Career Fields


Community & Social Services

Counselor

Program Director

Social Worker

Volunteer Coordinator


Law & Criminal Justice

Corrections Officer

Court Appointed Child Advocate

Juvenile Detention Specialist

Lawyer

Police Officer


Corporate America

Advertising Manager

Brand Manager (Marketing)

Event Planner

Human Resources Recruiter

Public Relations Coordinator

Sales Associate


Not for Profit

Case Manager

Crisis Intervention Specialist

Educational Programming Director

Intake Coordinator

Training Coordinator

Youth Leadership Trainer


Education

Child Care Worker

College Academic Advisor

College Admissions Counselor

Middle/High School Counselor

Student Activities Coordinator

Teach for America


Health Care

Child Life Specialist

Health Educator

Nursing Home Care Giver

Nutritionist

Speech/Language Pathologist


Scientific Research

Human Genetics Lab Technician

Jury Consultant

Marketing Researcher

Opinion Survey Researcher

Clinical Subjects Coordinator


This list is just to get you started! There are many fields you can enter with a Psychology Degree. Note: some of these positions may require additional training.

Willie Green Willie Green

Assistant Director of Diversity Initiatives , Durham, NC

My favorite experience while concentrating in psychology was my independent study with Graduate Student Instructor - Jeremy Welland. I and a team of others assisted him with inputting and evaluating h...


Tiana Tocco Tiana Tocco

Graduate Assistant - Career Counselor, Rochester, MI

Working as a peer advisor in Psych 308; getting to help students see why the Psychology Department would be a great fit for them as well as showing them how to explore their options after they graduat...


Tansley Stearns Tansley Stearns

Director of Innovation, Madison, WI

I loved my classes. I really liked the work that I did helping with research. I felt challenged and engaged and learned so much. ...


R. David Kissinger R. David Kissinger

Retired Director of Counseling Center, Delmar, NY

I worked as a research assistant to E. Lowell Kelly and Steve Vandenberg and liked it very much. It was exciting to be actively engaged in research projects that were contributing to the field. Hono...


Paul J. Rosen Paul J. Rosen

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Louisville, KY

Project Outreach. This class gave me my first practical, hands-on experience with children in a psychological setting. The experiences I had in Project Outreach included working directly with children...


Nakia Gordon Nakia Gordon

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Milwaukee, WI

My favorite experience was getting involved with research. It grounded psychological research and theories for me. It gave me a better understanding of the foundation upon which psychological concepts...


Kristen Anderson Kristen Anderson

Therapist, Eating Disorders Program, Chicago, IL

I enjoyed working on my honors thesis with Dr. Eccles. The experience I gained while doing research was invaluable....


Kenneth Anbender Kenneth Anbender

Founder, Contegrity Program Designs, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

I enjoyed going to a Church Service and then listening to an audiotape of an exorcism with a Psychology of Religion professor and then discussing both as a small class from the perspective of psycholo...


Jonny Imerman Jonny Imerman

Chief Mission Officer , Chicago, IL

My favorite part of UM psych was the way the professors challenged my mind to understand the HUMAN MIND, and the nature of the mind. It made me think about the human mind, outside the box. LOVED the e...


John Copeland John Copeland

Senior Expert - Marketing & Sales Practice , Chicago, IL

My favorite experience was getting to work as a research assistant for Jon Krosnick (who was a grad student at the time - later went onto position at OSU). Jon let me get deep into the background/the...


Howard Eichenbaum Howard Eichenbaum

University Professor, Boston, MA

I came late to the department, and my favorite experience was actually performing research. ...


Drew Steding Drew Steding

Assistant Director, Ann Arbor, MI

One of my fondest experiences was being a group leader in Project Outreach: Exploring Careers, which allowed me to use my skills to motivate and assist other students in their professional development...


Don R. Powell, Ph.D. Don R. Powell, Ph.D.

President & CEO , Farmington Hills, MI

The work that I did at Project Outreach, where I worked with patients at the Northville State Mental Health Hospital....


Cristina Muñoz Cristina Muñoz

Research Technician Associate, Ann Arbor, MI

I loved the freedom to choose from many different exciting courses when it came time to register, and the opportunity to do hands-on research in your various research interests. I participated in nume...


Astrid Beigel Astrid Beigel

Mental Health Clinical District Chief, Los Angeles, CA

That is hard to say. I was not sure what I wanted to do, but I liked the research and working with individual faculty members....


Andrew Green Andrew Green

Web Master, Ann Arbor, MI

Learning about the various aspects of the human brain. ...


Aaron D. Werbel Aaron D. Werbel

Clinical Psychologist (on an Aircraft Carrier), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, MI

I enjoyed the variety of courses. In particular the two mentioned below but there were many other great classes. Even more important than my concentration, however, was the variety of experiences of...