Articles by Garth A. Fowler, PhD

Graduate and Postgraduate Students October 22, 2018

Using Your Psychology Degree For A Career Outside Academia

Recently, I was looking at numbers and trends in employment for psychology degree holders gathered in the 2015 National Survey of College Graduates (I know – I’m a data geek, and I embrace it). As you would expect, the most common occupation reported through the survey was either a faculty or a psychologist providing psychological services (and in some instances both). Having been a graduate student and the director of a graduate training program, that wasn’t so surprising to me.

Graduate and Postgraduate Students, Graduate and Postgraduate Teachers September 17, 2018

What is a quality master’s degree program in psychology?

Earlier this year, the APA Council of Representatives approved the Guidelines on Core Learning Goals for Master’s Degree Graduates in Psychology. These guidelines are ground-breaking in many ways:

Graduate and Postgraduate Students, Undergraduate Students January 23, 2017

Roadmap to Graduate School: Navigating Interviews

Happy New Year! After a (hopefully) restful respite, we are back on the Road to Graduate School. Most deadlines, especially for doctoral programs, have passed, and you’re in a waiting stage, while selection and admission committees review applications, deciding on whom to invite to the next stage: The Interview.

Undergraduate Students November 28, 2016

Roadmap to Graduate School: Finding Fit

It’s November, and chances are deadlines for graduate school are approaching fast. But don’t panic – you’ve been following along with our blog, and you’re ahead of the curve (so to speak): In the first article we focused on why you want to go to graduate school, and in the second article we discussed how to research programs and narrow down your options. In other words, you know where you want to go, and the way(s) to get there.

Undergraduate Students November 7, 2016

Doctoral degrees in psychology: How are they different, or not so different?

Doctoral degrees in psychology offer individuals preparation to conduct scientific research, professional practice or both. Most individuals receive either the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree. Although each of these degrees is designed to engage students in deep knowledge and skills within a subfield of psychology, there are substantial differences in the type of training and career plans of individuals with these degrees. Finding the best-fitting program for an individual student begins with understanding these differences.

Undergraduate Students October 24, 2016

Roadmap to Graduate School: Planning your Route

In the last blog, we focused on your reasons for going to graduate school – or, you can say you selected your destination in putting together your roadmap to graduate school.

Illustration of cockpit of a car looking out onto a road disappearing on the horizon

Undergraduate Students September 26, 2016

Getting Into Graduate School: Your Roadmap for Success!

Come June of every summer, I start getting emails from individuals that wanted to go to graduate school in psychology, but didn’t get any offers. The exact questions may be different, but the theme is the same:

Why didn’t I get into graduate school, and what can I do better?

Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Teachers June 13, 2016

Didn’t Get Into Graduate School? Here is your Plan B.

Around this time of year, I often get emails from individuals who had just gone through the application process for graduate school, but did not receive any offers. The emails always have a similar theme: What can I do now?