Cultural Humility with Dr. Peitao Zhu

Peitao Zhu joined the NIU faculty in Fall 2020. He received his Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from Syracuse University. Dr. Zhu’s research agenda revolves broadly around the impact of cultural issues on the relational processes within the context of counseling and counselor education. He is passionate about a broad range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies and have been publishing actively and consistently in indexed, competitive counseling and counseling-related journals such as the Counselor Education and Supervision, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and Journal of Constructivist Psychology. Professor Zhu serves on the editorial board of several top-rated journals, such as Journal for Counseling and Development and Journal for Specialists in Group Work. Professor Zhu’s current research focused on cultural humility and its implication in counseling and counselor education. Professor Zhu is a National Certified Counselor (NCC); he has a particular clinical interest in complex trauma and adopts a relationally-focused approach to his counseling work.