Derald Wing Sue

Derald Wing Sue
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Born
OccupationsProfessor, author
AwardsAPF Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Public Interest (2015); APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (2019); Division 45 Distinguished Career Contributions to Research Award (2022)
Academic background
EducationOregon State University University of Oregon
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
Sub-discipline
Counseling psychology
InstitutionsColumbia University
Notable students
Kevin Nadal

Derald Wing Sue is an American professor of counseling psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. A scholar of multiculturalism, race, and racism, he has authored 24 books, the most recent published in 2026, and more than 200 scholarly publications, including Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, Overcoming our Racism, and Understanding Abnormal Behavior and popularized the concept of the microaggression.

Described as "without doubt the most influential multicultural scholar in the United States," his research has been cited more than 83,000 times on Google Scholar.