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Heather Ann Clements, Ph.D.
Professor of Systematic Theology, Department of Theology and Philosophy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5239
Fax: (626) 815-5469
Email: hclements@apu.edu
 
Education
Ph.D. - Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Claremont Graduate University, 1997
M.A. - Religion, The School of Theology at Claremont, 1991
B.A. - English and French, Mount Union College, 1988

Credentials
Certificat, L’Institut d’Etudes Francaises a Touraine, Universite de Tours, France (1998). Certified to teach French as a foreign language at the secondary level in Europe.
Pastor, Pacific Southwest Conference, The Mennonite Church, June, 1997.
Profile
Heather Ann Clements, Ph.D., is a professor for the Department of Theology and Philosophy in the School of Theology. She is a third-generation northern Appalachian migrant and a widely published author on the Appalachian religion, as well as church history, and culture and women in religion. Ackley has also been interviewed for her expertise concerning religion and theology for print, radio, and television.
Expertise
Appalachian Religion, Appalachian Migrants in the urban U.S.
Bipolar Disorder and Depressive Illness
Contemporary Theologies
Teaching Religion with the Arts
Women Studies in Religion