss and resolve sticky authorship questions–before a paper is published.
- What the code says
Describes what the Ethical Code of Conduct has to say about authorship in research
CAREER CENTER
Doctoral program primes students for peace research around the globeIn the wake of traumatic conflicts in places like Rwanda, Sudan and Bosnia, the world is in need of psychologists trained to study conflict's roots and its remediation
Dual-career couplesFinding one good job is hard enough. Finding two takes hard work, patience, compromise and a bit of luck.
A business services primerA description of the services psychologists offer to business, such as executive coaching, hiring, program development, or crisis intervention
On the WebGet linked to resources for international research like the Fulbright Program, international organizations, and the World Health Organization
Postgrad growth area: Acquired brain injuryA global perspectiveExperts and students offer tips on adding an international focus to your psychology work.
Breaking into BusinessOpportunities for psychology jobs in the business world abound–as long as you think creatively and learn the right skills.
CLASS ACT
Putting ACT to the TestTwo graduate students are examining the effectiveness of APA's antiviolence program.
Learning the languagePostdoc Gwen Frishkoff blends her linguistics and cognitive psychology backgrounds to study how we acquire new words.
DEGREE IN SIGHT
Making the most of your modelYour program's position on the science-practice continuum helps to shape your employment options–but it need not limit them.
The best job fitsPsychology training models include bench science, clinical science, and scientist-practitioner
Discussing your findingsYour dissertation's discussion should tell a story, say experts. What do your data say?
The Latest
- More internship sites offer multicultural training than you may think, study suggests
Ask specific questions and talk to the training director to find programs outside of the APPIC listings
- How many practicum hours do training directors want?
ademic, predoctoral and postdoctoral training directors agree the field should adopt a minimum requirement for the number of supervised practicum hours students need before internship, but they don't agree on how many
- Polish your networking skills at psychology's regional meetings
Describes highlights of upcoming regional psychological association meetings
- The don'ts of grad school applications
The most common mistakes in grad school applications include bad personal statements, damaging letters of recommendation and failing to communicate clearly
- Learn about science and technology policy
The National Academies' Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship program is seeking applications
- You've been matched! What's next?
When students learn if, but not where, they were matched, matched students report feeling a rush of relief
