Early Career Scholars
SPSSI Early Career Scholar Workshop, New Orleans 2010.
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This section serves as a clearinghouse for information of special interest to early career professionals who are affiliated with SPSSI, with information on grants and awards, websites with career resources, convention events, and more.
If you would like more information, or would like to become more involved in SPSSI's early career initiatives, please contact the committee chair (see below).
⇒Resources for Early Career Scholars
⇒Ways to Get Involved in SPSSI
⇒Early Career Scholars Committee
Resources for Early Career Scholars
SPSSI Early Career Scholars Blog
Visit the blog at this link- http://earlycareer.blogspot.com/
This blog was established for Early Career Scholar members of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Division 9 of the American Psychological Association. Please join us each month for new blogs and discussions among early career scholar members from SPSSI and other psychological associations. Blog topics will cover issues and questions relevant to early career SPSSI members such as effective advising, planning for promotion and tenure, finding time to write, and much more.
Join us to share your views, post your comments, and enjoy the discussion. Please share this blog link with your early career colleagues as well. You may post a comment using just your name, your google account, another open ID account, or anonymously.
Highlights from the 2010 SPSSI Convention Early Career Scholars Events
- Lessons for Thriving on the Tenure Track: Survival Tips from Assistant and Tenured Professors
Presented by Kim Case, Jeannetta Williams, Stacey Williams, Nicole Shelton
This discussion covered topics including tips for surviving the first year, finding time for research, planning and preparing for your tenure review, and managing balance. How might faculty carve out the necessary time to cultivate an active research program, especially at teaching institutions? What materials should faculty collect for presentation in their tenure case file? How might faculty manage success in various professional expectations with regard to research, teaching, and service? How might faculty deal with the potential pitfalls of departmental and institutional politics? Check out Tips for Thriving on the Tenure Track.
- How to Write a Lot: Tips for Increasing Writing Productivity
Presented by Paul Silvia; Colleen Sinclair, Chair
As an academic, much of our scholarly survival hinges on being a productive writer, and yet, for many of us, writing often gets placed on a back burner as we contend with what we consider to be more urgent matters. Dr. Paul Silvia discussed tips from his book How to Write a Lot (APA books) on 1) debunking the myths that we use to talk ourselves out of writing, 2) setting writing schedule (and sticking to it), 3) prioritizing writing projects, and 4) developing other tools to help you persist and accomplish writing goals. Visit How to Write a Lot for more information.
Ways to Get Involved in SPSSI
Serving as a Journal Reviewer
If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for SPSSI publications, please contact the appropriate editor listed at the Publications tab above or:
Contributing to the SPSSI Newsletter
If you would like to contribute to the SPSSI newsletter, please click on the following link and contact the editor: Forward Newsletter
Recent ECS Articles:
"A Workshop Just for You: Early Career Journeys with Social Policy"
By Kim Case, Early Career Scholar Committee Chair
"Toward an Understanding of the Distributional Importance of Citizens’ Preferences for Police Work"
By Denise Nation, PhD, Winston-Salem State University
Early Career Scholars Committee Members
History and Goals of the Committee
In 2003, the Council appointed a Junior Scholars Professional Development (JSPD) task force, later renamed as the “Early Career Scholars Committee.” Among the responsibilities of this task force were to (a) foster the professional advancement of junior scholars interested in the psychological study of social issues; and (b) propose ways to promote and maintain SPSSI membership among early career scholars who share these interests. The committee was established in recognition that more needs to be done, over and above existing measures, to bring younger generations of scholars into the fold of SPSSI.
Early Career Scholars Committee Members
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