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A Saint Louis University alumnus has written a new biography about his teacher and mentor, Walter Ong, SJ, the world-renowned communication and cultural studies expert.
Thomas J. Farrell, who earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Saint Louis University, delves into Ong's groundbreaking work with his new book Walter Ong's Contribution to Cultural Studies: The Phenomenology of the Word and I-Thou Communication.
Farrell has studied Ong's research and writings for more than 30 years. While at Saint Louis University, Farrell studied under Ong, and in recent years (1992-99), he has co-edited and contributed to four volumes of Ong's collected studies and essays.
Ong is widely considered one of the 20th century's most original and influential thinkers. A university professor emeritus at SLU, Ong is well known in the United States and throughout the English-speaking world and elsewhere for his 22 books and hundreds of contributions to learned and popular periodicals.
Ong earned his master's degree at Saint Louis University and his doctorate from Harvard University. He joined the faculty of Saint Louis University as a professor of English and French in 1959 and later became a professor of humanities in psychiatry in 1970, holding all three positions until his retirement in 1984.
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