Getting Into Graduate School: A Comprehensive Guide for Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences - Paperback

by Gregory J. Privitera (Author)

In this exciting new book, experienced author, professor, and teacher Greg Privitera--2013 Advisor of the Year at St. Bonaventure University and recipient of the SBU Award for Professional Excellence in teaching in 2014--draws on his extensive expertise to give students a step-by-step plan for success in preparing for and applying to graduate school. Broad in scope and rich in detail, Getting Into Graduate School includes insights into how graduate school selection committees decide on candidates, a concrete freshman-to-senior-year plan, and samples of application materials, resumes, and cover letters. This empowering book provides everything students in psychology and the behavioral sciences need to map their course to academic and professional success.

Author Biography

Gregory J. Privitera is an associate professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University. He received his PhD in behavioral neuroscience at the University at Buffalo and went on to complete post-doctoral research at Arizona State University before coming to St. Bonaventure. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he is also the author of more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and books on the role of social cognition and learning on eating behavior and health. He is an award-winning teacher who oversees a variety of faculty-mentored undergraduate research projects at St. Bonaventure University, and he advises students toward graduation for which he was awarded Advisor of the Year as an undergraduate advisor. He is the author of a number of SAGE books, including Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition and the award-winning Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences.