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Rex Stockton

Rex Stockton is the Class of 1969 Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University, where he has held a wide variety of academic, administrative and professional responsibilities. For 20 years, he directed the annual Paul Munger Summer Conference for counselors at Indiana University, a well-known in-service training program for […]

Rex Stockton is the Class of 1969 Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University, where he has held a wide variety of academic, administrative and professional responsibilities. For 20 years, he directed the annual Paul Munger Summer Conference for counselors at Indiana University, a well-known in-service training program for counselors in Indiana and neighboring states.

Dr. Stockton is a recipient of the American Counseling Association’s Extended Research Award and the Association for Specialists in Group Work Eminent Career Award. Most recently, he received APA’s Division 49, the Arthur Teicher Award. He is also a recipient of the Burton W. Gorman Teaching Award at Indiana University and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision’s Distinguished Mentor Award. In addition to his research efforts, Dr. Stockton has conducted many workshops, nationally and internationally.

As well as his consulting, instructional and research activities, Dr. Stockton has held numerous offices and committee assignments in professional societies. Among other roles, he is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Currently, Dr. Stockton leads a project focusing on counselor training and research related to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. More information about the International Counseling, Advocacy, Research and Education (I-CARE) project may be found here.