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Michael Joseph Brown

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Michael Joseph Brown is Associate Dean of the College and Director of the Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies at Wabash College. He is an author and public intellectual, whose main training is in biblical studies. He also has written widely about the topic of higher education generally.

Dr. Brown did his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. He did his graduate degrees (Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy) at the University of Chicago. In addition, he has done additional study on material culture at Columbia University in the City of New York and online teaching with the well-known Sloan Consortium. Dr. Brown presently serves as a mentor for Sloan, helping novice educators master teaching in an online envir
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Management is not Leadership (Book Excerpt)

There is a difference between managing and leading. Unfortunately, this is something that is easily confused in our present environment. The words “leader” or “leadership” are too often used to describe people and actions that are really “managing.” A person who is highly skilled, outstanding at her job, and valuable to his organization is not a good leader. She is an excellent manager, but not a

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“God's movement is often abrupt and unsettling rather than predictable and settling.”
Michael Joseph Brown

“A theology that endangers life rather than "giving life" is one that cannot accept the title of being adequately Christian.”
Michael Joseph Brown

“When we introduce new technologies into our classrooms we are teaching our students twice.”
Michael Joseph Brown

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”
Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“God's movement is often abrupt and unsettling rather than predictable and settling.”
Michael Joseph Brown

“True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.”
Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

“When we introduce new technologies into our classrooms we are teaching our students twice.”
Michael Joseph Brown

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