Mentor Profile
Peitao Zhu
Northern Illinois University
Short Bio
Dr. Peitao Zhu is an Assistant Professor of Counseling at Northern Illinois University. He received his Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from Syracuse University. His research agenda revolves broadly around the impact of cultural issues on the relational processes in counseling and counselor education. He is most focused on cultural humility and its implications while expanding his scholarship in group work, counselor education pedagogy, and theoretical/philosophical issues in counseling. He is passionate about research methodology and has experience with a broad range of quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry.
Dr. Zhu has published 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. Dr. Zhu currently serves on the editorial board of several top counseling journals, such as the Counselor Education and Supervision, Journal for Counseling and Development, and Journal for Specialists in Group Work. He is an ACES Emerging Leader (2021) and an NYU Steinhardt Faculty-First Look Scholar (2019-2020). He is actively involved in professional counseling organizations on the regional, national, and international levels. Dr. Zhu has received several research grants, such as the ASGW Research Grant (2019), AARC Sponsored Scholarship Program (2020), SACES Research Grant (2020), and Northern Illinois University College of Education Dean’s Research Grant.
Summer Writing Collaborative Focus
How to critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of empirical studies
How to form and sharpens scholarly argument based on literature review
How to write for your readers (vs. write for yourself)
Selected Nonprofit Organization
I've been working with MenHealing to evaluate the wide range of projects it offers toward facilitating healing of male survivors of sexual victimization.