Postgraduate Development Workshops

ASRI members are committed to the ongoing output of well trained PhD research students, and supporting these students in their professional development is very important. Thus, the Applied Cognitive Psychology ASRI hosts a variety of seminars for its PhD students. These seminars cover areas of professional interest such as career opportunities, publication procedures, academic development, research and statistical procedures. The most recent seminars are listed below.

Previous Seminars

Professor Richard Bootzin
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona

Pursuing a career as a clinical psychology academic and making research application to the US National Institute of Health and National Institute of Mental Health

2nd October 2007

Synopsis:  As well as a presenting a colloquium for the School of Psychology on October 5, Richard presented an ASRI sponsored workshop/discussion on "Pursuing a career as a clinical psychology academic and making research application to the US National Institute of Health and National Institute of Mental Health." This was of interest to postgraduate students & ASRI members with interests in clinical psychology and/or seeking NIMH funding.

Professor Janet Polivy and Professor Peter Herman
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto (Canada) & Visiting Fellows, School of Psychology, Flinders University

“Postdoctoral and employment opportunities in North America”

October 31st, 2006

Synopsis:  What's in North America and why should you think about working there? The ASRI seminar offered by Prof. Janet Polivy and Prof. Peter Herman, both of the University of Toronto discussed these very issues. They discussed job opportunities in North America, ways to find out about them, and some reasons why you might want to consider applying for post-doctoral fellowships or even jobs in Canada or the USA.

Professor D. Stephen Lindsay, Department of Psychology, University of Victoria (Canada)

“Getting Published”

July 28th, 2006

Prof Lindsay- current Editor of Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, the leading generalist experimental psychology journal from the American Psychological Association – presented a workshop for all psychology PhD students on the nuances of publication. The workshop detailed the purposes of publication, appropriate selection of journals, manuscript preparation, the editing and reviewing process, and the results of this process, such as resubmission or rejection. The seminar was met enthusiastically by the students.
 e.g.
“just wanted to say the seminar today was great….Well worth ‘wagging’ placement for a coupla (sic) hours to attend”

“What I think everyone can gain from presentations such as this is a general shift in perspective: An understanding of what good journal editors (rather than supervisors or colleagues) look for in a manuscript.”

“Overall, a very helpful and well presented guide to the publication process.”