- Brian C. Rosenberg
Brian C. Rosenberg, a scholar on
Charles Dickens , has written numerous articles on the Victorian author and other subjects as well as two books, Mary Lee Settle’s Beulah Quintet: The Price of Freedom (1991) and Little Dorrit's Shadows: Character and Contradiction in Dickens (1996). He was elected to the board of trustees of The Dickens Society in 2000.Rosenberg became the 16th president of
Macalester College onAugust 4 ,2003 . Prior to becoming the Macalester president, Rosenberg was dean of the faculty and an English professor atLawrence University inAppleton, Wisconsin , a position he held from 1998 to 2003. While in this position, he was responsible for all academic programs, athletics, the library, instructional technology and the Lawrence University art gallery. He directed the design and passage of the university's first new general education requirements in 15 years, created the college's first mentoring program for new faculty and wrote the long-range faculty staffing plan.Rosenberg began his academic career as an adjunct assistant professor of humanities at The
Cooper Union inNew York City in 1982. He worked atAllegheny College inMeadville, Pennsylvania , from 1983 to 1998 as an English professor and as chair of the English Department and participated in the development of the college's strategic plan.A native of New York City, Rosenberg received his B.A. degree from
Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English fromColumbia University .External links
* [http://mpkb.net/en/Brian_C._Rosenberg Profile at Minnesota Public Knowledge Base]
* [http://www.macalester.edu/president/ Macalester College President's Website]
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