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Early Career Psychologists Committee
STP is excited to announce the Early Career Psychologists Committee (ECPs). The committee is charged with spearheading activities and opportunities to aid Early Career Professionals through education, training and networking, as well as representing ECP interests in division matters. Our goal is to help serve the needs of new faculty members as they develop their courses and research programs. Specifically we want to assist ECPs with faculty development issues while focusing on the importance of pedagogy and facilitating the scholarship of teaching and learning.
STP defines an Early Career Psychologist as a member who is within ten years of beginning teaching of psychology and who is not a student. Any STP member who meets this definition qualifies for the ECP resources described below.
STP ECP Communications
ECP Resources
- A Compendium of Scales for Use in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: The compendium is divided into two sections, 1) choosing, using, developing, and validating scales, and 2) scales for use in SoTL including a broad range of topics such as critical thinking, learning and self-efficacy, professor-student relationships, well-being, service learning, and student perceptions of learning and teaching.
- So you landed a job – What’s next: Advice for early career psychologists from early career psychologists.
- Introductory Psychology Teaching Primer: A Guide for New Teachers of Psyc 101: Do you have to teach the introductory psychology course for the very first time and have a finite and limited amount of time to do so? How do you begin? What do you need? This primer is designed to answer these questions! If you are a graduate student or new faculty member approaching this course for the very first time, this is for you.
- Advice for Early Career Faculty: Job Market
- Advice for Early Career Faculty Members and Graduate Students on SoTL
- Assessing the Value of Diversity Statements in Course Syllabi
- Navigating the Research and Publication Process as a New Faculty Member
Journal Articles:
- Good, J. J., Keeley, J. W., Leder, S., Afful, S. E., & Stiegler-Balfour, J. J. (2013). Supporting Our Junior Faculty: Assessing the Concerns and Needs of Early Career Psychologists. Teaching of Psychology, 40(4), 340–345. https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628313501048
External Resources:
- International Association Relationship Research, New Scholar Resources: A compendium of resources for managing collaborations, career advancement, presenting, productivity and time management, reviewing, teaching, writing and publishing, specifically aimed at early career scholars.
- Compendium of Teaching Conferences
- Compendium of Teaching Journals
Teaching Awards & Funding for ECPs:
- Jane S. Halonen Teaching Excellence Award (Early Career)
- Faculty Development Small Grants Program
- Sage Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award
- American Psychological Foundation – Early Career Funding
- NSF Early Career Development Grant (CAREER)
- NIH funding information for New and Early Career Investigators
- ECP Committee SoTL Poster Award at ACT
*Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you become aware of other teaching awards for ECPs, or additional funding sources for ECPs, please e-mail stp-ecp@teachpsych.org
Committee Members
Current Members
Courtney Gosnell, Pace University (Associate Chair)
Dina Gohar, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ciara Kidder, Oregon State University
Vishal Thakkar, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Amanda Woodward, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Emeritus Members
Stephanie Afful, Lindenwood University |
