Prospective graduate students for the Clinical Psychology PhD program must apply to the SIUC Graduate School here: https://siu.edu/admissions/graduate/apply/
Please be sure to review the SIUC Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program website to:
Learn more about the program content, expectations, and outcomes (https://academics.siu.edu/human-behavioral/psychology/doctoral/clinical/); and
Ensure that your SIUC Graduate School application includes all required components (https://academics.siu.edu/human-behavioral/psychology/doctoral/clinical/information.php#policies)
A prospective graduate student must be accepted by the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program before becoming a member of the YACHT Lab.
The YACHT Lab welcomes multidisciplinary collaborations with SIUC graduate students across a range of disciplines. Dr. Lang is more than happy to consider collaborative relationships and/or informal mentorship with SIUC graduate students outside of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program.
NOTE: Dr. Lang is currently only accepting Clinical Psychology doctoral students for formal mentorship at this time.
Please send an email to Dr. Lang (amy.lang@siu.edu) with the following information:
Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Unofficial SIUC Transcript
Statement of Research Interest / Interest in the Lab
Applications for SIUC graduate student collaborators and/or informal mentees for Spring 2026 will begin to be reviewed on November 1, 2025. Applications will continue to be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please note that the YACHT Lab's capacity for non-Clinical Psychology graduate student collaborators and informal mentees varies depending upon the semester and current projects in the lab.
NOTE: This information applies to SIUC graduate students outside of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program and does NOT apply to prospective Clinical Psychology Doctoral Students. Prospective Clinical Psychology Doctoral students should complete the graduate school application on the SIUC website via the link above under "Prospective SIUC Clinical Psychology Graduate Students".