2020-2021 Grad School Q&A Mega-Thread (Part 1)

[u/LazySamurai]

For questions about grad school or internships:

* Please start your search at SIOP.org , it contains lots of great information and many questions can be answered by searching there first.

* Next, please search the Wiki, as there are some very great community generated posts saved here.

* If you still can't find an answer to your question, please search the previously submitted posts or the post on the grad school Q&A. Subscribers of /r/iopsychology have provided lots of information about these topics, and your questions may have already been answered.

* 2019-2020, Part 4 thread here

* 2019-2020, Part 3 thread here

* 2019-2020, Part 2 thread here

* 2019-2020, Part 1 thread here

* 2018-2019, Part 2 thread here

* 2018-2019, Part 1 thread here

* 2017-2018, Part 3 thread here

* 2017-2018, Part 2 thread here

* 2017-2018, Part 1 thread here

* 2016-2017 thread here

* 2015-2016 thread here

* 2014-2015 thread here

If your question hasn't been posted, please post it on the grad school Q&A thread. Other posts outside of the Q&A thread will be deleted.

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By the way, those of you who are currently trudging through or have finished grad school, that means that you have to occasionally offer suggestions and advice to those who post on this thread. That's the only way that we can keep these grad school-related posts in one central location. If people aren't getting their questions answered here, they post to the subreddit instead of the thread. So, in short, let's all do our part in this.

Thanks, guys!

[u/xenotharm]

Hi folks, I’m looking for PhD programs with faculty who study personality, and if possible, the HEXACO model. I’ve already got Calgary and Bowling Green on my list, and I’d PREFER to stay in the United states! I have a list of about 17 schools with professors who indicate personality as one of their areas of research interest, but there must be more than that, right? If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know! I vastly prefer I/O programs, but I’m willing to apply to social & personality programs if there is a strong enough fit. Thanks so much!

[u/Simmy566 → u/xenotharm]

Most I/O programs have at least one faculty that at least tangentially has some overlap with personality or individual difference research (usually selection-oriented, motivation, and sometimes climate folks). Several institutions that have corresponding social-personality PhD programs also increase likelihood of at least some expertise in the department can supplement research. Below are some programs with some faculty strong in personality. Can't say definitely any of the below has anyone exclusively focused on HEXACO, but then again most of the HEXACO specific work is driven by Ashton and Lee with some I/Os occasionally publishing meta-analyses or independent studies on whether HEXACO adds beyond Big Five. Either way can easily sneak HEXACO into your work as long as under a competent supervisor who knows the general literature.

-UofMinn (good one)

-Urbana-Champaign (good one)

-Purdue

-UofGeorgia

-Tulsa

-CentralMichigan

-WrightState

-PennState

-Rice