Y. Barry Chung, PhD, was awarded a Presidential Citation for his scholarship in career development and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, multicultural counseling, and his exemplary leadership and service.
Professor and program director of counseling psychology at Indiana University, fellow of APA, the National Career Development Association and the Asian-American Psychological Association, Chung has held numerous prestigious leadership roles including president of both the Society of Counseling Psychology and the National Career Development Association. He has engaged in extraordinary service on APA’s Membership Board, Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest and Board of Educational Affairs, as well as chair of the International Congress on Clinical and Counseling Psychology. An academic superstar, he has edited the APA Div. 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity) book series, serves on the editorial boards of many prestigious journals and presents internationally. In recognition of his groundbreaking contributions, he has received the APA Div. 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race) Award for Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training and the American Counseling Association’s Kitty Cole Human Rights Award.