Torn Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I've been accepted in a developmental PhD program but have no desire to go into academia and be a prof afterwards. I know going into research is the other major option. I'm curious what others are planning to do after they graduate with their PhD in a non-clinical psychology program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeble Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I'm going to be getting a PhD in Social Psychology and not going into academia (unless I completely change my mind, which I suppose could happen). I hope to go into social policy research. Maybe work for a think tank like RAND. Or a government agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinoisellie Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I would love to be a research psychologist for a government agency. Supposedly the CIA has a position like that. Going into a consulting firm is also an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOPsych83 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Consulting firm or internal consulting for a large corporation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_ruth Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 All those jobs sound great, but I'm just planning on being a regular ole professor For those of you that aren't considering academia, did you state your true goals on your SOPs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeble Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Good question t_ruth. Three of the programs I applied to were applied social psych, so I did state my true goals on those. On the others, I said I wanted to teach AND do applied research. Which may very well end up happening. Who knows? But it is stretching the truth a bit. I will certainly be up front about my goals with whichever program I end up going to though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dherres Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 My initial motivation for the PhD was to go into corporate consulting. BUT I've been having doubts of late..... I enjoy research and love academia and the university environment and would love to remain in it; the "publish or perish" atmosphere, however, scares me. I'm choosing not to make any solid decisions until later on. And in all my SOPs, I wrote about how much I want to do research for a university, but value any practicums/internships the programs offered as a way to explore the applied nature of I/O should I choose to further continue to work in that arena later in my career. Also, it would provide an invaluable opportunity to incorporate field work into my research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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