The Portable Mentor

I. Beginning Your Career.- 1. Taking the Scientific Path: A Road Map for Applied Psychology Students.- 2. Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Competence.- 3. Developing and Practicing Ethics.- 4. Balancing Career and Family.- II. Your Research/Academic Career.- 5. Writing a Literature Review.- 6. Presenting Your Research.- 7. Publishing Your Research.- 8. Recommendations for Teaching Psychology.- 9. Proposing and Completing Your Dissertation.- III. Your Career as a Practitioner.- 10. Gaining Clinical Experience In and After Graduate School.- 11. Training to Begin a Private Practice.- 12. Navigating the Internship Application Process.- 13. Predoctoral Internship: The APPIC Computer Match.- 14. Obtaining a License to Practice Psychology.- 15. Specialty Certification in Professional Psychology.- 16. Becoming a Clinical Supervisor.- IV. Your Professional Service Career.- 17. Getting Involved in Professional Organizations: A Gateway to Career Advancement.- 18. Advocating for Student Advocacy.- 19. Public Education of Psychology: An Interview with Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D.- 20. Strategies for Successful Interactions with the News Media.- V. Your Career After Graduate School.- 21. Recommendations for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.- 22. Applying for NIH Grants.- 23. The Job Search.- 24. Contemporary Employment in Psychology and Future Trends.