Here we present interesting and informative panels on careers in applied psychology. Panelists with exciting careers in different areas of applied psychology discuss what they do in their job and the career path they followed. Insights are provided for students contemplating pursuing a career in applied psychology.
Careers in Applied Psychology: Public Service Psychology
Five experts who work in the public sector discuss what it means to be engaged in public service in the field of psychology. You will learn the many different career paths connected to this area of psychology including practitioners, researchers, educators, and consultants. Our experts describe the great flexibility of this applied area of psychology, noting the many locations where you can work in this area of the field including psychiatric facilities, correctional institutions, and medical centers. Each member of the panel describes their job, tells us their career journey, discusses their proudest achievement, and they finish up by describing the biggest benefit of choosing to work in the field of public service psychology.
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Careers in Applied Psychology: Educational Psychology
This interesting and informative panel on careers in educational psychology presents six panelists representing different career paths in educational psychology.
An overview of the field of educational psychology is presented first, followed by discussion of educational psychology impact via a university research center; applying educational psychology in urban middle school math classrooms; the role of educational psychology in the Office of Research and Evaluation; co-designing research products and research projects with education stakeholders; and highlights from a career in educational psychology.
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Careers in Applied Psychology: Human Factors Psychology
This informative panel on careers in human factors (HF) psychology includes an overview of the field of HF and six HF psychologists who conduct research and apply psychological science to ensure safe, efficient, and effective performance in a variety of settings. Panelists work in the area of human-computer interaction/human-robot interaction, cognitive neuroscience and human-technology interaction, team communication using fuzzy cognitive mapping, vicarious learning environments and intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), interventions supporting home health management, and gaming/gamification and virtual reality. In addition to describing their career paths, panelists provide insight about graduate education and deciding on a career path in HF.
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Careers in Applied Psychology: I-O Psychology
This engaging panel on careers in industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology includes six I-O psychologists who work in talent management in global human resources and for the NBA; in a consulting firm utilizing technology to optimize employee selection; as a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) manager; and as faculty members in master’s and doctoral I-O graduate programs.
This introduction to I-O explains how I-O psychologists use science to make organizations and the people who work in them more effective through workforce planning, talent management, training, leader development, job attitudes and motivation, work team dynamics, DEI, and organizational change and development. Panelists provide insight about graduate education and deciding on a career path in I-O.
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Careers in Applied Psychology: Law and Psychology
This engaging panel on law and psychology includes an overview of the field and presents six psychologists who conduct research and practice at the intersection of psychology and the law. Panelists use their background in psychology to educate attorneys, judges, and juries on the role of psychology to reduce bias, increase cooperation, ensure procedural fairness, and understand psychological evidence including eyewitness testimony. Clinical forensic psychologists conduct evaluations of harm, risk, and abilities such as competency to stand trial or criminal responsibility in family, civil, sentencing, and criminal cases; they may work with survivors of violence as well as offenders to ensure public safety, reduce recidivism, and prevent offenses. Panelists provide guidance about graduate education and deciding on a career in psychology and law.
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Careers in Applied Psychology: Occupational Health Psychology
This engaging panel on careers in occupational health psychology (OHP) includes six occupational health psychologists who share insights into the broad discipline of OHP and different OHP career paths. Panelists work as a stress management coach, a safety professional with the NIOSH Spokane Mining Research Division, and as graduate students or faculty members consulting and/or conducting research on a broad array of topics including employee well-being, work-life balance, workload, incivility, emotional labor, safety, and stress. Panelists provide insight about graduate education and deciding on a career path in OHP.
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Careers in Applied Psychology: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
This engaging panel on careers in sport, exercise, and performance (SEP) psychology presents six SEP psychologists who work as a master resilience trainer-performance expert with the U.S. Army, a sport psychologist with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), a mental performance consultant in private practice, a university faculty member implementing grant-supported programs addressing life-long exercise and physical activity, and a clinical and sport psychologist working with professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, and WNBA.
In addition to an overview of the field of SEP psychology, the panelists provide insight about graduate education and deciding on a career path in sport, exercise, and performance psychology.
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