Jerry Bergman

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Dr. Gerald R. "Jerry" Bergman is a multi-award winning professor and author. His 9 degrees are in the area of science, including a PhD. from Wayne State University. He has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate level for over 40 years, at including at the medical college of Ohio. His over 2,200 publications are in both scholarly and popular science journals. Dr. Bergman’s work has been translated into 15 languages including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Polish, Czech, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish and Swedish. His books, and books that include chapters that he authored, are in over 2,500 college libraries in 65 countries. So far over 80,000 copies of the 60 books and monographs that he has authored or co-authored are in print. Bergman has spoken over 2,000 times to college, university and church groups in America, Canada, Europe, the South Sea Islands, and Africa. His Past experience includes a speaker and researcher for The Institute for Creation Research.

Gerald Bergman
1-419-551-4242 (Cell)
321 Iuka Rd.
Montpelier, OH 43543
Email: jbergman1946@gmail.com

Education

  • 2001 to 2004: Masters of Science of Occupational Health (M.S.O.H) Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio. Major area of study was in the health and medical science area. June 2004. Thesis title was “Evaluation of Optical Radiation in Medical Diagnostics and Treatment.” (3.8 GPA).
  • 1994 to 2000: Graduate student in Molecular Biology Department at the Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio (102 quarter graduate hours completed; 3.9 GPA).
  • 1998 to 2001: Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.). Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health (Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio; University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio; Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio). (3.9 GPA).
  • 1996-1999: Masters of Science in Biomedical Science (M.S.B.S.), Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio (3.9 GPA). Thesis was on Tumor Markers in Cancer Treatment.
  • 1996: Accepted as a Ph.D. student, department of chemistry Miami University in Oxford Ohio. So far have completed 40 graduate quarter hours in chemistry (4.0 GPA). The degree was not completed because grant that supported me and several other grad students was not renewed due to budget cuts.
  • 1992-1996: Post-graduate study. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Studied geology, philosophy, nutrition, chemistry, and meteorology (3.6 GPA).
  • 1989-1992: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, CA 94901. Major was Human Biology (4.0 GPA). Dissertation was on Magnetic Resonance Imaging directed by Professor John A. Short Department of Anatomy, University of Pittsburgh, PA. 15261 and published by University of Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI.
  • 1982-1986: Masters of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology with a major in Social Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio (3.5 GPA).
  • 1977-1987: Accepted as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at Bowling Green State University and have completed most all of the course work for this degree (so far completed 60 hours of graduate level course work at primarily in the Behavioral Sciences (3.5 GPA).
  • 1971-1976: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Majored in Evaluation and Research, minored in Psychology (4.0 GPA). (Wayne State University is listed as one of the 3.6 percent of all universities with a Carnegie classification as a major research university. It has 30,000 students and 350 degree programs).
  • 1970-1971: Master of Education (M.Ed.) Degree, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Major area of study was in Psychology, Education, and Counseling (3.71 GPA).
  • 1968-1970: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202. Major areas of study included Psychology and General science (Biology, and Physical Science). Teaching certification, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI., both at Primary and Secondary levels.

Select Honors and Awards

Marquis Who’s Who published awarded me A Lifetime of Achievement Award in Vol II Executive Spotlight Award. pp xi-xxii. 2020. Marquis Who’s Who Ventures Uniondale, MY. Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the Midwest, since 1992; Marquis Who’s Who in America since 2000; and in Marquis Who’s Who in Education since the 6th Edition, and Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering since the 8th edition (latest is the 2018 edition), Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare since 2005; and Who’s Who in Theology and Science, pp. 18-19, and was in 2018 given the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Who’s Who Award. I am also listed in the Winthrop Publishing Company, Framingham, MA, 1992 and 1996 edition (New York, Continuum 1996 p. 32); and Who’s Who in America 47th Ed., New Providence, NJ 07974. Listed in Research Centers Directory edited by Maurice Michelle Watkins, Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Michigan, 1990; and in Internationales AdreBregister der Sektenarbeet Munchen 1997-1998. My research library is listed in The Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers (Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI. 2001). October 29, 2009 appointed Research Associate at Logos Research Foundation, Santa Ana, CA. Appointed to the Creation Research Society board of directors in 2015 and served until 2025.

