Steven G. Brint (born 1951) is an American sociologist specializing in the study of organizations and education. [1]
He is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. [2]
His academic focus is the comparative study of schooling systems around the world and the transformations of higher education, professionalism, and class politics in the United States. He recasts 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 American Journal of Sociology, [5] Sociological Theory, [6] and Sociology of Education. [7] Brint is married to historian Michele Renee Salzman.
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.
Steven G. Brint (born 1951) is an American sociologist specializing in the study of organizations and education. [1]
He is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. [2]
His academic focus is the comparative study of schooling systems around the world and the transformations of higher education, professionalism, and class politics in the United States. He recasts 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 American Journal of Sociology, [5] Sociological Theory, [6] and Sociology of Education. [7] Brint is married to historian Michele Renee Salzman.
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.