Alumni Profile: Max Komisar ’25
Degree(s): BA Psychology, UW-Madison
Current Occupation: Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
What are some of the benefits of your psychology degree?
Prepares you for all aspects of research/academia from designing and implementing studies to reading and composing scientific literature
How did you find your way to your current profession?
Signed up for academic society email lists (Cognitive Development Society), asked professors and graduate students to direct me to labs and positions, bookmarked research job listing websites
What advice would you give to students graduating with a psychology degree?
If you want to pursue a PhD in psychology or neuroscience, take a gap year (or years) to work in a research lab.
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