William Ming Liu

Bio

William Ming Liu, PhD., received his masters degree in College Student Development and his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland. Previously, he was professor and program coordinator at the University of Iowa (2000-2018). His research interests are in social class and classism, men and masculinity, and White supremacy and privilege. He has been identified as one of the most frequent producers of research in the Psychology of Men and Masculinity and most cited in multicultural competency research. He received the Emerging Leader award from the Committee on Socioeconomic Status (APA), Emerging Young Professional Award (Division 45, APA), and the Researcher of the Year Award (Division 51, APA). Additionally, he recently received the Faculty Excellence Award for the Board of Regents in Iowa. He is an editor of the Handbook of Multicultural Competencies in Counseling and Psychology (Sage, 2003), an editor of Culturally Responsive Counseling with Asian American Men (2010, Routledge), the author of Social Class and Classism in the Helping Professions: Research, Theory, and Practice (2011, Sage), the editor of the Handbook of Social Class in Counseling (2013, Oxford University Press), and author of the forthcoming book The Psychology of Privilege, White Supremacy, and Power (Oxford University Press). He serves as the Editor for the APA journal, Psychology of Men and Masculinity. He is a fellow of Division 17 and 51.

Honors & Awards

Fellow, Society for Counseling Psychology, Division 17, American Psychological Association (2018)

Fellow, Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, Division 51, American Psychological Association (2018)

Iowa Board of Regents, Faculty Excellence Award (2017)

Audrey Qualls Commitment to Diversity Award, University of Iowa (2014)

Award for Emerging Leadership, Committee on Socioeconomic Status, American Psychological Association (2008)

Emerging Young Professional Award (Early Career Award), Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (2006)

Research of the Year Award, Division 51, Society for the Psychological Study of Men & Masculinity (2005)

Publications

Books:

Liu, W.M., & Liu, R.Z. (forthcoming). The psychology of privilege, White supremacy, and power. New York: Oxford University Press. In-contract

Liu, W.M. (Ed.) (2013). Handbook of Social Class in Counseling Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195398250

Liu, W.M. (2011). Social Class and Classism in the Helping Professions: Research, Theory, and Practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage Press. ISBN-13: 978-1412972512

Liu, W.M., Iwamoto, D.K., & Chae, M. (Eds.) (March, 2010). Culturally Responsive Counseling with Asian American Men. New York: Routledge Press. ISBN-13: 978-0415800075

Pope-Davis, D.B., Coleman, H.L.K., Liu, W.M., & Toporek, R.L. (Eds.) (2003). The handbook of multicultural competencies in counseling and psychology. Thousand Oaks: Sage. ISBN-13: 978-0761923060

Selected Peer Reviewed Research Articles

Liu, W.M., Liu, R.Z., Garrison, Y.K., Kim, J.Y., Chan, L., Ho, Y.C.S., & Yeung, C.W. (in press). Racist Trauma, Microaggressions, and Becoming Racially Innocuous: Acculturative Distress and White Supremacist Ideology. Special Issue: Racial Trauma and Healing. American Psychologist

Garrison, Y. L., Liu, W. M., Yeung, C. W., Park, S., Sahker, E., & Conrad, M. (2017). The meaning of Hakbeol within the context of educational meritocracy and prestige among South Korean college students. Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling, 7 (2), 105-121. Doi: 10.18401.2017.7.2.1

Liu, W.M. (2017). White male power and privilege: The relationship between White supremacy and social class. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64, 349-358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000227

Rice, A., Kim, J. Y. C., Nguyen, C., Liu, W. M., Fall, K., & Galligan, P. (2017). Perceptions of masculinity and fatherhood among men experiencing homelessness. Psychological Services, 14(2), 257-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ser0000134

Rice, A., Colbow, A., Gibbons, S., Cederberg, C., Sahker, E., Liu, W.M., & Wurster, K. (2017). The Social Class Worldview of First-Generation College Students. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 30, 415-450. doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2016.1179170

Colbow, A. J., Cannella, E., Vispoel, W., Morris, C. A., Cederberg, C., Conrad, M., Rice, A. J., & Liu, W. M. (2016). Development of the Classism Attitudinal Profile (CAP). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63(5), 571-585. doi:10.1037/cou0000169

Bermingham, C. J., Manlick, C. F., Liu, W. M. (2015). Mental health, permanent housing, and peer support, through community living in the Fairweather Lodge: Implementation through collaboration. Housing, Care, and Support, 18, 26-30. DOI 10.1108/HCS-02-2015-0002