Rate My Professor Steve Quintana

Stephen M. Quintana, Professor Emeritus of Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has dedicated his career to advancing understanding of multicultural development and counseling psychology. He earned a B.A. in Psychology from Carleton College in 1983, an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame in 1986, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Notre Dame in 1989. Following a predoctoral internship at Pennsylvania State University, Quintana joined the University of Texas at Austin as Assistant Professor in 1988, advancing to Associate Professor by 1994. During this period, he held a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (1992-1993) for research on Mexican-American children’s ethnic perspective-taking. In 1996, he moved to UW-Madison as Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and the School Psychology program, becoming Professor of Counseling Psychology in 2000 with a joint appointment in Educational Psychology. He chaired the Department of Counseling Psychology from 2000 to 2003 and served as Director of Training.

Quintana’s research focuses on children’s developmental understanding of social status dimensions including ethnicity, race, gender, religion, and social class; ethnic perspective-taking; children’s conceptions of prejudice; and multicultural counseling. His influential publications include “Ethnic and racial identity during adolescence and into young adulthood: An integrated conceptualization” (Child Development, 2014), “Ethnic and Racial Identity in Adolescence: Implications for Psychosocial, Academic, and Health Outcomes” (Child Development, 2014), “What does it mean to be Mexican American? Children’s and adolescents’ perspectives” (2014), and “Culturally adapted psychotherapy and legitimacy of myth” (Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011). He edited the Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child (2008) and led a special issue of Child Development on race, ethnicity, and culture in child development. As Associate Editor for Child Development (2001-2006) and Journal of Counseling Psychology, and chair of APA’s Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (2001), Quintana has shaped the field. Awards include the Gimbel Child and Family Scholar Award (2000-2001), APA Fellow (Division 17, 2003), Distinguished Faculty Achievement (2007), and Excellence in Diversity (2014).