Kerrie Jenkins – Graduate Program Coordinator

Email Kerrie; Work From Home on Thursdays.

• Program support for Human Services Psychology / Applied Developmental Psychology / and Applied Behavior Analysis graduate programs.
• GSS, NSF, and NIH annual surveys to report on Psychology graduate students.
• APA accreditation and annual reports on graduate student outcomes and licensure status.
• Backup supervisor for front desk student workers and time sheet approval.
• Manages department graduate student databases (BOX / BlackBoard) and email listservs.
• Process graduate student conference and travel applications.
• Process requests for proof of malpractice insurance coverage for Clinical students.
• Member of the Graduate Programs Committee
• Complete enrollment and degree verification for accrediting agencies and Clinical licensure.
• Content creation and management for the UMBC Psychology department website, Rise Vision, and department LinkedIn.

Graduate Admissions:

• • • Present at Open Houses for prospective graduate students.
    • Speak with prospective students individually over Webex, phone, and email.
    • Responds to all graduate program inquiries for the Applied Developmental Psychology Ph.D., Human Services Psychology Ph.D., and Applied Behavior Analysis M.A. programs.
    • Answer questions about graduate admissions application status and next steps.
    • Assign faculty reviewers to admissions applications for committee review.
    • Processes ETS documents and official transcripts.
    • Make referrals to I/O Psychology, Learning and Performance Technology, and the Post-Masters Certificate in College Teaching and Learning Sciences.

Graduate Student Progressions:

• • • Meet with current graduate students to discuss progressions throughout candidacy.
    • Advise prospective and current students on academic requirements, course waivers, research competency, funding packages, course registration issues and granting permissions, thesis / dissertation procedures, and process for graduation applications.
    • Manages forms on DocuSign for progressions. Submit forms to UMBC’s Graduate School.
    • Maintains the database of student files.

Event Coordinator:

• • • • • Graduate Student Interview Week / Graduate Student Orientation. Schedule sessions for the library, IRB, Grad School, Grad Assistant Orientation, and Diversity training.
        • Graduate program event: lectures, trainings, and lab meetings.
        • Distinguished Lecture / Eminent Scholar-Mentor Lectures
        • Submit orders for catering to different vendors. Requests payment through department.
        • Room reservations for department controlled and university spaces using 25Live.
        • Other Psychology department events – graduation celebrations, retirements.