Professional Development / Journal Club (2021)


See below for resources associated with the professional development & journal club workshops from SIPPS 2021. For materials from other years and/or workshop series, follow this link.


Week 1: What is a good research question?


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Week 2: Careers inside and outside academia


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Week 3: Journal club


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Week 4: Cultural issues within psychology


No additional resources for this workshop.

Week 5: Journal club


Note: The journal club was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and an informal live Q&A session was held instead.

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Week 6: CVs & Resumes


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  • workshop slides
  • example CVs: Anna V., Camille G.
    • Important! Don’t think of these CVs as a benchmark for what you need to accomplish to get into graduate school! There is a ton of variability in people’s research experiences, both in terms of the opportunities they’ve had access to and the amount of time they’ve spent in labs.

Week 8: Science communication


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Week 9: Research ethics


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Week 10: SIPPS mini-conference (day 1)


During this session, SIPPS mentees who have completed independent research projects throughout the summer presented their work via posters and data blitzes.