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Training
Grant on Black Child Development
Pre and Post Doctoral Training Program in Research on Black Child Development Supported by a training grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM
All predoctoral trainees participate in the training program for two years. Normally, they will be accepted into the training program at the beginning of their first year of graduate study. Early immersion in the program gives trainees maximum time during graduate school to develop, fine-tune, and execute a plan of study tailored to meet their unique needs and interests, to integrate into their research programs knowledge from different disciplinary perspectives, and to acquire and practice research and professional skills (e.g., writing). With strong conceptual and methodological grounding established during the first two years of graduate study, trainees will be well-poised to pursue sophisticated research questions on African American children using state-of-the-art research methods in their dissertation and post-Ph.D. research. The goals of the training program are achieved through (a) mentoring from faculty representing different but complementary disciplines, (b) formal coursework in developmental and child clinical psychology, (c) formal coursework specific to development in African American children, (d) intensive, supervised research experiences, and (e) involvement in seminars and national professional meetings. Students become involved in the research of their primary research mentor upon entry into the program. They are encouraged to work in the research lab of a second training faculty during their 2nd year of funding. Trainees complete at least one and ideally two research projects focusing on African American children/families during their tenure in the program. In the case of trainees in the child/family tract of Clinical Psychology, this project fulfills the Clinical Psychology Programs’ requirement of a second year project. Trainees present findings from these projects in the weekly research seminars held by their respective program areas and prepare manuscripts summarizing the findings. Trainees are encouraged to submit their manuscripts for journal publication, subject to the recommendation of their research mentor. Trainees are strongly urged to apply for Individual National Research Service Award fellowships and other extramural fellowships (e.g., Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships, Carolina Consortium on Human Development Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowships) to provide research support after their 2-year tenure on the training grant expires. Other funding opportunities are also available (e.g., serving as a teaching assistant or as a research assistant).
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