Richard O. Clemmer

Background

Richard was born on December 11, 1945 in Oakland, California, United States. He is the son of Edward Grieg, a teacher, and Florence LaClaire (Wohfrom) Clemmer, a teacher.

Education

In 1967 Richard finished University of California in Santa Barbara, California, United States and attained Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology. In 1969 Richard got Master of Arts degree in anthropology at University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States. Moreover, in 1972 Clemmer obtained Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology.

Career

In 1967 Richard was a reader at University of California in Santa Barbara, California, United States. From 1969 till 1970 Richard worked as a teaching assistant at University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Moreover, from 1972 to 1973 he held the post of a visiting assistant professor of Department of Anthropology at State University of New York in Binghamton, New York, United States.

It is important to say that Richard Clemmer worked as an assistant professor of Department of Anthropology in Brooklyn College, City University of New York. From 1976 to 1978 he was a visiting member of extrasessional faculty at Department of Anthropology and Sociology at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In 1976 Richard served at adjunct faculty at School of New Resources, College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York, United States. From 1977 till 1978 he worked as a visiting lecturer at California State University in Northridge, Los Angeles, United States. From 1978 till 1979 Richard Clemmer held the post of an associate professor of anthropology and American Indian studies. Since 1979 till 1981 he acted as an adjunct associate professor.

What is more, in 1981 Richard was a consultant at Human Environment Research Corporation in Santa Barbara, California, United States. In 1983 he held the post of the head of Social and Economic Development Strategy Project in Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado. In 1984 Clemmer served as seasonal staff member of Pinon Canyon Archaeological Project at University of Denver in Pinon Canyon, Colorado, United States.

Also, from 1983 till 1986 he worked as a senior lecturer of Department of Anthropology at University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, United States. Since 1986 Richard held the post of an associate professor. Since 1985 he was an advisor to the director of The Sacred Lands Film Project in La Honda, California, United States. In 1989 Richard Clemmer worked as a consultant at U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Elko, Nevada, United States.

From 1989 till 1991 Clemmer served as a consultant at Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno/Yucca Mountain Waste Depository Environmental Assessment Project, Department of Energy. In 1997 he was a consultant at Ethnoscience in Billings, Montana, United States. In 1997 Richard held the post of a consultant at Woods Cultural Research, Inc. in Evergreen, Colorado, United States. Since 1978 he was a chair and organizer for numerous symposiums.

Also, Clemmer worked as a consultant for anthropological films, including Four Comers: A National Sacrifice Area?, Hopi, Native Americans: Yesterday and Today and Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World. From 2002 till 2011 Richard worked as a professor of Department of Anthropology and Curator of Ethnology at Denver University Museum of Anthropology.

Works

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  • Roads In The Sky: The Hopi Indians In A Century Of Change 1995
  • Julian Steward and the Great Basin: The Making of an Anthropologist 1999
  • Continuities of Hopi Culture Change 1978

Membership

• American Anthropological Association , United States

• American Society for Ethnohistory , United States

• Great Basin Anthropological Association

• Association of Political and Legal Anthropologists

• Society for Applied Anthropology

• High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology

• American Academy of Religion

• American Alliance of Museums

• Native American Art Studies Association

Connections

Father:

Edward Grieg Clemmer

Mother:

Florence LaClaire (Wohfrom) Clemmer

Wife:

Carolyn Clemmer Smith