Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5507
Fax: (626) 815-5015
Email: kreimer@apu.edu
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Kevin Reimer, Ph.D.
Professor of Graduate Psychology
School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences
Profile
Kevin Reimer, Professor in the Department of Graduate Psychology. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in moral personality at the University of British Columbia and virtue in moral functioning at the University of Oxford. Reimer’s research interests are focused on the development of moral functioning in the social cognition of care exemplars. His grant-funded work includes human altruism (John Fetzer Institute), spiritual transformation (Metanexus/John Templeton Foundation), peace psychology (US Department of Justice), and adolescent moral personality (Institute for Research on Unlimited Love). He is an ordained minister of Word & Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Education
Ph.D. – Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
M.Div. – Regent College
Dip.CS – Regent College
B.A. – University of California, Davis
M.Div. – Regent College
Dip.CS – Regent College
B.A. – University of California, Davis
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Presentations
Matusba, M., Rash, J., & Reimer, K. (2007, March). Narrative selves in moral spaces. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.
Reimer, K., Walker, L.J., DeWitt, B., & Clevenger, J. (2007, March). Prototypical conceptions of moral maturity in adolescent personality. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.
Beye-Jacoubs, J., Welsh, R., Ermshar, A., & Reimer, K. (2006, August). Factor structure of the PCL-R on female insanity patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Reimer, K., Jiang, Y., Clevenger, J., & Welsh, R. (2006, August). Naturalistic conceptions of moral commitment: Pathways for resiliency in adolescent personality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Free, R., Arney, D., Chan, W., Stevenson, L., Morgan, J., Smith, J., Zaha, N., Welsh, R., & Reimer, K. (2006, August). Assessing the impact of level of sophistication on deceit using computational linguistics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Publications
Brown, S., Reimer, K., Dueck, A., Gorsuch, R., Strong, R., & Sidesinger, T. (in press). A particular peace: Psychometric properties of the Just Peacemaking Inventory. Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
Dueck, A., Reimer, K., Morgan, J., & Brown, S. (in press). Let peace flourish: Descriptive and Applied Research from the Conflict Transformation Study. In M. Abu-Nimer & D. Augsburger (Eds.). Conflict Transformation. Pasadena, CA: Fuller Seminary Press.
Reimer, K. (in press). Agape, brokenness, and theological realism in L’Arche. In C. Boyd (Ed.). Visions of Agape. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Reimer, K. (forthcoming). Reconciliation and healing of persons in L’Arche. In A. Dueck and K. Putnam (Eds.), Redeeming difficult hope. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Reimer, K., Dueck, A., Morgan, J., & Kessel, D. (forthcoming). A peaceable common: Collective wisdom from exemplar Muslim and Christian peacemakers. In A. Day (Ed.). Religion and the Individual. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Research
2007 Keynote Address, Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania
2007 Symposium Presentation, John Templeton Foundation Humble Approach Initiative, Learning from the Disabled, Trosly-Breuil, France
2006 Moral Personality Symposium, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
2006 Symposium Presentation, Muslim/Christian Conflict Mediation Program Symposium, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
2006 Symposium Presentation, Metanexus/John Templeton Foundation Grant Recipient symposium, Spiritual Transformation Program; University of California, Berkeley
View All Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Matusba, M., Rash, J., & Reimer, K. (2007, March). Narrative selves in moral spaces. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.
Reimer, K., Walker, L.J., DeWitt, B., & Clevenger, J. (2007, March). Prototypical conceptions of moral maturity in adolescent personality. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.
Beye-Jacoubs, J., Welsh, R., Ermshar, A., & Reimer, K. (2006, August). Factor structure of the PCL-R on female insanity patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Reimer, K., Jiang, Y., Clevenger, J., & Welsh, R. (2006, August). Naturalistic conceptions of moral commitment: Pathways for resiliency in adolescent personality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Free, R., Arney, D., Chan, W., Stevenson, L., Morgan, J., Smith, J., Zaha, N., Welsh, R., & Reimer, K. (2006, August). Assessing the impact of level of sophistication on deceit using computational linguistics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Publications
Brown, S., Reimer, K., Dueck, A., Gorsuch, R., Strong, R., & Sidesinger, T. (in press). A particular peace: Psychometric properties of the Just Peacemaking Inventory. Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
Dueck, A., Reimer, K., Morgan, J., & Brown, S. (in press). Let peace flourish: Descriptive and Applied Research from the Conflict Transformation Study. In M. Abu-Nimer & D. Augsburger (Eds.). Conflict Transformation. Pasadena, CA: Fuller Seminary Press.
Reimer, K. (in press). Agape, brokenness, and theological realism in L’Arche. In C. Boyd (Ed.). Visions of Agape. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Reimer, K. (forthcoming). Reconciliation and healing of persons in L’Arche. In A. Dueck and K. Putnam (Eds.), Redeeming difficult hope. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Reimer, K., Dueck, A., Morgan, J., & Kessel, D. (forthcoming). A peaceable common: Collective wisdom from exemplar Muslim and Christian peacemakers. In A. Day (Ed.). Religion and the Individual. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Research
2007 Keynote Address, Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania
2007 Symposium Presentation, John Templeton Foundation Humble Approach Initiative, Learning from the Disabled, Trosly-Breuil, France
2006 Moral Personality Symposium, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
2006 Symposium Presentation, Muslim/Christian Conflict Mediation Program Symposium, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
2006 Symposium Presentation, Metanexus/John Templeton Foundation Grant Recipient symposium, Spiritual Transformation Program; University of California, Berkeley
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Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Awards and Honors
2007 Beverly Hardcastle Stanford Award in Ethics and Values, Azusa Pacific University
2006 Graduate Scholarly Achievement Award, Azusa Pacific University
2005 Center for the Study of Ethics & Values Scholarship Award, Azusa Pacific University
2005 Institute for Unlimited Love Course Award in Science & Religion, John Templeton Foundation
2004 Young Scholars’ Fellowship, International Society for the Study of Science & Religion
2001 David Allan Hubbard award for academic, professional & spiritual excellence magna cum laude, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
2000 Dennis Guernsey Memorial Fellowship award, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, CA
Ongoing Research Support
Reimer (PI) 5/1/07-5/1/10
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities ($15,000)
Sexuality, Coping, and Moral Decision-Making in Christian Adolescents
Examines thought suppression, coping, and moral chronicity in adolescent sexual appraisals.
