2008 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology Recipient

Puncky Paul Heppner, PhD, winner of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, is a counseling psychologist who is recognized for his contributions to our understanding of problem-solving appraisal and coping, his research collaborations with scholars around the world, his mentoring of international students in cross-national research, and his faciltiation of international relationships and exchanges in counseling psychology. Dr. Heppner has been the recipient of three Fulbright Fellowships.