EnTER the Ph.D Workshop Spring 2022  (Due: January 28, 2022)
Application Form for workshop on Friday, April 8th, 2022: If you have any questions about this application, please contact Dr. Salahuddin at nsalah@umd.edu before submitting.
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Your full name *
Your email address (required so we can contact you regarding your application if needed) *
Your major (this workshop is aimed at Psychology majors, including double majors) *
Please list your anticipated graduation date (this workshop is aimed at Psychology majors with two or more years left of undergraduate study) *
The name of your University:
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Information on underrepresented status
This program is open to all to apply. We especially encourage those from underrepresented racial/ethnic backgrounds and first generation college students to apply.
Your Race/Ethnicity (check all that apply)
Are you a first generation college student? (neither parent/guardian completed a bachelor's degree)
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Area choice: We would like to know what areas of Psychology interest you the most.  Below, we provide brief descriptions of the main areas of psychology within our department (you can investigate the details of the graduate program specialty areas at UMD here: psyc.umd.edu/graduate/specialty-areas).
Clinical: Clinical psychologists study, diagnose, and treat persons who experience emotional, behavioral, and psychological problems or disorders. Clinical psychologists may treat people with problems ranging from normative life changes, like helping someone deal with grief or a crisis, to more serious and chronic disorders such as anxiety and mood disorders. Clinical psychologists may also conduct research, or work in universities as professors and researchers. UMD's program trains clinical psychologists in the development, implementation, and dissemination of empirically supported treatments to remediate psychological dysfunction, emphasizing the integration of research and clinical practice. The clinical program enjoys an active array of research in areas such as ADHD, addiction, depression, HIV risk, and schizophrenia. (sample courses: Introduction to Clinical Psychology, The Assessment and Treatment of Addictive Behaviors)

Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS):  Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS):  CNS laboratories investigate the cognitive and neural underpinnings of attention, perception, action, memory, decision making, sensory-motor integration, and social behaviors in humans and animal models. Research conducted in the CNS laboratories has led to a broad understanding of the cognitive and neural processes underlying real-world behavior and has important implications for neurological disorders, mental health, and education.  (sample courses: Biological Basis of Behavior, Introductory to Memory and Cognition)

Counseling: Counseling: Counseling psychologists engage in many of the same activities as clinical psychologists but focus their activities on normative functioning, rather than psychological disorders. As researchers, counseling psychologists study how to help people manage everyday life issues, such as divorce, remarriage, career changes, and transitions to and from college. Practicing counseling psychologists help people adjust to life changes and provide vocational assessment and career guidance. Counseling psychologists work in academic settings as professors and researchers and in community settings such as mental health clinics, halfway houses, college counseling centers, criminal justice settings, and social service agencies. The counseling psychology program at UMD is administered collaboratively by the Department of Psychology and the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education. The collaborative program is designed to enable students to become competent in conducting research on a wide variety of psychological problems and competent in providing effective counseling. Counseling faculty members represent a broad range of research interests, including psychotherapy process and outcome research, multicultural psychology, vocational psychology, health psychology, and social justice. (sample courses: Basic Helping Skills, Counseling Psychology)

Developmental (DEV): Developmental psychologists study human development across the life span. In academic settings, developmental psychologists teach and conduct scientific research on the emotional, intellectual, and physical development of children, adolescents, and adults. Developmental psychologists also work as researchers, consultants, and program evaluators in applied settings, such as pediatric hospitals, geriatric centers, and non-profit organizations. This program draws upon a rapidly expanding area of interdisciplinary developmental research linking psychophysiological, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Research spans social, individual and neural levels of analysis to investigate the emergence of basic human emotional and cognitive capacities, including engagement in close interpersonal relationships, regulation of affective and cognitive processes, memory, social reasoning, conceptual development and language acquisition. (sample courses: Developmental Psychology, The Psychology of Adolescents' Close Relationships)

Social, Decision, and Organizational Sciences: The SDOS program brings together the subspecialties of Social Psychology, Decision Sciences, and Industrial and Organizational Psychology. SDOS laboratories study a broad array of individual, group, and organizational phenomena including, but not limited to: motivational processes,  judgment and decision-making processes, interpersonal relationships, social conflict and aggression, negotiations, leadership, diversity, and culture. (sample courses: Social Psychology, Survey of Industrial and Organizational Psychology)
 Please choose TWO areas that interest you the most:    
Your Experiences
We would like for you to answer a couple of questions to give us a better idea of your reasons for wanting to attend this workshop and your academic experiences to date.
What questions would you like to be addressed by this workshop (examples: information on different psychology disciplines, the components of a graduate school application, how to become part of a research lab, etc.)?
In 1 - 2 paragraphs: What barriers do you feel you have to overcome to reach your academic / career goals?
In 1 - 2 paragraphs: What academic and personal experiences have you had that have made you interested in the field of Psychology?
Is there anything else you would like to share with us concerning your desire to participate in this workshop? (Optional)
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