Description
Book SynopsisDiscover the first book on employment opportunities in community psychology!Employment in Community Psychology: The Diversity of Opportunity is the first psychology career reference book for undergraduate psychology majors deciding on graduate schools, for graduate students in psychology seeking employment, and for psychology faculty advising their students. This book answers the questions “What can you do with a graduate degree in community psychology?” and “Who employs community psychologists?” Employment in Community Psychology addresses these questions through examples of graduates educated in community psychology and employed in diverse applied, research, and academic settings. In Employment in Community Psychology, you will explore the diversity of community psychology employment opportunities through the stories of current graduate students, community psychologists on their first job, and psychologists who have well-established
Table of ContentsContents
- Employment Opportunities in Community Research and Action
- Twenty Cents and a New Way of Thinking
- The Pinjarra Massacre Site Project: From Doctoral Student to Community Consultant
- Research and Evaluation Consulting
- Education and Employment in Rural Alaska
- Practicing What We Preach: Integrating Community Psychology into the Job and Search Process
- Community Psychology Graduate Employment in Aotearoa New Zealand
- The Application of Community Psychology Principles in Diverse Settings
- Community Research and Action in a Local United Way Organization
- Program Evaluation and Prevention in Child Welfare
- Making Dreams Come True
- What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: The Career Path of a Policy-Oriented Community Psychologist
- Employment as a Community Psychologist in a University-Based Research Institute
- Building Communities with People Who Have Disabilities
- Breaking Fresh Ground: School-Based Primary Prevention in Korea
- Putting a Toe in the Water
- Research, Teaching, and Service in Applied, Multidisciplinary Academic Programs and in Community Organizations
- Diversity of Opportunity, Consensus of Experience
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
