Joann M. Greer, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita

Biography

Licensed in psychology in Maryland (1982-2004; currently retired); board-certified in psychoanalysis by American Psychoanalytic Association (1989 forward; currently retired). Private practice in psychoanalysis, 1982-2004.

Employment at Loyola on Pastoral Counseling Faculty 1987-2006; Director of Doctoral Research 1989-2003; Retired from Pastoral Counseling Department as a Full Professor in 2006; Current rank: Professor Emerita.

Prior employment: mathematical statistician or mathematical psychologist, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services 1974-1987. Educator, Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg, 1957-65.

Education

B.S., mathematics, St. Mary's Dominican College, New Orleans, LA
M.Ed. (CACREP), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Ph.D. in psychological measurement and statistics, University of Maryland College Park
Post-Doctoral Studies at Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Washington, D.C.

Publications

Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse, Kevin Mayhew Press, London, 2011.
The Dark Night of the Catholic Church: Examining the Child Sexual Abuse Scandal, co-authored with Brother Brendan Geary, S.M., Kevin Mayhew Press, London, 2011.
Sexual Issues: Understanding and Advising in a Christian Context, co-authored with Brother Brendan Geary, S.M., Kevin Mayhew Press, London, 2010.
Author of a large number of journal articles and book chapters; Former editor of Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion; Former editor of Abstracts of Research in Pastoral Counseling.

Areas of Specialization

Sexual offenders
Clerical sexual abuse
Research methods in pastoral counseling