UVA Psychology Alumni

My psychology degree has better prepared me to determine which types of interventions may increase health promotion, disease prevention, and wellness at the individual, community, and population levels. The research methods coursework has also proved immeasurable while learning how to appraise various types of research studies and reviews in order to implement evidence-based clinical practice guidelines that optimize health outcomes for all

For two years, I worked in psychiatric research at Butler Hospital in Providence, RI where the I applied the knowledge I acquired in my Abnormal Psychology and Research Methods and Statistics courses to my work on a daily basis

Over the summer, I interned with the Human Rights Campaign in the Children, Youth, and Families department. There, I applied my psychology background with my understanding the most basic human need of acceptance and celebration of identity. This is an essential piece of childhood and adolescent development. This understanding fueled my passion for working towards greater fluency in LGBTQ+ issues in foster care and adoption.

Even though my Masters program is in the realm of public health, having taken the Research Methods and Data Analysis classes required for the minor has definitely helped a lot in my Biostatistics class and with the research track in general. I have learned how to conduct and analyze different types of studies, which will help me greatly when it comes to working on my final research project for the program

I apply statistics learned in Research Methods regularly in depicting and comprehending evidence-based policy research in my position and in the news

I gained interests in my current research focus - psychometrics and measurement theory - first when learning about research methodology. My first exposure to quantitative psychology research could not have happened without the research assistantship, coursework and guidance from Prof. Steve Boker, Prof. Schmidt and Prof. Tong at UVA Psychology. I also greatly appreciate the training in research skills gained from Prof. T. Wilson's lab and Prof. Clore's illuminating seminar

My psychology degree has helped tremendously with learning about theories concerning counseling! Now that I am well into the first semester, I am really appreciating the knowledge acquired from major, specifically my social psychology and child development classes

We have to take an intermediate statistics class that focuses a lot on conceptual topics rather than the actual calculations and I am finding that a lot of this is review thanks to the required research methods I and II classes. This also translates to my GA position since I am carrying out assessments for a majority of my role