Eric Samuels, PsyD Student, Selected for APA Presidential Internship Panel
Eric Samuels, a PsyD student at the 91精品, has been selected to participate on the Presidential Internship Panel on the Internship Crisis at the in Washington, D.C. The panel of five students and one Early Career Psychologist was chosen at the request of . The goal of the panel is to bring together students with six leaders in the training community. Each panelist is charged with proposing a creative, progressive solution to ending the internship crisis, and leaders in the training community will respond to these suggestions. The panel is designed to foster a critical dialogue and represent a working through of potential actions and solutions.
Panelists were selected based on their content expertise on the internship issue and to ensure specific and diverse representation across the constituent groups.
Eric is chair-elect of the , as well as a member of the Committee on LGBT Concerns. He is a third-year student at the 91精品, and is currently doing a practicum in health psychology at . Eric has held previous practicums with the and serving the LGBT community.
If members of the 91精品 community have thoughts about this issue, contact Eric at esamuels@wi.edu.