Academic discrimination

Main Article: Anticreation in public schools

Bergman's doubts about Darwinism, which resulted from a 35 year long study of evolution, has resulted in much opposition from what Stephen Gould calls Darwin Fundamentalists. For example, he was hired in the 1973-74 school year by Bowling Green State University. In his first year opposition to his beliefs surfaced. For example, he was initially employed as an assistant professor but was reduced to the rank of instructor later under the pretence that he did not receive his Ph.D. as soon as he had expected, but his employment was continued until 1976 when the university recommended that he receive a terminal contract for 1976-1977. Bergman's contract for 1976-77 year was changed from terminal to temporary after he completed his Ph.D from Wayne State. In 1978 however, Bergman was denied tenure quite openly due to his involvement in the creation movement and his religious beliefs. Bergman subsequently filed charges with both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission on the grounds that he had been discriminated against on the basis of religion. He had a dozen signed notarized affidavits from his colleagues at Bowing Green supporting his claim that he was let go based on religion, yet both agencies ruled that he was not let go due to religion, but because his peers voted to terminate him (which he already knew). His case received widespread support from the Christian community.

Bergman filed suit in federal district court in 1980, alleging that his due process rights had been violated and that he had been denied tenure on the basis of his religious views. The due process claim was based on the fact that he never received annual written evaluations as required by the University charter. The case was dismissed in 1985. Bergman appealed but the appeal was turned down in 1987. The court ruled that the reason he was let go was because of ethics, namely that he claimed to have credentials in psychology when, in fact, he “had no psychological credentials.” The court rubber stamped the claims of the University. The fact is he originally applied for a test and measurement position at BGSU, but was hired in the psychology area. The reason was, as Dr. Robert Reed in a letter dated Feb. 21, 1973, stated, his “credentials have been … evaluated favorably by faculty members in the Educational Psychology Area” (emphasis in original). The first classes that he taught at BGSU were in the psychology area, and he taught in that area during the entire 7 years he was on the faculty there. He has a masters in social psychology, and another in counseling psychology. The minor for his doctorate was in psychology and his dissertation was on an experimental treatment project for second-felony offenders. His graduate course work in psychology includes a total of 131 quarter hours—well over the hours needed for both a masters and a doctorate. Immediately after he left BGSU, he was hired as an associate professor of psychology at Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan. He also has over 50 publications in the area of psychology, including several books. He was a licensed therapist, and trained under Dr. Ricardo Girona and Dr. William Beausay at Arlington Psychological Associates, both licensed psychologists. Until he was licensed, he was registered with the state board of psychology as a psychological assistant. The state law requires that, to obtain a license, the candidate must:

"complete a minimum of ninety quarter hours of graduate credit ... including a minimum of thirty quarter hours in: (a) Clinical psychopathology, personality, and abnormal behavior; (b) Evaluation of mental and emotional disorders; (c) Diagnosis of mental and emotional disorders; (d) Methods of prevention, intervention, and treatment of mental and emotional disorders. The individual must complete supervised experience ... supervised by a ... qualified professional approved by the committee" (Ohio Laws and Rules, 1997, p. 6).

After he met these requirements, he was licensed. His license enabled him to “diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders” without supervision (Ohio Laws and Rules, 1997, p. 6). The court also ruled that "Dr. Siefert, Dr. Yonker, Dr. Davidson, Dr. Rurke (sic), and Dr. Wiersma... all testified to their negative impressions of plaintiff's work" The fact is, all of these persons admitted they never read any of his work or could not remember Bergman's work. They did object to a Phi Delta Kappa monograph he authored on the creation evolution controversy, but evidently did not read it. It was clear that their total objections were to Bergman's concerns about the validity of Darwinism.[1]

Publications

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Articles

References

  1. ↑ Bergman, J. (2025, February 1). "My Response to the So-Called RationalWiki." Triangle Association for the Science of Creation.
    Singh, S. (2018, August). "Academia: Where One Good Apple Spoils the Bias." AFA Journal.
    N.a. (1983, Spring). "News Briefs." Creation/Evolution Journal 4(2).
    N.a. (1985, Winter). "Teaching Anthropology Newsletter." (6):10.
    Bergman, J. (n.d.). "Does Bowling Green State University Discriminate Against Creationists?" Revolution Against Evolution.

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