Background
Palmer, Edward L. was born on August 11, 1938 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Son of Ralph Leon and Eva Irene (Brandenburg) Palmer.
Psychology educator researcher writer
Palmer, Edward L. was born on August 11, 1938 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Son of Ralph Leon and Eva Irene (Brandenburg) Palmer.
Bachelor, Gettysburg College, 1960. Bachelor's Degree, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1964. Master of Science, Ohio University, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio University, 1970.
Assistant professor Western Maryland. College, Westminster, 1968-1970. Assistant professor Davidson College, North Carolina, 1970-1977, associate professor, 1977-1986, chair, 1985, professor, 1986, Watson professor, 1991.
Guest researcher Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977.
Visiting scholar University of California at Los Angeles, 1984. Consultant Council on Children, Media, Merchandising, 1978-1979, 1st Union Bank Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1975-1979.
National Science Foundation proposal reviewer, 1978. Editl. reviewer Journal Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1978.
Editor: Children and the Faces of television, 1980.
Author: (book) Children in the Cradle of television, 1987. Contributor to Wiley Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1984, Lawrence Erlbaum Associations, 1991, Sage Public, 1993, 96. Author journal articles and book chapters Secretary A. Mecklenburg Child Development Association, Davidson and Cornelius, North Carolina, 1974-1978.
Board mem.pub. radio station WDAV, 1970-1990.
Telecommunications task force RutgersU., 1981.
Secretary Mecklenburg Child Development Association, Davidson and Cornelius, North Carolina, 1974-1978. Board member public radio Station WDAV, 1970-1990, Telecomms. task force Rutgers University, 1981. Member American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Association Heads Departments Psychology (chair 1994-1996), American Psychological Association (task force on advertising and children 2001-2003), Southeastern Psychological Association, Southeastern Society Social Psychologists, Phi Beta Kappa (president Davidson chapter 1985-1986).
Children: Edward Lee, Jennifer Lynn.