You''ve Earned Your Doctorate in Psychology... Now What?: Securing a Job as an Academic or Professional Psychologist

About Elizabeth M. MorganElizabeth MorganPhDR. Eric LandrumRonald Eric Landrum

Elizabeth M. Morgan PhD is an assistant professor of psychology at Boise State University. She received her doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2008. She also has a master's degree in social work from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on adolescent and young adult social development with an emphasis on sexual and romantic relationship experiences in the context of parentchild relationships peer relationships and the media. Boise State University is her first academic position which she obtained directly after finishing her PhD. During the process of preparing and applying for faculty positions she found herself relying on many different sources for information about how to compile an application and what to expect in her interviews; these sources she found to be inadequate. Also as both a first- and second-year faculty member she was able to be a part of Boise State's psychology department search committee reviewing application materials interviewing candidates by phone checking references and hosting candidates on campus. This book was conceived as a result of being on both ends of the process within the span of only a few years.  R. Eric Landrum PhD is a professor of psychology at Boise State University. He received his doctorate in cognitive psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His research interests center on the educational conditions that best facilitate student success (broadly defined). He has given over 280 professional presentations at conferences and has published 17 books or book chapters and over 70 professional articles in scholarly peer-reviewed journals. He has worked with over 275 undergraduate research assistants and taught over 12500 students in 20 years at Boise State. During the summer of 2008 he led a working group at the National Conference for Undergraduate Education in Psychology studying the desired results of an undergraduate psychology education. Eric is the lead author of The Psychology Major: Career Options and Strategies for Success (4th ed. 2009) and also authored Undergraduate Writing in Psychology: Learning to Tell the Scientific Story (2008) and Finding a Job With a Psychology Bachelor's Degree: Expert Advice for Launching Your Career (2009). He is a member of APA Fellow of APA Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) and served as Division 2 secretary. He teaches general psychology statistical methods research methods psychological measurement and a Capstone course in history and systems in psychology.