Contact Information

360 Lindquist Center
Psychological & Quantitative Foundations
College of Education
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242 USA

• Counseling Psychology Program (Program Coordinator)

• Multicultural competence development, psychologist training, research training, social class and classism, and men's therapy.

• Multicultural competency
• Social class and classism
• Men's issues

• Program Chair, National Multicultural Summit and Conference 2007
• Emerging Young Professional Award, Division 45, APA (2006)
• Researcher of the Year, Division 51, APA (2005)
• Collegiate Teaching Award, University of Iowa (2005)
• Co-Editor, Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology (Sage, 2003)
• Audrey Qualls Commitment to Diversity Award University of Iowa (2003)

Professional Activities

Taskforce Member, Socioeconomic Status Taskforce, APA, (2005 to 2007); Member at Large, Division 51, Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (2005-2007); Past-Treasurer, Division 45, Ethnic Minority Issues in Psychology (2000-2004) Editorial Review Board Member:

• The Counseling Psychologist
• Associate Editor, Psychology of Men and Masculinity
• Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
  

Representative Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals:

• Liu, W.M., Pickett, T., Jr., & Ivey, A.E.  (in press).  White Middle-Class Privilege: Social Class Bias and Implications for Training and Practice.  Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.
• Liu, W.M., & Iwamoto, D.K.  (2007).  Conformity to Masculine Norms, Asian Values, Coping Strategies, Peer Group Influences and Substance Use Among Asian American Men.  Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 8, 25-39.
• Liu, W.M., & Arguello, J.  (2006).  Social class and classism in counseling.  Counseling and Human Development, 39 (3), 1-12.
• Liu, W.M., Iwamoto, D.K.  (2006).  Asian American men’s gender role conflict: The role of Asian values, self-esteem, and psychological distress.  Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 7, 153-164.
• Liu, W.M.  (2006).  Classism is much more complex.  American Psychologist, 61, 337-338.
• Mellinger, T., & Liu, W.M. (2006).  Men's Issues in Doctoral Training:  A Survey of Counseling Psychology Programs. Professional Psychology:  Research and Practice, 37,  196-204.
• Liu, W.M., Rochlen, A., Mohr, J.J. (2005).  Real and Ideal Gender Role Conflict: Exploring Psychological Distress Among Men.  Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 6, 137-148.
• Liu, W.M. (2005).  The study of men and masculinity as an important multicultural competency consideration.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 685-697.

Book chapters:

• Liu, W.M. (in progress).  Social class.  In F.T.L. Leong (Ed.).  Encyclopedia of counseling.   Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
• Liu, W.M. (in progress).  Poverty.  In F.T.L. Leong (Ed.).  Encyclopedia of counseling.   Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
• Liu, W.M.  (in progress).  Third World.  In F.T.L. Leong (Ed.).  Encyclopedia of counseling.   Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
• Liu, W.M., & Hernandez, J.  (in press).  Social class and educational psychology.  In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology.
• Liu, W.M., & Ali, S.R.  (in press). Social Class and Classism: Understanding the Psychological Impact of Poverty and Inequality.  In S.D. Brown & R.W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology 4th edition.  New York: Wiley.
• Liu, W.M., Shepard, S., & Foley-Nicpon, M.  (in press).  Boys are Tough, Not Smart: Counseling gifted and talented boys and adolescents.  In M.S. Kiselica, M. Englar-Carlson, & A.M. Horne (Eds.), Counseling Troubled Boys:  A Guidebook for Professionals.  New Jersey:  Routledge Press.
• Iwamoto, D., & Liu, W.M. (in press).  Asian American Men & Asianized Attribution:  Intersections of Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality.  In N. Tewari & A. Alvarez (Eds). Asian American Psychology: Current Perspectives.  New York: Lawrence Earlbaum and Associates.
• Liu, W.M., Fridman, A., & Hall, T. (in press).  Social class and school counseling.  In H. L. K. Coleman, & C. Yeh (Eds.).  Handbook of school counseling. New York: Lawrence Earlbaum Press.
• Liu, W.M., & Chang, T.  (2006).  Asian American men and masculinity.  In F. Leong, A. Inman, A. Ebreo, L. Yang, L. Kinoshita, & M. Fu (Eds.), Handbook of Asian American psychology (2nd Ed.), (pp. 197-212). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
• Liu, W.M., Hernandez, J., Mahmood, A., & Stinson, R.  (2006).  The link between poverty, classism, and racism in mental health.  In. D.W. Sue & M.G. Constantine (Eds.).  Racism as a barrier to cultural competence in mental health and educational settings. (pp. 65-86).  New York:  Wiley.

• Process and Outcome Research
• Personality Assessment
• Multicultural Counseling