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APU Professor Awarded Scholarly Achievement Award
October 4, 2006
AZUSA, Calif. –
Coarsegold, Calif. resident Kevin Reimer, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology at Azusa Pacific University, received the Graduate Scholarly Achievement Award for 2006, which recognizes Reimer's excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
"It's a tremendous honor to receive this award," said Reimer. "I greatly value and appreciate APU, and this validation in turn is immensely gratifying."
Reimer holds a notable list of grant-funding research programs and publications. he is co-author od The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspectives and is currently working on A Peaceable Therapeutic. Reimer's areas of reseach include moral identity in adolescence, altruistic love, and spiritual transformation.
Reimer holds a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and English from the University of California, Davis; an M.Div. in Christian Studies in Ethics from Recent College, Vancouver, Canada; and a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary's Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, Calif. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Unversity of Oxford (Wycliffe Hall) in Oxford, U.K. Bringing five years of teaching experience in psychology at the college level, Reimer joined APU's Graduate School of Psychology in 2004.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 50 areas of undergraduate study, 21 master's degrees, and 6 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,300.