Role: Principal Investigator
Reimer (PI) 6/1/05 –6/1/07
Institute for Research on Unlimited Love ($12,000)/Department of Graduate Psychology Matching Grant ($4,000)
Naturalistic Conceptions of Moral Commitment: Pathways for Resiliency in Adolescent Personality
Examines virtue, attachment, and personality in volunteer commitment for high school adolescents from underserved communities.
Role: PI
Reimer (PI) 4/1/05 – 4/1/07
Faculty Research Grant, Azusa Pacific University ($2,350)
An Application of Computational Linguistics to the Detection of Deception
Methodological innovations grant to malingering and faking using latent semantic analysis (LSA).
Role: PI
Completed Research Support
R01 MH056223 Christensen (PI) 12/1/04 – 11/30/06
NIH/NIMH
Supplement to Acceptance and Change in Marital Therapy ($100,000)
Methodological innovations grant to supplement multi-site randomized clinical trial of two behavioral couple therapies examining the impact of therapy on the relationship, individual psychpathology, and family functioning.
Role: Research Methodologist/Consultant
Dueck (PI) 6/1/03 – 6/1/06
Metanexus Institute/John Templeton Foundation ($150,000)
Cognition of Spiritual Transformation: Semantic Structure in Natural Language Processing
Examines spiritually transformative experiences in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian exemplars using computational linguistics.
Role: Co-Investigator
Augsburger (PI) 4/1/03 – 4/1/06
United States Department of Justice ($1,000,000)
Muslim/Christian Conflict Mediation Program
Explores Muslim/Christian peacemaking practices and curriculum in a post-911 environment.
Role: Research Methodologist/Consultant
Giesbrecht (PI) 12/15/2001-12/15/2003
John Fetzer Institute ($100,000)
Altruistic Love and Compassionate Care in L’Arche Communities for the Developmentally Disabled
Considers altruistic motivation, identity, and self-understanding in altruistic exemplars from L’Arche.
Role: Co-Investigator
2007 Beverly Hardcastle Stanford Award in Ethics and Values, Azusa Pacific University
2006 Graduate Scholarly Achievement Award, Azusa Pacific University
2005 Center for the Study of Ethics & Values Scholarship Award, Azusa Pacific University
2005 Institute for Unlimited Love Course Award in Science & Religion, John Templeton Foundation
2004 Young Scholars’ Fellowship, International Society for the Study of Science & Religion
2001 David Allan Hubbard award for academic, professional & spiritual excellence magna cum laude, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
2000 Dennis Guernsey Memorial Fellowship award, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, CA
Ongoing Research Support
Reimer (PI) 5/1/07-5/1/10
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities ($15,000)
Sexuality, Coping, and Moral Decision-Making in Christian Adolescents
Examines thought suppression, coping, and moral chronicity in adolescent sexual appraisals.
Role: Principal Investigator
Reimer (PI) 6/1/05 –6/1/07
Institute for Research on Unlimited Love ($12,000)/Department of Graduate Psychology Matching Grant ($4,000)
Naturalistic Conceptions of Moral Commitment: Pathways for Resiliency in Adolescent Personality
Examines virtue, attachment, and personality in volunteer commitment for high school adolescents from underserved communities.
Role: PI
Reimer (PI) 4/1/05 – 4/1/07
Faculty Research Grant, Azusa Pacific University ($2,350)
An Application of Computational Linguistics to the Detection of Deception
Methodological innovations grant to malingering and faking using latent semantic analysis (LSA).
Role: PI
Completed Research Support
R01 MH056223 Christensen (PI) 12/1/04 – 11/30/06
NIH/NIMH
Supplement to Acceptance and Change in Marital Therapy ($100,000)
Methodological innovations grant to supplement multi-site randomized clinical trial of two behavioral couple therapies examining the impact of therapy on the relationship, individual psychpathology, and family functioning.
Role: Research Methodologist/Consultant
Dueck (PI) 6/1/03 – 6/1/06
Metanexus Institute/John Templeton Foundation ($150,000)
Cognition of Spiritual Transformation: Semantic Structure in Natural Language Processing
Examines spiritually transformative experiences in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian exemplars using computational linguistics.
Role: Co-Investigator
Augsburger (PI) 4/1/03 – 4/1/06
United States Department of Justice ($1,000,000)
Muslim/Christian Conflict Mediation Program
Explores Muslim/Christian peacemaking practices and curriculum in a post-911 environment.
Role: Research Methodologist/Consultant
Giesbrecht (PI) 12/15/2001-12/15/2003
John Fetzer Institute ($100,000)
Altruistic Love and Compassionate Care in L’Arche Communities for the Developmentally Disabled
Considers altruistic motivation, identity, and self-understanding in altruistic exemplars from L’Arche.
Role: Co-Investigator
Expertise
Computational Linguistics
Human Development
Moral and Spiritual Functioning
Research Methodology
Courses Taught
Advanced Developmental Psychology (PPSY 558)
Cognition (PPSY 730)
Dissertation Development (PPSY 731)
Cognition (PPSY 730)
Dissertation Development (PPSY 731)
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
