Appointments

• Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
• Graduate Faculty, College of Graduate Studies
• Interim Co-Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Biography

Paul J. Hartung, Ph.D. is Professor and Interim Co-Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, where he directs the College of Medicine’s first-year courses in the psychosocial foundations of clinical medicine.

He maintains a national and international reputation of excellence for his work in the areas of career development and vocational psychology, including publishing numerous articles, chapters, and edited books.

Dr. Hartung is a 2024 UH-NEOMED Faculty Scholar and listed in Elsevier’s 2023 World’s Top 2% of Scientists for career and single-year publication citations.

He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the International Association of Applied Psychology, and the National Career Development Association.

For lifetime achievement, he received the NCDA Eminent Career Award (2020) and the APA Society for Vocational Psychology Distinguished Contributions Award (2021).

Area of Expertise/Research Interests

Dr. Hartung studies work and career in human life, with emphases on physician careers and specialty choice, work-life balance, career decision-making, work values, and career construction theory and practice. He is interested in how people (a) explore, choose, and adjust to work over the life span, (b) use work to shape their identities and advance their life stories, and (c) navigate and balance work along with roles in non-work spheres of life, such as family, play, and community.

Education

• Ph.D., Counseling and Human Development Services, Cognate: Psychology, Kent State University, 1992.
• M.A., Community Counseling, Kent State University, 1986
• B.A., Psychology, The University of Toledo, 1984

Courses

• Practice of Medicine 1-3