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Joseph G. Ponterotto is an American psychologist, author, and professor who coordinates the Mental Health Counseling Program at Fordham University's Graduate School of Education.
He is licensed as a psychologist and mental health counselor in New York State and previously served as an associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology. Ponterotto is currently the coordinator the Master’s degree program in Mental Health Counseling at Fordham University.
In his first year, Jesus Manuel Casas (currentlyretired from the University of California, Santa Barbara as one of the senior Chicano professors in the UC system) recommended that Ponterotto transition to the doctoral program, starting in his interest of multicultural counseling and social advocacy. From 1981 to 1985, he collaborated with Casas on research within the Chicano community. During this time, Ponterotto and Casas discussed their life experiences and concepts such as unearned privilege, culture, oppression, and injustice. According to Ponterotto, this experience taught him to reflect on his own heritage and bilingualism and their connection to elements of life, including identity development and professionalism.[1] Casas chaired Ponterotto's doctoral dissertation, "The Effects of Select Parental Variables, Cognitive Home Stimulation, and Teacher-Child Interactive Behavior on the Academic Performance of Low-Income Mexican American Children".
Ponterotto has stated that minority scholars in multicultural research, including Thomas Parham, Janet Helms, William Cross, Derald Wing Sue, and Manuel Casas, reinforced his commitment as a graduate student and early-career professional in the field.[1]
According to Ponterotto, discussions with colleagues and students at Fordham University influenced his interest in qualitative research, particularly his interest in qualitative research and how it can inform multicultural counseling. Since his arrival in 1987, Ponterotto has cited Fordham leaders such as Leo Goldman and Merle Keitel for creating an academic environment that emphasized qualitative research. He has expressed that qualitative methods are useful for studying multicultural populations and for exploring topics related to social justice, that values research participants and advances science.[1]
From 1985 to 1987, Ponterotto was an assistant professor of Counseling Psychology within the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In 1987, he joined Fordham University's Graduate School of Education as an assistant professor of Counseling Psychology in the Division of Psychological and Educational Services (PES). At Fordham, he was promoted to associate and then full professor and has held several administrative positions. He currently coordinates the master's degree program in Mental Health Counseling.
Ponterotto teaches master's and doctoral students in programs such as school psychology, clinical psychology, mental health counseling, school counseling, and counseling psychology. He regularly teaches courses in multicultural counseling, psychological measurement and assessment, career counseling, quantitative/qualitative research methods, and the history of psychology.[2]
Counseling and supervision
Ponterotto's clinical work began in 1981 as a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1984, he became clinic coordinator and supervisor of the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1985, he became a counselor and supervisor at the Educational Psychology Training Clinic for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and was later promoted to director from 1986 to 1987.[3]
In 2008, he opened a small psychotherapy practice in New York City, where he specializes in examining the impact of different social-cultural contexts on individuals, families, and career development. He also works with clients (e.g. chess prodigies) pursuing their talents while managing aspects of everyday life.
Awards and honors
Ponterotto has received several academic awards, including university-based, national, and international awards and honors. In 1994, he was a co-winner of the Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award given by APA's Division 17. As a faculty member, he received the Distinguished Contribution to Multicultural Education Award (1997-1998) and the Scanlon Award (2003) from the Graduate School of Education. In 2007 he earned the Bene Merenti Award for 20 years of service at Fordham University. That same year, he received the honor of "Distinguished Alumnus-Research and Scholarship" from the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition, he was presented the Visionary Leadership Award at the APA National Multicultural Conference and Summit in Seattle, Washington. He also received the 17th Annual Janet E. Helms Award for Mentoring and Scholarship from Teachers College, Columbia University at the 24th Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education.[4]
Research contributions
Ponterotto has served on editorial boards for scholarly journals and book publishers and is a former associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology.[5]
He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles. His research interests include acculturation, racism, immigration, multicultural counseling and education, and qualitative/quantitative research methods.[6]
Ponterotto advocates for the view that qualitative inquiry approaches, such as interviews with participants and their families, are important for research, practice, training, empowering, and honoring different ethnicities, races, cultures, and their respective beliefs, values, and traditions. This view is evident within his article, "Qualitative Research in Counseling Psychology: A Primer on Research Paradigms and Philosophy of Science." Published in 2005, this article presented an overview of research paradigms used by psychologists in theory and practice and discusses the use of qualitative methods and other research alternatives to effectively train future students.[7]
Ponterotto has developed and advocated for measures or scales (e.g., survey instruments) designed to be sensitive to cultural and ethnic differences to inform research conducted or treatment initiatives. He is a co-developer of the Quick Discrimination Index[8], the Teacher Multicultural Attitude Survey[9], the Multicultural Counseling Knowledge and Awareness Scale[10], and [when?] the Multicultural Personality Inventory[11].
Books
The Psychobiographer's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Research and Ethics. (2024)[12]
A Psychobiography of Bobby Fisher: Understanding the Genius, Mystery, and Psychological Decline of a World Chess Champion. (2012)[13]
A Psychobiography of John F. Kennedy Jr.: Understanding his inner Life, Achievements, Struggles, and Courage. (2018)[14]
The book written by Ponteretto in 2012 on Bobby Fischer was based on four years of research that included interviews with surviving family members, friends, chess masters, journalists, and biographers who knew Fischer, as well as reviews of archives and available FBI files related to the Fischer family. He drew conclusions highlighting Fischer's intelligence and mental health challenges. Ponterotto's psychobiography was noted by the producers of the 2015 major motion picture Pawn Sacrifice, for which he served as a historical consultant.[15]
References
1 2 3 Ponterotto, J. G. & Duran, E. (2014). Finding my cultural selves: The journey continues. In M. E. Gallardo (Ed.), Developing cultural humility: Embracing race, privilege, and power (pp.27–48). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
↑ Ponterotto, Joseph G. (1 April 2005). "Qualitative research in counseling psychology: A primer on research paradigms and philosophy of science". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 52 (2): 126–136. CiteSeerX10.1.1.472.4210. doi:10.1037/0022-0167.52.2.126.
↑ Ponterotto, Joseph G.; Burkard, Alan; Rieger, Brian P.; Grieger, Ingrid; D'Onofrio, Amelio; Dubuisson, Anne; Heenehan, Margaret; Millstein, Beth; Parisi, Melinda (2011-10-10). Quick Discrimination Index (Report). American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/t03560-000.
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