Steven G. Brint

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Steven G. Brint (born 1951) is an American sociologist specializing in the study of organizations and education. [1]

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He is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at University of California Riverside. [2]

He is known for his comparative study of schooling systems around the world and for his work on the transformations of higher education, professionalism, and class politics in the United States. His work is noteworthy for recasting the theory of class inversion in the United States, for analysis of the historical transition from “social-trustee” to “expert” professionalism, and for its exploration of managerial (as opposed to consumer, state, and business) interests in the transformation of U.S. higher education institutions [3]

He is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed articles and books, with over 12,000 citations. [4] His work has been published in many of the top journals in the fields of higher education and sociology including: The American Journal of Sociology, [5] Sociological Theory, [6] and Sociology of Education. [7] Brint is married to historian Michele Renee Salzman.

Education

Brint received his B.A. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973 and his M.A. and Ph.D., both in sociology, from Harvard University. [8] As an undergraduate, he worked at the Center for Studies in Higher Education, where he remains an associated faculty member today. [9] While at Harvard, Brint worked with Jerome Karabel at the Huron Institute studying higher education.

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  2. ↑ "UCR Profiles - Search & Browse". profiles.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  3. ↑ "Steven G. Brint - Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality". inequality.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
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  5. ↑ Brint, Steven (July 1984). ""New-Class" and Cumulative Trend Explanations of the Liberal Political Attitudes of Professionals". American Journal of Sociology. 90 (1): 30–71. doi:10.1086/228047. ISSN   0002-9602. S2CID   143843383.
  6. ↑ Brint, Steven (March 2001). "Gemeinschaft Revisited: A Critique and Reconstruction of the Community Concept". Sociological Theory. 19 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1111/0735-2751.00125. ISSN   0735-2751. S2CID   1629834.
  7. ↑ Brint, Steven; Contreras, Mary F.; Matthews, Michael T. (2001). "Socialization Messages in Primary Schools: An Organizational Analysis". Sociology of Education. 74 (3): 157–180. doi:10.2307/2673273. ISSN   0038-0407. JSTOR   2673273.
  8. ↑ "Faculty Spotlight: Steven Brint". School of Public Policy. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  9. ↑ "Steven G. Brint | Center for Studies in Higher Education". cshe.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  10. ↑ "Elected Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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  12. ↑ "Sociology of Education Award Recipient History". American Sociological Association. 2023-03-07.
  13. ↑ Nietzel, Michael T. "The Year's Best Books About Higher Education". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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