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Helpful Links and Tips 

For Students, Reviewers, Researchers


Below are listed articles, mostly written by others, that are useful for academic life or considering entering academic life. The content belongs to the authors.

REVIEWING and PEER REVIEW
  • Accepting a request to review a manuscript or grant (by Lilienfeld)
  • If you can’t be kind in peer review, be neutral (by Baglini & Parsons)

APPLYING to GRADUATE SCHOOL
  • Differences between North American and European experiences
  •  Searching for graduate programmes in Social/Personality
  • To ace your Ph.D. program interviews, prepare to answer—and ask—these key questions (Gruber & Van Bavel)

GRADUATE STUDENT RIGHTS
  •  “It takes a village to raise a child…” (by Kai Jonas; EASP position on structural changes to provide support to early career researchers who are mistreated by mentors etc by helping with mentoring, reference letter support). 

​APPLYING for a POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
  • How to Pick (and Fund) a Postdoc (SPSP advice)
  •  How to find a postdoc position that’s right for you (ScienceMag)

​REFERENCE LETTERS
  • Asking for reference letters from professors (by J. Aucoin)
  •  How to ask for a reference letter (by A. Chapnick) [great how-to guide]

ACADEMIC LIFE
  • ‘It’s cut-throat’: half of UK academics stressed and 40% thinking of leaving (Guardian article)
  • Career Advice for Young Scientists (hosted by journal Science)

CAREER INFO (for students)
  • ​SPSP's Applied Psychology resources (including info on non-academic internships). 

​RESEARCH, PUBLISHING, WRITING, GIVING TALKS
  •  Publication "arms race" (by Dr. Barrett)
  •  APAv7 Style Guide (for specific help/guidance, click HERE). 
  • Navigating the not-so-hidden treasures of the APA Style website (w/ specific topic links on the right-hand side)
  • Boosting the signal [tips on writing & delivering a strong academic talk] 
  • How to Get Published in a High-Impact Journal [or any journal]
  • 12 Tips on Writing Academic papers (by. Dr. Henry L. Roediger, III ) [excellent pointers for writing psychology papers for publication]
  • Ten smart ways to ace your next academic presentation (by Dorsa Amir) 
  • Myths of publishing (and Jack's "gold coin" metaphor) (by Jack Dovidio) (pp. 8-9) 
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