Cleveland State University
Counseling
Psychology Annual
Diversity Colloquium
Speaker
October 10, 2012
10:00-12:00
Julka Hall Atrium
Counseling Psychology: The Natural Home for
Celebrating Diversity
Presented by: Dr. Y. Barry Chung
Dr. Y. Barry Chung will address minority issues in psychology and how
counseling psychology plays a unique and important role in the psychological
study and celebration of minorities. More specifically, he will discuss counseling
psychology’s emphases on educational and career issues, human growth, coping,
resilience, cultural diversity, and social justice. These core values make
counseling psychology a natural home for addressing and celebrating the
experience of minorities.
Y. Barry Chung received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign in the United States of America. He is currently a Professor in the Department of
Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University. His research interests include career
development, multicultural counseling, and sexual orientation issues. Dr. Chung has presented and
published widely on these topics. He was appointed to eight journal editorial boards internationally,
and was Executive Editor of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 44 Book Series.
Dr. Chung served as President of the National Career Development Association in 2006-07, as well as
President of the Society of Counseling Psychology in 2011-12. He was a member of the APA Board of
Educational Affairs in 2007-09, and the APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public
Interest in 2010-12. Dr. Chung is a Fellow of APA (Divisions 17, 44, and 45), Asian American
Psychological Association, and National Career Development Association.