Contents. Early life and education Bauerlein earned his in English from in 1988, having completed a on poet, under the supervision of Joseph N. Career He has taught at Emory since 1989. Between 2003 and 2005, Bauerlein worked at the, serving as the Director of the Office of Research and Analysis. While there, Bauerlein contributed to an NEA study, 'Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America.' Work His books include Literary Criticism: An Autopsy (1997), The Pragmatic Mind: Explorations in the Psychology of Belief (1997). He is also the author of the 2008 book, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30), which won the.

Bauerlein explains how his experience as a teacher led to his writing of The Dumbest Generation: Because in my limited experience as a teacher, I’ve noticed in the last 10 years that students are no less intelligent, no less ambitious but there are two big differences: Reading habits have slipped, along with general knowledge. You can quote me on this: You guys don’t know anything. Apart from his scholarly work, he publishes in popular periodicals such as, and. Personal In 2012, Bauerlein announced his conversion to.

Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation. Correction Appended: May 9, 2. I am about to do what old people have done throughout history: call those younger than me lazy. Sep 16, 2014 Such is the kind of recklessly distracted impatience that makes Mark Bauerlein fear for his country. 'As of 2008,' the 49-year-old professor of English at Emory University writes in 'The Dumbest Generation,' 'the intellectual future of the United States looks dim.'

He has self-described himself as an 'educational ', while he socially and politically identifies as being 'pretty and ', according to an interview conducted by magazine. He endorsed in the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections. Bauerlein has an brother. List of works. Bauerlein, Mark (1991), Whitman and the American Idiom,. ——— (1997), Literary Criticism, An Autopsy,.

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