Advising Psychology Majors: Lutsky, Carleton College Psychology

Major Requirements

• See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and nonmajors.
• See Carleton College: 1996-97 Catalogue.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

• Funding Sources
   
  • Carleton's Larson International, Class of 1963, Independent Research, and Ford Foundation Summer Research Grants fund juniors for summer research prior to their senior year. In 1996 applications were due February 16.
  • American Psychological Association Summer Science Institute for undergraduates. In 1996 applications were due February 15. See APA Homepage.
  • Sigma Xi, Grants in Aid of Research Program. Funds undergraduate research
    in psychology. See Sigma Xi. Application deadlines are February 1, May 1, and November 1.
  • Elmes (Ed.) (1995). Directory of research in psychology at primarily undergraduate institutions.

   

• Student Research Presentation and Publication Opportunities
   
  • Great Rivers Psychology Conference, October 24, 1996, Winona, MN.
    Abstracts must be postmarked by September 25, 1996. I have
    information and forms.
  • Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference, April-May, 1997. In 1996
    applications were due in late March.
  • Psi Chi National Quarterly Journal for Undergraduate Research.
  • See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and nonmajors.

Career Advising

 
• See Professors Sharon Akimoto or Steven Kozberg, Psychology Department Career Advisors.
• Carleton Career Center Web Site
• See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and nonmajors.

Careers in psychology.

 
• Psychology in law enforcement: Franks (1996), Annals of law enforcement.
  The New Yorker, July 22, 1996.
• Sports psychology: Directory of graduate programs in applied sport psychology.
• Market research and consulting. APS Observer, September/October 1996. Discusses work for a market research and business consulting firm. [I have a copy.]
• Psychology careers outside the academic realm. APS Observer, November 1995. Discusses work for the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration and the National Public Service Research Institute, and private sector positions in personnel selection and evaluation, human factors, advertising, and behavioral pharmacology. [I have a copy.]
• Zeller (1988). Titles of jobs in human services for students with a bachelor's degree in psychology. In P. J. Woods (Ed.), Is psychology for them? A guide to undergraduate advising.
• Carroll, Shmidt, & Sorensen (1992), Careers in psychology: Or, what can I do with a bachelor's degree. Psychological Reports, 71, 1151-1154. [I have copies.]

Internships.

 
• see Internships notebook.
• See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and nonmajors.
• Chrysalis: A center for women, Minneapolis.
• Crisis Connection, Minneapolis.
• Summer Mental Health Internships, Foundation for Contemporary Mental Health, Washington, D.C.
• Preprofessional 12-month traineeships, The Devereux Foundation, Devon, PA.
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Applied Social Issues Internship program for college seniors. Applications are due September 1 of each year.
• Jeffrey Slocum & Associates summer intern research analyst position, Minneapolis.

Graduate School Admissions

 
• NSF Graduate Fellowship Application Deadline: November 7, 1996.
• APA (1996). Graduate study in psychology.
• APA (1993). Getting in: A step-by-step plan for gaining admission to graduate school in psychology.
• Keith-Spiegel (1991). The complete guide to graduate school admission: Psychology and related fields.
• Keith-Spiegel, Tabachnick, & Spiegel (1994). When demand exceeds supply: Second-order criteria used by graduate school selection committees. Teaching of Psychology, 21, 79-81. [I have copies.]
• Lawson (1995). Gaining admission into graduate programs in psychology: An update. Teaching of Psychology, 22, 225-227. [I have copies.]
• Mayne, Norcross, & Sayette (1994). Insider's guide to graduate programs in clinical psychology.
• APA Division 20 (1994). A guide to doctoral study in the psychology of adult development
  and aging. [I have a copy.]
• Graduate school rankings.
  • The Gorman Report: A rating of graduate and professional programs(1993).
    [I have a copy of psychology, social work, and neuroscience ratings.]
  • National Research Council (1995). Rankings of the best graduate schools in the
    United States by discipline. [I have copies.]
• See Psychology at Carleton: A handbook for majors and nonmajors.

Carleton Psychology Graduates' Web Pages.

• Barbara Fredrickson, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
• Regan Gurung, Department of Psychology, UCLA.