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advocates
Solving the internship crisis and improving psychology training are among the priorities of APAGS’ newly elected leaders.
BY SADIE F. DINGFELDER
Meet your new
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ith a rapidly changing health-care system, shrinking research funding and an ongoing internship crisis, psychology needs strong student leaders now more than ever, says Nabil El-Ghoroury, PhD, APAGS’ associate executive director. The good news is that the new APAGS committee — including the three leaders elected in May and the appointed subcommittee chairs — are up for the challenge, he says. “This is an especially creative, energetic group,” says ElGhoroury. “They represent a wide diversity of experiences and opinions, but they are all committed to helping psychology students survive and thrive in challenging times.” The new leaders are:
Maryland Psychological Association for Graduate Students. His clinical interests include mindfulness-based interventions and tracking treatment outcomes. For his dissertation, he is investigating how friendships help gay male and lesbian teens get through their high school years. Goals: FitzGerald hopes to get more students involved in APAGS by expanding the group’s social media outreach and recruiting more campus representatives. Broadening APAGS’ network, he says, will allow graduate students to advocate more powerfully for solutions to the internship crisis and for increased funding for psychological science. In his downtime: FitzGerald unwinds through daily mindfulness meditation. “It helps me bring my focus back to what is right in front of me, instead of constantly thinking about what comes next,” he says.
Matthew FitzGerald, chair-elect
Background: A fourth-year clinical psychology student at Loyola University Maryland, FitzGerald formerly chaired the
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Joshua Kellison, member-at-large, communication
Background: Kellison is a fifth-year clinical psychology student at Arizona State University whose training and research
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of gradPSYCH - September 2011
GradPSYCH - September 2011
Contents
Interns: Be sure to track your hours
Students often notice but only sometimes blow the whistle on peers’ ethical violations
Psychology student spearheads coming-out project
Internship application costs rise
Odd Jobs
Media Picks
Chair’s Corner
Research Roundup
Matters to a Degree
The new academic job market
Applier beware
Does TV accurately portray psychology?
Safer travels
How to handle a tough audience
Free Money for Education
Meet your new advocates
Bulletin Board
Jobs, internships, postdocs and other opportunities
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