Puncky P. Heppner

Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1979, in Counseling Psychology

M.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1974, in Counseling Psychology

B.A. from the University of Minnesota-Morris, 1973, in Psychology (with distinction)

Articles

Heppner, P.P., Cooper, C. C., Mulholland, A. M., & Wei, M. F. (2001). A brief, multidimensional, problem-solving based psychotherapy outcome measure. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 48, 330-343.

Witty, T. E., Heppner, P. P., Bernard, C. B., & Thoreson, R. W. (2001). Problem solving appraisal and psychological adjustment of persons with chronic low back pain. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings.

Armer, J. M., Heppner, P. P., & Mallinckrodt, B. (2001). Post-breast cancer lymphedema: The "swollen arm" epidemic. Scope of Phlebology and Lymphology, 3, 35-45, Reprinted in Proceedings of ISL XVIII International Congress of Lymphology.

Heppner, P. P., Pretorius, T. B., Wei, M., Lee, D-G., & Wang, Y. W (2002). Examining the Generalizability of Problem Solving Appraisal in Black South Africans. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 49, 484-498.

Heppner, P.P., (2002). It Was My Honor. The Counseling Psychologist, 30, 799-800.

Heppner, M. J. & Heppner, P. P. (2003). Identifying process variables in career counseling: A research agenda. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 62, 429-452.

Wei, M., Heppner, P. P., & Mallinckrodt, B. (2003). Perceived coping as a mediator between attachment and psychological stress: A structural equation modeling approachJournal of Counseling Psychology, 50, 438-447.

Neville, H. A., Heppner, P. P., Ji, P., & Thye, R. (2004). The relations among general and race-related stressors and Psychoeducational adjustment in black students attending predominantly white institutions. Journal of Black Studies, 34, 599-618.

Heppner, P. P., Witty, T. E., & Dixon, W. A. (2004). Problem-solving appraisal and human adjustment: A review of 20 years of research utilizing the problem solving inventory. The Counseling Psychologist, 32, 344-428.

Heppner, P. P., & Heppner, M. J. (2004). A guide to successful theses, dissertations, and publishing research. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Heppner, P. P., Fouad, N.A., & Hansen, N. (Eds.) (2002). First and second generations in the counseling profession: Personal and professional perspectives. MU Custom Publishing: Columbia, MO

Heppner, P. P., Kivlighan, D., Jr., & Wampold, B. E. (1999). Research design in counseling (2nd ed.), Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Heppner, P. P. (Ed.), (1990). Pioneers in counseling and human development: Personal and professional Perspectives. Washington, DC: AACD.

Selected Book Chapters

Heppner, P. P., & Wang, Y. (2003). Problem-solving appraisal. In S. J. Lopez & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Positive psychology assessment: Handbook of Models and Measures (pp. 127-138).Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.

Heppner, P. P., & Lee, D. G. (2002). Problem solving appraisal and psychological adjustment. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp.288-298). New York: Oxford University Press.

Heppner, P. P. (2001). Counseling psychology: Past and present. In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science (3rd Ed., Vol. 1, pp. 379-380). New York: Wiley.

Heppner, M. J. & Heppner, P. P. (2001). The implications of male socialization for career counseling. In G. Brooks and G. Good (Eds.) A new handbook of counseling and psychotherapy approaches for men (pp. 369-389). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Heppner, P.P., Casas, J. M., Carter, J., & Stone, G. L. (2000). The maturation of counseling psychology: Multifaceted perspectives from 1978-1998. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology (3rd ed., pp. 3-49). New York: Wiley.

National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling (Taipei, Taiwan), March 8, 2002. Everything you wanted to know about getting into graduate school in the U.S.

National Changhua University (Changhua, Taiwan), March 14, 2002. Twenty of years of research on problem solving appraisal: Empirical evidence, counseling applications, and current research.

National Seoul University (Seoul, South Korea), March 18, 2002. Twenty of years of research on problem solving appraisal: Empirical evidence, counseling applications, and current research.

Catholic University of Korea (Seoul, South Korea), March 15, 2002. The role of problem solving appraisal in psychological adjustment and career planning.

Taiwan Fulbright Association (Taipei, Taiwan), March 28, 2002. Achieving Admittance to Graduate Schools in Counseling Psychology in the United States.

Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China), April 12, 2002. Twenty years of research on problem solving appraisal: Empirical evidence, counseling applications and future directions.

National Taiwan Normal University, Office of Research and Development (Taipei, Taiwan), May 10, 2002. Publishing in US journals in the behavioral and social sciences.

National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, Taiwan), May 13, 2002. Professional and personal views of counseling psychology from a dual career couple.

Chinese Guidance Association (Taipei, Taiwan), May 24, 2002. Steps on the path to publishing in US journals.

National Central University (Taoyuan, Taiwan), June 7, 2002. Applications of problem solving for Counseling.

US Fulbright Commission. Gotenberg University, Sweden, 1985

US Fulbright Commission. University College Cork, Ireland, 1994

National Institutes of Health. "A culturally-based walking intervention for black women." Co-PI, $100,000., 2000

Incidence, Management, and Psychosocial Aspects of Lymphedema. CO-PI, $1.2M., 2001-2005

US Fulbright Commission, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 2002

MU Research Council, Rape Prevalence and Coping in Two Asian Countries: Extending Models of Rape Recovery and Trauma Resolution. $5,000, 2002

International

• Fulbright Research and Teaching Scholar, Taiwan, 2002.
• UM/UWC Faculty Exchange Program, South Africa, 1995.
• Fulbright Research and Teaching Scholar, Ireland, 1994.
• Fulbright Research Scholar, Sweden, 1985.

National

• Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1991.
• Fellow, Division 17, American Psychological Association, 1989.

University

• Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, University of Missouri, 2003.
• Selected as one of the ten leading MU scholars to mentor new faculty with MU Carnegie Teaching Institute, 2000
• Crossing Boundaries Circle Award for innovative teaching practices of collaboration with students, University of Missouri, 1999.
• High Flyer Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Education, University of Missouri: 1998-2003.
• One of 90 Notable Graduates of Teachers College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1997.
• William T. Kemper Fellow for Excellence in Teaching. One of ten UMC faculty identified for outstanding teaching, 1993.
• Named Professorship, Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of the Social Sciences (for "outstanding teaching and research"), UMC, 1990-1995.
• Wakonse Fellowship, 1991.
• Summer Research Fellowship (UMC), 1982, 1985.