Michael Brint, D.Phil.
Uyeno-Tseng Professor of International Studies, Professor of Political Science, Faculty Director CLU-Oxford Study Abroad
Dr. Brint has been a visiting professor at Stanford University; an assistant professor of government and foreign affairs at University of Virginia; Thomas Jefferson Professor at Cambridge University, England; and, immediately prior to coming to CLU, was Director of the Integrated Program in Humane Studies and Associate Professor of Humane Studies at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. From 2000-2005, Dr. Brint served as CLU's Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science. In 2006, he was named the Uyeno-Tseng Professor of International Studies. As an alumnus of Balliol College, Oxford, he developed a study abroad program to Oxford University and Europe in 2008 and now serves as the program's permanent faculty director.
Education
B.A. Honors in Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz (1977)
D.Phil. in Politics (emphasis in political theory), Balliol College, Oxford University (1984)
Thomas Jefferson Fellow
Z Society Award for Outstanding Professor (University of Virginia)
UVa Award for Outstanding Teaching
Kenyon College Award for Outstandng Teaching
American Political Science Association Award for Outstanding Teaching
Diversity Professor of the Year (twice at CLU)
Expertise
Politics, Philosophy, and the Arts
History of Political Thought
Interdisciplinary Studies
The political and theatrical works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Email: brint@callutheran.edu
Phone: 805 493-3439
Office: 231 Swenson
