Joann M. Greer, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
Email: greerjoannemarie@gmail.com
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