Baylor School of Education fourth-year PhD School Psychology students earned 100% APA internship placement and are pictured (l-r): Cassie Jennings, Scarlett Gardner, Kayla Trites, Bradley Davis, Madeline Pettit, Janie Contreras-Munoz.
March 3, 2025
For the fourth year in a row, 100 percent of the Baylor University School of Education’s school psychology Ph.D. students have “Matched” for pre-doctoral psychology internships accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA).
The Match is run by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and provides an orderly process to help applicants obtain positions in psychology internship programs of their choice and to help internship programs obtain applicants of their choice. The Match is highly competitive, and APA-accredited sites are the most competitive placements. Approximately 4,000 doctoral students from School, Counseling, and Clinical Psychology doctoral programs participate in Match, competing for spots at approximately 800 sites.
“Congratulations to our doctoral students,” said Dr. Eric Robinson, Graduate Program Director of the Ph.D. program in school psychology. “We have talented students taught by talented faculty members, and our program has outstanding support from the School of Education and Graduate School.”
The internship options for doctoral students in psychology include medical and educational settings, community mental health clinics, and university counseling centers. The internships are full-time, 12-month positions where the students acquire approximately 2000 hours of supervised clinical experiences.
“I’m so excited and grateful to have matched,” said Madeline Pettit, a doctoral student who will intern in Lewisville (TX) Independent School District next school year. “I’ve loved my time in the Baylor school psychology doctoral program, and I’ve received so much support from the faculty and my wonderful cohort. I’m really looking forward to completing my internship next year!”
For fall 2025, Baylor’s fourth-year school psychology doctoral students and their matches are:
- Janie Contreras-Munoz – University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
- Bradley Davis – Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Cypress, TX
- Scarlett Gardner – University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Cassie Jennings – Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Cypress, TX
- Madeline Pettit – Lewisville Independent School District, Lewisville, TX
- Kayla Trites – Fraser Clinical Psychology Internship, Bloomington, MN
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