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Edward Joseph Clemmer
Dr. Edward J. Clemmer began his life-journey in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1948. He is a Roman Catholic with a Christian family history on both sides of the Catholic/Protestant Reformation divide. His...view moreDr. Edward J. Clemmer began his life-journey in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1948. He is a Roman Catholic with a Christian family history on both sides of the Catholic/Protestant Reformation divide. His secondary education was in minor seminary under the Crosier Fathers at Wawasee Preparatory, Syracuse, Indiana. After a year of college study at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, Ed finished his first degree back home at the University of Saint Francis (Fort Wayne) with B.A. (Cum Laude) double majors in Psychology and Social Work. After a first year of graduate studies in psychology at the New School for Social Research (New York), Ed took his M.S. (R) in General Psychology and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology at Saint Louis University (1975), where he discovered the Jesuits and the original Glory & Praise liturgical music.
His full-time professional career in university teaching and research as a social psychologist would last for another twenty-one years, as he specialized in social cognition, developmental psychology, language use, empirical aesthetics, and communication studies. Ed is a founding "Member Emeritus" of the Association for Psychological Science. His published research in psychology and medical fields appears in several international journals: The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (1980), Language & Speech (1979), American Journal of Orthodontics (1979), Visual Arts Research (1984), Communication Monographs (1984), American Psychologist (1986), Political Communication and Persuasion (1991), and Midwifery (2010). His early research in the psychology of language includes a book chapter: Sabin, Edward J., Clemmer, Edward, J., OConnell, Daniel C., & Kowal, S. (1979). A pausological approach to speech development. In A. W. Siegman & S. Feldstein (Eds.), Of Speech and Time: Temporal Speech Patterns in Interpersonal Contexts (pp. 35-55). His more recent book addressed the social and political psychology of the Opposition Leader of the Malta Labour Party: Alfred Sant Explained: In-Novella ta Malta fil-Mediterran. Malta: PIN, 2000.
His teaching posts have included longer or shorter stays at Saint Louis University (1976-1980), SUNY at Oswego (1980-1981), Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (1981-1986), Emerson College, Boston (1986-1991), St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire (1991-1992), where he discovered the Benedictines. His regular teaching has included units in General Psychology, Sociology, Developmental Psychology, Cognition, Sensation & Perception, and Social Psychology. His specialized teaching units in social psychology have included Personality Theory, Language Development, Psychology of Language, Anomalistic Psychology, Psychology of Religion, and Political Psychology.
Life circumstances (including a divorce) brought Ed to Malta, the island of St. Paul, and to the University of Malta on October 12th (1992-1996), where Ed married his Maltese wife, Jane, a tourist guide, in 1996 (September 3rd); they were remarried in the church in 2008 on the Immaculate Conception feast (December 8th). Jane is Eds European Rosetta Stone: with her multi-lingual fluency and his understanding, they share five languages together: English, Maltese, Spanish, Italian, and French. Four other languages are part of their cultural equation. Eds better knowledge of Latin matches Janes Portuguese; his elementary German matches his wifes elementary Dutch. Eds four sons by his first marriage are thriving in various parts of the United States. Together he and his wife share cultural interests in music, theatre, cinema, literature, and art. But on 12th September 2003, Ed began his journey into writing the Gospel (on the Road to) Emmaus. And after seven years of daily dedication to the task, the written work (in two volumes) was concluded on 10th October 2010. Accordingly, the gospel is explained for us as we are two disciples walking with the Risen Lord on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-32).view less
Books by Edward Joseph Clemmer
Gospel (On the Road To) Emmaus: Volume One Gospel (On the Road To) Emmaus: Volume Two Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings