Antonio E. Puente PhD
Professor of Psychology, puente@uncw.edu, University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW)
Antonio E. Puente, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), was the 2017 president of the 117,000-member American Psychological Association (founded in 1892).
Born in La Habana, Cuba and emigrated to the US in 1960. Puente received his General Education from Florida Junior College, undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Florida and his master’s and doctorate degree from the University of Georgia in 1978. He has lectured in 20 foreign countries and holds appointments as a visiting professor at the Universidad de Granada (Spain) and the University of California Los Angeles.
He has taught at UNCW since 1981 and prior to that at St. George’s University School of Medicine (neuroanatomy). His primary teaching activities include Brain and Behavior, Clinical Neuropsychology and History of Psychology. Puente is founding director of UNCW’s Centro Hispano. He has taught over 9,000 undergraduates and supervised 36 theses and 10 postdoctoral fellows. His research focuses on the interface between culture and neuropsychology and he collaborates regularly with colleagues in Russia, Spain and Latin America. Puente founded and edited the journals Neuropsychology Review and Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice as well as a book series (33 books) in neuropsychology. He is the author of 8 books, 80 book chapters and 110 journal articles (in English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Italian).
Puente was a Fulbright Scholar in 1983 to Argentina. He received the APA’s Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice in 2011. He has been a member of the APA since 1978 and fellow of ten divisions. He has also served as president of the N.C. Psychological Association, N.C. Psychological Foundation, the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society, National Academy of Neuropsychology, and Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40 of APA). In 2019, Puente will begin serving on the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Foundation and on the Board of Trustees of Carlos Albizu University.
For further information, see www.antonioepuente.com.