CHICAGO — Derald Wing Sue, PhD, a professor of counseling psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, received the American Psychological Association’s Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology in recognition of his contributions to psychology as a scientist, teacher, mentor, author, consultant, thought leader and social justice advocate.
“You are a global leader in psychology and social justice, as is evidenced by your more than 150 publications and editorships, multiple leadership and service endeavors, and commitment to fostering the next generation of socially just psychologists,” APA President Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, said in conferring the award at the association’s annual convention. “Your numerous writings have influenced several generations of psychologists to incorporate cutting-edge phenomena, such as cultural competencies and microaggression theory, into their daily practice, teaching, research and public advocacy work. Through your courageousness in challenging predominant monocultural and ethnocentric psychological paradigms, you have made the invisible visible by revealing social injustices that marginalize and prevent people from reaching their optimal levels of human development.”
Sue is author of Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, a seminal text in multicultural counseling and psychology training programs. He is also author of the book Microaggressions in Everyday Life and has been studying and writing about microaggressions for more than 20 years. In 1972, he co-founded, with his brother Stanley, the Asian American Psychological Association and served as its founding president. He served on President Clinton's President's Advisory Board on Race in 1996 and is a past president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (APA’s Div. 45) and the Society of Counseling Psychology (Div. 17). Along with Davis, Lisa Porche-Burke, PhD, and former APA President Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, he co-founded the National Multicultural Conference and Summit in 1999.
“Through your leadership, you created essential spaces for psychologists to advance Asian American and multicultural psychology,” Davis said in making the presentation. “Your commitment to social justice includes a vision in which resources are distributed equitably and all members of society are physically and psychologically safe and secure.”
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