Michael Joseph Brown
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 environment.
Dr. Brown's interests are wide and deep. He is a creative thinker, always thinking and rethinking long held assumptions in scholarship and practice. As a leader and consultant he is widely valued for his ability to listen and insightful perspectives.
“A theology that endangers life rather than "giving life" is one that cannot accept the title of being adequately Christian.”
“Superabundant piety/righteousness (and its practices) is that form of life that enhances the individual and the community simultaneously.”
“When we introduce new technologies into our classrooms we are teaching our students twice.”
“God's movement is often abrupt and unsettling rather than predictable and settling.”