Ena Vazquez-Nuttall

Ena Vazquez-Nuttall was a Puerto Rican psychologist known for her work on the relevance of cultural diversity in the field of psychology.

Early life and education

Vazquez-Nuttall was born in 1937 in Salinas, Puerto Rico. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico. She earned a master's degree from Radcliffe College, and an EdD in counseling and school psychology from Boston University.

Career

Vazquez-Nuttall started graduate programs in school psychology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Northeastern University. She was the Associate Dean and Director of Graduate School of the Bouve College of Health Sciences from 1992 until 2004. She retired from Northeastern University in 2009 after working there for 21 years.

Honors and awards

In 1990 the received a National Association of School Psychologists Presidential Award. In 2004 Vazquez-Nuttall was honored by the National Latino Psychological Association. In 2004 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association, and the association established a scholarship in her name. Upon her death in 2011, Northeastern University's Bouvé College of Health Sciences instituted the Ena Vazquez-Nuttall Award for students who demonstrate outstanding multicultural contributions to the discipline.

Selected publications

Sue, D. W., Carter, R. T., Casas, J. M., Fouad, N. A., Ivey, A. E., Jensen, M., LaFromboise, T., Manese, J. E., Ponterotto, J. G., & Vazquez-Nutall, E.. Multicultural counseling competencies: Individual and organizational development. Sage Publications, Inc.

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