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E. William Clymer

The challenge of designing, developing and evaluating instructional materials and products is what attracted E. William Clymer to NTID in 1975.

The talented people he works with every day, the challenges he encounters on his job and the entrepreneurial opportunities he can take advantage of to add value to the institute are why he’s remained.

“Leading the way in innovative technological teaching methods for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and working with colleagues on campus and around the world to benefit student learning, has been very exciting and rewarding for me,” says Clymer.

He has both an MBA and a master’s degree in education, and serves as the Interim Director of the Postsecondary Education Network (PEN)–International, a partnership between NTID and The Nippon Foundation of Japan that helps universities, primarily in the Asian-Pacific Basin, serve postsecondary deaf students, by applying instructional technologies and improving and updating their technical curriculum.

Clymer also serves as Interim Director of the NTID Center on Access Technology, and investigates, evaluates and trains faculty and staff to use innovative technologies in educational settings for postsecondary students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

His duties have led him around the world—not only to countries throughout the Asian Pacific region, but also to Russia, England and Australia.

This extensive travel allows Clymer to pursue his passion in photography. He also is an avid collector of old cameras, and has authored three books on the administrative applications of microcomputers.

One of the things he is most proud of is chairing the biennial NTID International Symposium on Technology and Education of the Deaf for the past 15 years. It’s the premier venue for professionals in instructional and access technology fields, and attracts more than 250 deaf education professionals from more than a dozen countries.

“It’s enlightening and inspiring to have so many people all over the world whose goal is to provide the best education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students,” he says.

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