Psychology department members and aspiring members can connect to a number of on campus and off campus resources designed to support your professional development, wellbeing, and belonging.
Internal Support Systems
Psychology Department Diverse Mentoring Initiative
The Psychology Department provides funding to support graduate students who are engaged in sustained mentoring and/or educational activities that promote equity and inclusion in psychology. Instructions on how to apply are emailed to all graduate students in the fall quarter.
Competitive Edge Summer Bridge Program for Incoming Ph.D. Students
The UC Davis Competitive Edge summer bridge program provides an eight-week “early start” research and professional development program for selected incoming graduate students. Psychology PhD students have participated as both students and peer mentors.
Graduate and Professional Student Mentorship Program for Current Ph.D. Students
Through faculty mentorship and other social and academic programming, this mentoring program holistically supports its graduate student participants as they navigate the rigors of graduate school. Sign up to be a mentor or mentee via the link above.
Graduate Center for Current Ph.D. Students and Postdocs
A space designed in collaboration with graduate student and postdoctoral scholar leaders, the Graduate Center "houses resources for mentorship and professional development, advising and financial services, mental health, and much more....public informal spaces, like the graduate commons, quiet writing room, and student parent study lounge are available for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to use between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m."
This center provides "an open, safe, inclusive space and community that is committed to challenging sexism, cissexism/trans oppression/transmisogyny, heterosexism, monosexism, and allosexism." Follow on Instagram.
Women's Resources and Research Center
This center "challenges all forms of oppression, through the lens of gender equity. The WRRC provides education, advocacy, resources, and a safe space that centers the experiences of womxn, transgender, femme, and non-binary individuals," and social and networking programs for graduate students.
The AB540 and Undocumented Student Center
This center "strives to empower undocumented students, their families and members of the community in being informed leaders and active participants in our communities" and also provides ally/advocate training programs for educators.
The Native American Academic Student Success Center (NAASSC)
This center "provides a space for students to explore identity, and have a community on campus" that includes "students, staff, faculty and alumni from a wide variety of tribal backgrounds, experiences and academic interests." Follow on Instagram. Follow on Facebook.
An initiative to connect and celebrate first gen students and faculty at UC Davis. Check out the (paid!) Grad Student Mentorship Program for current grad students to mentor incoming students!
Services for International Students and Scholars
Resources and support for incoming and current students and scholars and their families.
A social gathering space for people to "explore the global issues of our time and to celebrate culture through talks, workshops, seminars, lectures, and events. We operate from a lens of equity, inclusion, access, and diversity – striving to be at the forefront of conversations around social justice, climate change, and many other issues of global importance." Follow on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.
This center creates "compassionate community spaces that foster identity development, critical consciousness, and collective innovation." The website houses many resources, a calendar of events including culture days throughout the year, the Graduate Students of Color Mentorship Program, and a grant program that provides funding for events, activities, or programs that advance campus diversity and promote social justice.
A whole list of student support centers to help every student find community and support.
External Support Systems
This "online community by and for scholars of color" provides supportive resources for those considering graduate school, advice on applying for nationally competitive graduate fellowships, maintaining health and wellness as a graduate student, and much more.
An organization and movement working to "diversify the neurosciences by building a community that celebrates and empowers Black scholars and professionals in neuroscience-related fields." Follow on Twitter.
Affinity Groups for Social and Personality Psychologists
Members of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology have created a number of spaces for psychologists with shared identities and experiences, including the Black Social and Personality Psychologists Retreat (BLASPR), Connecting Undocumented Social and Personality Psychologists (CUSPP), the GLBT Alliance in Social and Personality Psychology (GASP), networks for multiracial scholars, Latinx scholars, scholars with Southeast Asian heritage, scholars with South Asian heritage, and more.
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