Derald Wing Sue

Derald Wing Sue is a professor of counseling psychology at Columbia University.[1] He has authored several books, including Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, Overcoming our Racism, and Understanding Abnormal Behavior.[2]

Personal life

Sue was born in Portland, Oregon to a Chinese American family. Zee lived in a predominantly wealthy white neighborhood, with his parents, four brothers, and one sister[3] where he claims he was bullied and teased on a regular basis, due to his race (although the bullying may have come in the form of the as of yet unnamed "micro-aggressions" [4] He claims he was later influenced in his studies in cross cultural counseling.[5] Two individuals who influenced Sue's path of study were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.[3] who although militantly fighting deeply entrenched segregation with militant tactics, which in no way related to the micro aggressions in his own wealthy upbringing, their example gave him the sense of indignation to inspire a life of social justice studies.

Family

He married his wife Paulina in the 1960s. They have two children. [6]

Professional life

Sue obtained his bachelor's degree from Oregon State University, and then a MS and PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Oregon.[3] After completing his degree, he became a counselor at the University of California, Berkeley counseling center, and was known as the counselor who supported Asian American students. During his time at Berkeley, he conducted mental health studies on Asian Americans, which then led him to coauthor two books: A Theory of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy and Understanding Abnormal Behavior.[3]

In 1981, Sue published Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice.[2] In addition to being a professor of psychology at Teachers College, he served on Bill Clinton's President's Advisory Board on Race in 1996.[7] He served as a past president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, a co-founder and first president of the Asian American Psychological Association, and the president of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association.[1]

He has written over 150 publications on various topics such as multicultural counseling and psychotherapy, psychology of racism and antiracism, cultural diversity, cultural competence, and multicultural organizational development,[3] but more specifically, multicultural competencies and racial microaggressions.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Derald Wing Sue bibliography, Columbia University Teachers College website; accessed October 27, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Derald Wing Sue bibliography, aa.ufl.edu; accessed October 27, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Leong, F. T. L. (2008, April). Encyclopedia of Counseling; retrieved from: Derald Wing Sue, Encyclopedia of Counseling (archived), books.google.com; accessed October 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Profile, apa.org; accessed October 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Munsey, Christopher (February 2006). "Cover Story: A family for Asian psychologists. Members of the Asian American Psychological Association push for attention to the needs of an oft-neglected community.". Monitor on Psychology (American Psychological Association) 37 (2): 60. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Derald Wing Sue personal info, newsle.com; accessed October 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Clinton Advisory Board on Race site, clinton4.nara.gov; accessed October 27, 2014.
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