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George Brinton

Associate Professor   Department: English   Location:   Phone:

Professor Brinton has served as both associate professor of English at Brooklyn College and as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Computer and Information Science since 1980. He was the director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program from 1998 through 2007. Brinton was adjunct associate professor of marketing at New York University, 1979-82; associate professor, New School of Liberal Arts, Brooklyn College, 1974-80; assistant professor, New School of Liberal Arts, Brooklyn College, 1972-74; and assistant professor of English, Amherst College, 1969-72. Brinton was also a communications consultant for IBM, 1978; Latham Publishers, 1976; and Eversharp-Schick, 1968-69. Education: Advanced Professional Certificate, New York University Graduate School of Business Administration - 1980 (Computer Applications and Information Science) Ph.D., University of Washington - 1969 (English) M.A., University of Washington - 1966 (English) B.A., Cornell University - 1964 (English and Electrical Engineering) Areas of Expertise: Computer programming and data structures; psychological approaches to literature. Books and Publications Hainline, L., P. Lesser, M. Kogen and G. Brinton. Introduction. "The Problem of Quantitative Literacy." Transformations, 2002: Working Papers from an Interdisciplinary Seminar on the Freshman Year Experience. Brooklyn College Undergraduate Dean's Office. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2003 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "Quantitative Reasoning across a Core Curriculum, Quantitative Reasoning Across the Disciplines." Regional Conference. Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 1999 Discussion leader. American Association of Higher Education Conference on Institutional Change. Washington, D.C., November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 1998 Professional Leadership Director, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, Brooklyn College, 1988-2007. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007 Co-director, Quantitative Reasoning across the Curriculum Project, Brooklyn College (National Science Foundation grant, 1999-2002). (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2002