Board Members

Meet the members of the Division 16 Board.

Paul Hartung, Past President

Email: phartung@neomed.edu

Paul Hartung is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University and Adjunct Professor of Counseling at the University of Akron. He has authored over 75 journal articles and book chapters and co-edited three books dealing with career development theory and practice. Currently, he is editor of The Career Development Quarterly and serves on several editorial boards including Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Career Assessment, and Journal of Counseling and Development. He is a fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the National Career Development Association. In 2009, he received the APA Division 17 John L. Holland award for achievement in career and personality research. He is President-Elect, Division 16 (Counseling Psychology) of IAAP.

Lea Ferrari, Newsletter Editor

Email: lea.ferrari@unipd.it

Lea Ferrari is an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, University of Padova.

Her research efforts include the study of variables and processes in Life Design model, setting up of instruments, planning of interventions programs and their verification. She teaches Diversity management in the workplace and Psychology of inclusion for people with disability and is member of the teaching staff of the post-graduate Master Course in ‘Life Design and Career Counseling’. She actively collaborates with the Larios Laboratory (Laboratory for Research and Intervention in Vocational Designing and Career Counseling) and the University Centre for Research and Services on Disability, Rehabilitation and Inclusion, at the University of Padova. She is member of th

Career Adaptability International Collaborative Group and of the European project University Network for Innovation in Guidance - Lifelong Learning Programme

(2009-2012/2013-2015). She is also co-editor of the newsletter of the Italian Society of Vocational Guidance.