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alissa sherry, ph.d. |
Prospective StudentsNOTE - all accepted or prospective graduate students should read the following: For information about the doctoral program in Counseling Psychology, click here Thinking about coming to UT to work with me? The UT counseling program selects students based on a mentorship approach. This means that you will be selected to work with a professor that is closely aligned with your research interests. If you think I might be this person for you, the best thing to do first is check out the research link of this website. This will give you some insight into the kinds of projects I am currently doing. Second, download my CV under the "About Dr. Sherry" link. This will give you some insight into the projects I have completed in the past, my publication record, and my previous experience. Third, download the "Graduate student Expectations" and "What to expect if you want me to chair your dissertation or prospectus" documents. These links and documents will give you a great deal of insight into how I operate and work as a mentor. Be sure to visit links and publications for my colleagues as well as this will help you to get to know the overall culture in the program. The faculty who typically take students as advisees are: Aaron Rochlen, Michele Guzman, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Rude, Rico Ainslie, Lucia Gilbert, and Dave Drum. Finally, be aware that currently I am interested in advising people who want to be on a research track. Overall, you need to be aware that because UT Austin is a Research I institution, research is a high priority for all of the faculty here. While we provide excellent practicum experiences and value this aspect of training for students, research remains extremely important. As a whole, we are not opposed to students who want to come to UT Austin to eventually become practitioners. However, these same students also need to be prepared to be heavily engaged in research during their time here. If you have no interest in research, I advise you not to apply to UT. You will spend your graduate years frustrated and overwhelmed. However, if you are interested in research, you will find excellent mentoring here. Having said that, I strongly encourage you not to "fake" your way in by feigning and interest in research that does not truly exist. This applies especially to your decision to want to work with me as a mentor. I expect first year students to help design, conduct, and present a research project by the summer of their first year. Please review the documents mentioned above, my publications, and this website in general. If after reviewing these documents you have additional questions for me, please do not hesitate to email me at alissa.sherry@mail.utexas.edu. Thank you for your interest! Thinking about relocating to Austin? Austin takes great pride in supporting local businesses and live music. If you noticed the last time you were at the airport, there are no "chain" restaurants and all of the music playing through the intercom represents Austin and Texas artists (and often there is live music playing in the airport). I hope the following links help you explore and get to know and love Austin like I have! GLBT friendly establishments In general, Austin is an extremely GLBT friendly and supportive city. The South Congress and Zilker Park areas of Austin are particularly so. The following represent a list of GLBT friendly or owned Austin establishments. You can also download additional resources here GLBT Resource List. Restaurants and coffee shops Joe's Coffee Shop - Coffee shop and bakery Nightclubs and bars Rainbow Cattle Co. - country/western Misc gender and sexuality center on UT campus Music -- This is what Austin is all about! The Artists: Some of my favorite restaurants and dishes Restaurants: Other great Austin stuff Town lake; bats, ACL and ACL festival; SXSW; First Thursday; Blues on the Green; KGSR; KUT; The Chronicle; Barton Springs; Zilker Park; |