Derald Wing Sue
Psychologist who popularized microaggression theory and multicultural counseling competencies.
Derald Wing Sue is an American counseling psychologist at Teachers College, Columbia University, whose scholarship on multiculturalism, race, and racism has been cited more than 83,000 times. He is widely credited with popularizing the concept of the microaggression and has authored 24 books, including the most frequently cited publication in the multicultural field.
Quick Facts
- Birthplace
- Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- Occupation
- Professor, author
- Discipline
- Psychology
- Education
- Oregon State University; University of Oregon
- Workplaces
- Columbia University
- Notable students
- Kevin Nadal
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Did You Know?
- Sue was born into a Chinese American family in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in a middle-class, predominantly white neighborhood where he experienced ethnic teasing.
- He and his brothers often discussed what it meant to be Chinese living in America, and he was later influenced by the Black Power Movement, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
- In 1982, he incorporated his private practice as 'Derald Wing Sue, Ph.D., A Psychological Corporation,' through which he has consulted with hundreds of organizations over more than 45 years.
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