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)