Table of Contents

1. Settling in the Right Way: Playing by the Rules - Stephen F. Davis, Jason P. Kring
2. Maximizing Success in Your Graduate Training - Christia Spears Brown
3. Setting Your Path:  Begin with Your Dissertation in Mind - Daniel P. Corts, Holly E. Tatum
4. Relationship Issues: Peers, Faculty, and Families - Susan R. Burns
5.  When Things Don’t Go According to Plan:  Shifting Areas, Programs, or Schools - Christina M. Leclerc, Jonathan B. Banks
6. Important Considerations for Ethnic Minority Graduate Students - Loretta N. McGregor, G. William Hill IV
7. Important Considerations for International and Older, NonTraditional Students - G. William Hill IV, Loretta N. McGregor
8. Graduate Students with Special Needs - Alex Watters, Susan R. Burns
9. Important Considerations for Online Graduate Training - Victor A. Benassi, Michael J. Lee
10. Self-Care in Graduate School: Finding Your Optimal Balance - Carolyn Licht
11. Effective Writing: Did You Mean to Say That? - Bernard C. Beins
12. Developing Your Teaching Skills - Robb Bubb and William Buskist
13. Developing Your Clinical and Counseling Skills - Radha G. Carlson
14. Developing Your Research Skills - Regan A.R. Gurung
15. Developing Your Presentation Skills - Lonnie Yandell
16. Success in Externships and Internships - Erica Chin, Laurie Reider Lewis
17.  Preparing for Comprehensive Exams - Valerie M. Gonsalves, Leah Skovran Georges, Matthew T. Huss
18. Skill Development for Oral Presentations and Examinations - Catherine E. Overson, Gary S. Goldstein
19. They Have My Money!: Applying for Research Funding - Leah Skovran Georges, Valerie M. Gonsalves, Matthew T. Huss
20. Working with Your Major Professor and Dissertation Committee - Seraphine Shen-Miller, David S. Shen-Miller
21. Developing a Plan for Your Career After Graduate School - Randolph A. Smith
22. To ABD or Not to ABD? That is the Question - Kimberly M. Christopherson, Jeffrey S. Bartel
23. Applying for Academic Positions - Krisztina Varga Jakobsen
24. Applying for Clinical and Other Applied Positions - Janet R. Matthews, Lee H. Matthews
25. When Things Don’t Go According to Plan: What if You Don’t Find a Job? - Jared Keeley

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 PhD 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 PhD 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).