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M Neil Browne

Critical Thinking Consulting

Curriculum Vitae

Designations:


Professional Training:

  • Ph. D., University of Texas, 1969, Economics
  • J.D., University of Toledo, 1981
  • B.A., University of Houston, 1965, Economics and History

Honors and Awards:

  • Advisory Board, Consumer Law Review, 2009.
  • Distinguished Faculty Service Award, Bowling Green State University, 2002.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Bowling Green State University, 2001
  • First Undergraduate Alumni Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, 2000.
  • Robert A Patton Scholarly Achievement Award, 1999.
  • Eliot Blinn Award for Faculty-Undergraduate Student Basic Research, 1999
  • Faculty Excellence Award, Undergraduate Student Government, Bowling Green State University, 1999.
  • Holmes-Cardozo Award for Research Excellence, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 1998.
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Critical Thinking, Philippines, 1998.
  • First Honors Faculty Scholar at Bowling Green State University, 1998
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Scholar University of Hartford, 1994-1995.
  • CASE Ohio Professor of the Year, 1989.
  • Silver Medalist CASE National Professor of the Year, 1989.
  • First Distinguished Teaching Professor named at Bowling Green State University, 1989.
  • Master Teacher Award, 1989.
  • President, Intellectual Skills Development Association, 1982.

Publications:

(Books, all co-authored)

  • Asking the Right Questions: Readings and Analysis in Critical Thinking, Prentice Hall, 2011
  • Asking the Right Questions: an Informal Guide to Critical Thinking, Prentice-Hall, 2010, 9th edition. (Korean translation, 1999) (Ukrainian translation, 2000) (Taiwanese translation, 2004) (Chinese translation, 2006) (Arabic translation, 2009)
  • The Legal Environment of Business: A Critical Thinking Approach, Prentice Hall, 2009, 5th edition.
  • Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, Prentice Hall, 2009.
  • Critical Thinking Study Guide, Prentice Hall, 2009, 2nd edition.
  • I Found It on the Internet: Critical Thinking and Your Computer, Prentice-Hall, 2003 (a series in 11 volumes), 2nd edition
  • Critical Thinking (Chinese edition of Asking the Right Questions, Peoples Press, 1993).

Publications:

(Articles, almost all co-authored)

  • Classrooms where Critical Thinking Is Emphasized, Brazilian Journal of Education, 2006.
  • Nurturing the Relational Promise of Critical Thinking, in Inquiry: Critical Thinking across the Disciplines, 2005.
  • Social Interaction and Critical Thinking, Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, December, 2003.
  • The Importance of Critical Thinking for Student Use of the Internet, College Student Journal (September, 2000).
  • Teaching How to Teach Critical Thinking, College Student Journal, (November 1998).
  • The Friendly Sound of Critical Thinking, Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, (November, 1998).
  • Introducing Critical Thinking into the Law Classroom, Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (1996).
  • Potential Tensions between Critical Thinking and Democracy: Implications for Our Teaching, Korean Journal of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (1996).
  • Integrating Critical Thinking into the Legal Environment of Business Classroom, Journal of Legal Studies Education (1996).
  • Student Evaluation of Teaching as If Critical Thinking Really Mattered,  Journal of General Education (1996).
  • Three Divergent Forms of Critical Thinking: Their Implications for Our Teaching, Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (1995).
  • Critical Thinking in Graduate Programs: Faculty Perceptions and Classroom Behavior, College Student Journal (March, 1995).
  • Critical Thinking in Graduate Economics Programs:  A Study of Faculty Perceptions, Journal of Economic Education (Spring, 1994).
  • Browne and Keeley’s Form of Critical Thinking, 71-89 in Conversations with Critical Thinkers, Whitman Institute, 1993.
  • Overcoming Student Resistance to Critical Thinking, Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (1993).
  • Classroom Controversies as an Antidote for the Sponge Model of Learning, College Student Journal (September, 1992). Also published in Korean Journal of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (1991).
  • The Hasty Embrace of Critical Thinking by Business Law Educators, Journal of Legal Studies Education,(Fall, 1991).
  • Necessary Tension in Assignments that Stimulate Critical Thinking, Connexions (Spring, 1989).
  • The Need for Critical Thinking Courses, Intellectual Skills Development Bulletin (Spring, 1989).
  • The Tension Between Legal Reasoning and Critical Thinking, in Critical Thinking: Language and Inquiry Across The Disciplines, Montclair State University Press, 1989.
  • The Challenge of Gender-based and Learning Styles Research for Critical Thinking" in To Improve the Academy, New Forms Press, 1989.
  • Do College Students Know How To Think Critically When They Graduate?  Intellectual Skills Development Bulletin (Fall, 1988).
  • Assignments That Encourage Critical Thinking, Journal of Professional Studies (Winter, 1987).
  • The Potential Unity of Critical Thinking and Values Analysis, in The Greening of the Future, Miami University, 1987).
  • Critical Thinking in the Sociology Classroom: Facilitating Movement from Vague Objective to Explicit Achievement, Teaching Sociology (October, 1987).
  • Preconditions for Encouraging Critical Thinking on the Campus, International Journal of Social Education (Winter, 1987).
  • Critical Thinking from Buzz Word to Action, Intellectual Skills Development Bulletin (November, 1986).
  • How College Seniors Operationalize Critical Thinking Behavior, College Student Journal (Winter, 1986).
  • The Design and Selection of Textbooks That Stimulate Critical Thinking, Journal of the Association for General and Liberal Studies (September, 1985).
  • A Comparison of Freshman and Seniors on General and Specific Essay Tests of Critical Thinking, Research in Higher Education (Summer, 1982).
  • Measuring Critical Thinking Skills in College, Educational Forum (January, 1978).
  • Improving Student Evaluation of Faculty Performance: Related Significance of Critical Thinking and Trained Raters, Peabody Journal of Education (July, 1978).

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