Hi, I am wondering if any of you know of any Clinical PhD programs that are more open and more friendly to accept international students and/or have more professors interested in cultural research (multicultural or cross-cultural, ethnic minorities, etc). Please advise. Thanks.
There are a couple of issues you are talking about here that may be worth considering separately:
1) Academic/course emphasis on multicultural issues-- is it explicit or just lip service? Do they try to cover all issues pertaining to minority groups in a couple class periods or just one 'diversity' class? Or are there a variety of courses you might be able to take?
2) Faculty "interested in cultural research." You may want to be a bit more specific about this... specific clinical populations may be one way of narrowing it down. Specific ethnic/racial groups may be another way. One way to narrow down schools MAY be to check insider's guide for details on faculty interests. OR if there are researchers that you would like to work with that may help point you in the right direction.
3) Diverse and active student body invested in multicultural issues. This can take the form of affinity groups, actual breakdown of the cohorts, etc.
4) Administrative support for these issues... e.g., my school (Rutgers Psy.D.) has a very active committee on diversity and sponsors a cultural conference every year. There are funds made available to attend other multicultural conferences and we have a multicultural 'concentration.'
5) Location and school's relationship with the larger community.
6) Are international students admitted and welcomed?
Just some ideas to get you going... for many of the students in my program (and myself) the above issues really drew them towards certain schools and away from others that might have otherwise had good reputations. good luck!
