January 2011| Vol. 9 No. 1
COVER PACKAGE: Men in psychology: A growing minority?
- Men: A growing minority?
Women earning doctoral degrees in psychology outnumber men three to one. What does this mean for the future of the field?
CAREER CENTER
Remember the big pictureCrafting and continuously honing your career plans can help make your dreams a reality.
Service, in plain clothesMost psychologists who work for the military are actually civilians — and job opportunities for them abound.
Postgrad growth area: Translational sciencePsychologists who can speed the transition from basic research to real-world applications are in demand.
CLASS ACT
A student of relationshipsLisa Jaremka is passionate about social psychology research.
Research in Indian CountryAn innovative program at the University of North Dakota is training students to conduct ethical research with native populations and nurturing the next generation of scientists — many of whom are Native American themselves.
DEGREE IN SIGHT
The dating dilemmaDo psychology graduate students know too much about love and relationships for their own good? Or does that extra insight help?
Answer these 5Know the answers to these top five questions to ace your internship interviews.
The GREWhat it tells us, and what it doesn't.
The perfect posterExperts reveal the art behind displaying your science.
The Latest
- Not everyone needs a study break, new research suggests
Students probably only need study breaks because they believe they need them.
- Will student health plans survive in their current form — and should they?
There is debate that the student health insurance plans offered by colleges, universities and professional schools will be defined as offering enrolled students the "minimum essential coverage" required by the health-care reform law passed last March.
- Need a measure for your research? Try PsycTESTS
A new APA database called PsycTESTS will offer several thousand tests, measures and psychological scales beginning in June.
- With internship applications, less is more
Data suggests that students applying for internships should apply to fewer sites.
- Women in science: This website's for you
Arizona State University has launched CareerWISE, an online resource that helps women navigate their postgraduate educations in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
- Adam D.I. Kramer, Facebook Data Scientist
Social psychologist Adam D.I. Kramer, PhD, has an enviable subject pool: the world's roughly 500 million Facebook users.
