William Battinich, MA Psychological Science 2009
Dr. William Battinich, Experimental psychology, University of Arkansas
Adjunct Faculty, CSU Chico.
“I have fond memories of my time here both as an undergraduate and in the Master's psych science program. Looking back, I would not have been prepared to meet the rigors of my PhD program having only a bachelors in psych. In fact, more than half of the students accepted into my PhD program with only a bachelor’s degree dropped out. The psych science programs biggest help to me was furthering my understanding of the "science" in terms of both the scientific method, and my ability to read and understand psychological literature. In these two areas I was significantly farther ahead compared to those who entered the PhD program with me.
The seminars really helped with me being a consumer of research as we had to read and discuss several articles every week. It was during this time that I was finally able to comprehend the results section of a research article. The other part was my involvement in Neil's research group. My participation in that group allowed me to be involved in every step of the research process from conception, to design, materials production, data collection, data cleaning, analysis, and writing. Having been exposed to each of these areas allowed me to develop a more comprehensive understanding of what it took to conduct research, and this served me well when I became the lead graduate student for the language lab at the University of Arkansas.”