In this episode, I interview Jaye Van Kirk from San Diego Mesa College. Jaye shares fascinating stories of her experiences as a lifelong learner, and we discuss the powerful way she incorporates digital portfolio development in her courses to prepare students to be competitive job applicants. Jaye and I play “Can I Get This Job with an Associate’s Degree?” and talk about examples of alternatives to traditional academic writing assignments she assigns to diversify the artifacts students include in their portfolios

In this episode, I interview Aaron Richmond from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Aaron and I discuss skill development, skill transfer, and how he uses teamwork to help students develop cognitive, communication, personal, social, and technological skills, the five skill domains included in The Skillful Psychology Student. Aaron and I play “Why is This Job a Good Fit for a Psych Major?” and talk about the importance of helping students make explicit connections between what they are learning in each of their courses and the careers that interest them.

In this episode, I interview Jane Halonen from the University of West Florida. Jane is co-author of the book The Psychology Major’s Companion: How to Get You Where You Want to Go with Dana Dunn. Jane and I discuss preparing psychology majors to respond to the microaggressions they face due to misperceptions about the major (it is easy) and the value of the bachelor’s degree in psychology (graduates won’t be able to get a job). Jane shares the creative formats her positive psychology students use to present their five-year plans and the unique way she incorporates the APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major into her capstone course. Jane and I play “What Degree Does This Job Require?” and talk about ways students can engage in self-directed career exploration and professional development.

In this episode, I interview Ashley Waggoner Denton from the University of Toronto and Janet Peters from Washington State University. We discuss the joint CABE-STP working group Ashley and Janet co-led and the materials the group created for instructors to easily incorporate the skills from The Skillful Psychology Student into nine core psychology courses. We play “Guess the Skills in the Job Description” and talk about how students can use The Skillful Psychology Student to monitor and plan skill development as they progress through the major.

In this bonus episode Eric, Garth, and Corbett discuss the outcomes of a PsychSessions planning day that was held Friday, December 8, 2023 in Boise, ID.  If you want to know what PsychSessions is working on, and what our plans are for 2024, this is the "listen."