USM Psychology Graduate Students Earn Pre-Doctoral Internships

Twelve University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Psychology graduate students in its clinical, counseling and school psychology programs recently earned pre-doctoral internship placements at various sites across the United States.

“Doctoral students compete for internship positions in a national application/matching process,” said Dr. Bonnie Nicholson, associate director for the School of Psychology. “These positions are highly competitive, and we're proud to announce this year's placements for our students.”

Students, their program areas and internships matches include the following:

*Clinical Psychology

Brandi Ellis, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi - University Alabama @ Birmingham/BVAMC Consortium, Birmingham, Alabama
 
Tiffany Harrop, Panama, Nebraska - Center for Behavioral Medicine (Forensic Track)
Kansas City, Missouri
 
Claire Houtsma, Frankfort, Illinois - Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Hyejin Jin, Seattle, Washington - University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas
 
Jessica Jorgenson, Virginia, Minnesota - Memphis (Tennessee) VA Medical Center
 
*Counseling Psychology

Skylar Hicks, Opelousas, Louisiana - Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas
 
Nathan Ross, Little Rock, Arkansas - G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, 
Jackson, Mississippi
 
Kray Scully, Clinton, Mississippi - Gulf Coast Veterans Healthcare System,
Biloxi, Mississippi
 
Alexandra Teller, Louisville, Kentucky - VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System,
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
 
*School Psychology

Ashleigh Eaves, Denham Springs, Louisiana - Kansas City School Psychology Internship, Kansas City, Missouri
 
Morgan McCargo, Elk Grove, California  - Gabrielle Kennedy Krieger/Hopkins Behavioral Psychology & Neuropsychology, Baltimore, Maryland
 
Kristi White, Pontotoc, Mississippi - Kennedy Krieger/Hopkins/ Behavioral Psychology & Neuropsychology, Baltimore, Maryland

USM psychology graduate programs are designed to prepare students to become competent, professional researchers, mental health professionals and psychologists equipped with the knowledge and skills sets to serve in a variety of settings. For more information about the USM School of Psychology, visit https://www.usm.edu/psychology.