Below, I've compiled resources for students, including helpful tutorials on SPSS and statistics, APA formatting, and applying to graduate school. Additionally, for new graduate students, I've included a few links about advice for graduate school. Finally, please find several resources for teaching tools and activities that I use in my courses.
For Students
APA Style
If you are writing an APA style paper, or want to know more about citations, I cannot recommend the Purdue OWL Guide to APA Style highly enough! It includes concise information on in-text citations, references, headings and seriation, tables and figures, statistics, and annotated example APA papers.
The website for APA Style also contains helpful Q&A sections and example papers.
For more general tips about improving writing and grammar, I recommend TED's "Be a better writer in fifteen minutes."
Statistics & SPSS
If you are new to analyzing data in SPSS, I find these YouTube tutorials quite helpful.
For new and advanced statistics students, check out the modules and annotated output from the UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education.
Applying to Graduate School
For an overview of the differences between undergraduate and graduate school, I recommend this article from Psychology In Action. You can read a description of the graduate school application process from both sides in this excellent presentation.
Additionally, this website from Dr. Katherine Moore and the APA Guide to Applying to Graduate School have very comprehensive, crowdsourced overviews of applying to graduate schools.
Getting good letters of recommendation are key to securing a graduate position. Check out the APA's tips on how to get letters of recommendation here.
I've attached a template in a Word document here for tracking application dates, costs, and requirements, although this could easily be converted into an Excel file or a Google doc. Please contact me if you are interested in seeing any of my other application materials (e.g., personal statement, CV, etc.)
How to Prep for Your Ph.D. If You're Poor: Excellent crowdsourced document about the graduate school application process all the way through the job market with valuable information about money, budgets, deciphering offer letters, as well as cultural and social capital in academia.
Advice for New Graduate Students
Are you a new graduate student? Stop what you are doing right now and read this brief article by Schwartz (2008), The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Better yet, print it out and tack it above your desk.
Another excellent compendium of advice for new graduate students comes from Stephen Stearns, including tips on how to establish your program of research and manage your mentor.
NSF GRFP: Finally, my colleague and NSF Graduate Research Fellow Jessica Bodford put together an excellent set of notes with recommendations about applying for the NSF GRFP. You can find those on her website.
Teaching Tools and Exercises
Resources for teaching and exercises that I have found useful include:
The APA Office on Socioeconomic Status Resources and Publications Resource Guide (for teaching about social class)
The inimitable Crash Course for Psychology on YouTube.
I've also developed several activities for teaching concepts related to social psychology and inequality. These include:
The Virtual Privilege Walk, for courses too large to do a traditional privilege walk.
Social dilemmas activity: Identify types of social dilemmas and develop solutions to reduce selfish behavior in environmental behaviors, elections, weapons stockpiling, tax evasion, and doping.