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Edison J. "Ed" Trickett (1941–2022) was an American folk musician and academic. He was a professor of psychology at Yale University, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Illinois Chicago.

Biography
Trickett was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. At a young age he moved to Washington, D.C., where was raised by his grandparents and aunt. He was educated at Beauvoir School and St. Albans School in D.C. before going to Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, for his undergraduate studies and The Ohio State University for his postgraduate work.

Academic career
Trickett subsequently held faculty positions at Yale University, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Illinois Chicago. Trickett had served as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Community Psychology and received awards for distinguished contributions to the field. The journal referred to him as a pioneer in community psychology.

Musical career
As well as his academic career, Trickett was "a well-loved musician in the folk music community". Having sung as a child in the choir at Washington National Cathedral, he was inspired by the harmonies to create arrangements. Subsequently, he appeared on over 40 recordings with Folk-Legacy Records, now held at the Smithsonian Institution. As well as 4 solo records, he released 11 records as a trio with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir and several other recordings with other artists. In an 2015 interview, he stated that he had to take time off from his first week as assistant professor at Yale in order to perform at Woodstock.

Discography

 * The Telling Takes me Home (1972), Folk Legacy Records


 * Turning Toward the Morning (1975), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * Gently Down the Stream of Time (1977), Folk Legacy Records


 * The Ways of Man (1978), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * A Water Over Stone (1980), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * People Like You (1982), Folk Legacy Records


 * All Shall be Well Again (1983), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * Fashioned in the Clay (1985), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * Minneapolis Concert (1987), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * And so Will we Yet (1990), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * For All the Good People, A Golden Ring Reunion (1993), Folk Legacy Records, with Cathy Barton, Dave Para, Harry Tuft, Sandy Paton and Caroline Paton


 * The First Fifteen Years, Volume I (1992), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * The First Fifteen Years, Volume II (1992), Folk Legacy Records, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * Language of the Heart (1994), Timberhead Music, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir


 * Harbors of Home (1998), Timberhead Music, with Gordon Bok and Ann Mayo Muir