Monitor on Psychology - April 2012 - (Page 65)

Students at Walt Whitman High School in Maryland and their psychology teacher, Sheryl Freedman, oversee production of the nationally recognized Whitman Journal of Psychology. From left to right, Corinne Osnos, Freedman, Hannah Storey and Piya Chandramani. Lloyd Wolf nationally recognized journal, edited by students who solicit work from their peers around the country. “The editors review submissions and pick the three best pieces for the journal, topics that haven’t been covered before,” says Freedman. “They also write an article for the ‘Inside Psych’ section.” The journal is collaboratively edited by three students, as well as an online editor and two business managers, who apply during their junior years. The journal exposes students to both the academic and practical sides of publishing, says Freedman, who adds that the students involved raise all the funds for the magazine themselves. “It’s a fully student-run operation, which I think is pretty cool,” Freedman says. For Piya Chandramani, a senior and editor at the journal, the experience has meant the chance to do research in her chosen field and share her findings in a professional way. “I knew once I took the AP class that I wanted to get more involvement in and more exposure to psychology,” she says. Since joining the staff, she has written two articles for the journal, one on the psychology of terrorism (which she coAPRIL 2012 • MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY authored with another editor) and one investigating the mental and physical effects of meditation. The experience, she says, has affirmed her desire to major in psychology next year. Real-world experience More comprehensive real-world experience is offered at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Md. There, AP psychology teacher Marie Smith, PhD, coordinates the school’s psychology internship program, a Montgomery County Public Schools-certified course that matches senior students with research opportunities that most college and graduate students would envy. The program, now in its 10th year, allows students who have completed two semesters of AP psychology to receive course credit for internships in which they work with professionals in areas that appeal to them, such as the study of children, advertising, conflict resolution, health and sports. The school’s proximity to the offices of the National Institute of Mental Health in nearby Bethesda is a boon to the program. Students work for one, two or three course periods per week, providing lab assistance to researchers who are mapping brain 65

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - April 2012

Monitor on Psychology - April 2010
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Internship Shortage Continues
Mental Health Services Remain Scarce at Community Colleges
Apa Weighs in on the Constitutionality of Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders
Apa Praises Court’s Support for Equality
New Mobile App Answers Psychologists’ Clinical Questions
Nih Offers Free Web Resources for Psychologist Researchers
New and Improved Psyclink
In Brief
Government Relations Update
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Early Career Psychology
Psychologist Profile
Coal Miners’ Dilemma
The Science of Political Advertising
Science Watch
Science Directions
More Support Needed for Trauma Interventions
The Case Against Spanking
Innovative Psychology at the High School Level
Speaking of Education
Apa Divisions Reach Out to New Psychologists
New Journal Editors
A Home Base for Multiple Fields
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Awards and Funding Opportunities
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - April 2012