Early Career Resources

Early Career Faculty Blog

See our blog, Early Career Forum, for more on how to develop a career and strategies for success.

Publications

*Arora, P. G., Brown, J., Harris, B., & Sullivan. A. L. (2017). Professional development needs and training interests: A survey of early career school psychologists. Contemporary School Psychology, 21(1), 49-57. doi:10.1007/s40688-016-0108-8

Harris, B., & Sullivan, A. L. (2013). Optimizing your APA conference experience as an early career professional: More than presentations. The School Psychologist, 67(3), 25-27.

Harris, B., & Sullivan, A. L. (2013). Work-life balance in academic careers. The School Psychologist, 67(2), 23-26.

Sullivan, A. L., & Harris, B. (2012). So you want to be a professor? Perspectives on the academic job search process – Part I – Planning your search. The School Psychologist, 66(3), 23-28.3.

Sullivan, A. L., Proctor, S., & Clemens, N. (2012). So you want to be a professor? Perspectives on the academic job search process – Part II – Interviewing and beyond. The School Psychologist, 67(1), 74-83.

Harris, B., & Sullivan, A. L. (2012). Faculty roles: A primer for students and professionals interested in careers in academia.NASP Communiqué, 41(2), 20-21.

Sullivan, A. L., & Harris, B. (2012). Perspectives of early career scholars: APA session on the opportunities for prospective faculty. The School Psychologist, 66(2), 26-27.

Sullivan, A. L., & Harris, B. (2012). Professional development for graduate students and school psychologists interested in faculty careers. NASP Communiqué, 40(5), 32.

Harris, B., & Sullivan, A. L. (2012). Professional development opportunities for future faculty and early career scholars at the upcoming 2012 NASP conference. The School Psychologist, 66(1), 21-23.

Malone, C. M., Jacobs, D., & Sullivan, A. L. (2010). The importance of mentorship for culturally and linguistically diverse school psychology graduate students. NASP Communiqué, 39(3), 31.

Presentations

Sullivan, A. L., Harris, B., & Gadke, D. (2019, February). Hitting the ground running: Maximizing your early years in academia. Special session at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta, GA.

Sullivan, A. L., Harris, B., & Gadke, D. (2019, February). Straight talk about faculty careers: Opportunities and strategies for success. Symposium accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta, GA.

Vega, D., Proctor, S., Sullivan, A. L., Braden, J., & Chafouleas, S. (2019, February). Equity and diversity panel. Invited panelists at the SSSP School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Gadke, D., Pendergast, L., Sullivan, A. L. & Saeki, E. (2018, August). Acquiring foundation and non-traditional grant funds. Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Jenkins, L., Harris, B., & Sullivan, A. L. (2018, February). Navigating job searches: Finding your first or second faculty position. Mini-skills workshop at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.

Garbacz, A., Bowman-Perrott, L., Castillo, J. & Sullivan, A. L. (2017, February). Publishing in school psychology journals: Advice for new authors. Special session at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Antonio, TX.

Harris, B., Reinhardt, J. S., Sullivan, A. L., & Volpe, R. (2017, February 7). Careers in academia: Aligning research, teaching, and service endeavors. Presentation accepted for Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Antonio, TX.

Aurora, P., Harris, B. & Sullivan, A. L. (2016, September). Demystifying academia: Faculty roles in school psychology. Webinar sponsored by the Division 16 Early Career Workgroup.

Sullivan, A. L., Dowdy, E., Eklund, K., Volpe, R., & Shapiro, E. (2016, February). Strategies for securing research funding as an early career scholar. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Benson, N. F., Goforth, A. N., & Sullivan, A. L. (2015, February). Productive writing: Developing productive writing habits, writing teams, and mentorship as an early career scholar. Workshop at the annual meeting of the Trainers of School Psychologists, Lake Buena Vista, FL.

Sullivan, A. L., Griffin, J., Buckley, J., Arrington, E., & Hoffman, J. (2014, February). Dollars and sense: Advice for early career scholars on grantsmanship. Special session at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Washington, DC.

Sullivan, A. L., Volpe, R., & Briesch, A. (2014, February). Making mentoring work for you: Advising and collaborating with students. Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Washington, DC.

Harris, B., Sullivan, A. L., Jones, J., & Zibulsky, J. (2014, February). Straight talk about faculty careers. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Washington, DC.

Zibulsky, J., Sullivan, A. L., & Harris, B. (2013, August). Straight talk about faculty careers: Perspectives and advice from early career trainers. Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Sullivan, A. L., Clemens, N., & Proctor, S. (2013, February). So you want to be a professor: Navigating job searches. Mini-skills presentation at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Seattle, WA.

Sullivan, A. L., Reinke, W., Sanetti, L., & Harris, B. (2013, February). Successfully pursuing research funding: Perspectives from early and mid-career faculty. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Seattle, WA.

Harris, B., Sullivan, A. L., & Zibulsky, J. (2013, February). Straight talk about faculty careers: Perspectives and advice from early career trainers. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Seattle, WA.

Sullivan, A. L., Harris, B., Newton, J., Ogg, J., & Shriberg, D. (2012, August). Preparing for faculty careers in school psychology: Perspectives of early career scholars. Symposium at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Sullivan, A. L., Harris, B., Kauffman, J., & Valley-Gray, S. (2012, February). Hitting the ground running: Maximizing your early years in academia. Special session at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.

Harris, B., Shriberg, D., Ogg, J., Newton, J., & Sullivan, A. L. (2012, February). Straight talk: Perspectives from early career trainers. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.

Proctor, S., Sullivan, A. L., Clemens, N., Shriberg, D., & Harris, B. (2012, February). Understanding and undertaking successful academic job searches. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.

Sullivan A. L., Christ, T., Wodrich, D., Dempsey, A., & Harris, B. (2012, February). Developing a program of research: Tools for success in academe. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.

Sullivan A. L., Christ, T., Shapiro, E., Bolt, S., & Harris, B. (2012, February). Dollars and sense: Understanding funding opportunities for research and training. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.

Scott, A., Brown-Chidsey, R., Harris, B., Noltemeyer, A., Soto-Dynega, M., Sullivan A. L., & Zibulsky, J. (2012, February). Effective teaching and mentoring for graduate education. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.

Kucera, M., Harris, B., Sullivan, A. L., Brown-Chidsey, R., Shriberg, D., Zibulsky, J., & Soto-Dynega, M. (2012, February). Developing and sustaining healthy work-life balance. Symposium at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.