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Professor Herek's Suggestions
for Prospective Graduate Students
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Students who are interested in applying to UC Davis to work with Professor Herek
should begin by investigating the web resources for graduate applicants on the
UCD site and the
Psychology Department site.
Information is also available about
estimated fees and expenses
and opportunities for financial aid.
For information about traveling to Davis, see the the links on Kim Pearson's page.
You might also want to read the article about Davis in Via Magazine.
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Next, it would be a good idea to review Professor Herek's research and publications.
Professor Herek's research web site
includes links to
his bibliography
and a
virtual library
where many of his papers are available for downloading.
You can also find links to sections of Professor Herek's web site that provide information about:
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After familiarizing yourself with his research and the UCD graduate program,
you should contact Professor Herek directly.
Please send a brief e-mail to
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In your e-mail, please summarize your:
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Academic background, including your GPA and GRE
scores (including the Psychology subject test if you've taken it)
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Current research interests (UCD Psychology grad students are required to begin an independent research project during their first year in the program; if you have thoughts about a project topic, please summarize them.)
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Training goals (During your graduate career, do you hope to focus mainly on laboratory experimentation? Survey and questionnaire research? Both? Something else? Do you want to pursue extensive training in quantitative techniques? In policy analysis? In another area?)
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Career goals (Are you interested mainly in conducting research, teaching, working in policy or applied settings, some combination of these, or something else? What would be your dream job or career trajectory?)
Professor Herek will respond as soon as he can.
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