GEORGE S. BRIDGES
President The Evergreen State College 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW Olympia, WA 98505 [email protected] (360) 867-6100
EDUCATION:
1972 B.A. Sociology University of Washington (Cum Laude and with Distinction) 1973 M.A. Criminology University of Pennsylvania 1979 Ph.D. Sociology University of Pennsylvania
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
1974 -1976 Teaching Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
1976 Social Scientist, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
1977 -1981 Assistant Administrator, Federal Justice Research Program, Office of the Attorney General, U. S. Department of Justice
1980 -1981 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Maryland
1981 -1982 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Legal Studies Program, Case Western Reserve University
1982 -1988 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
1989 -1997 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
1988 -1989, Acting Director, Society and Justice Program, University of Washington 1992
1996 -1998 Director, Society and Justice Program, University of Washington
1998 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
1998-2001 Associate Dean and Associate Vice Provost, Office of Undergraduate Education, University of Washington 2001-2002 Acting Dean of Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost, Office of Undergraduate Education, University of Washington
2002-2005 Dean of Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost, Office of Undergraduate Education, University of Washington George S. Bridges Page 2
2005-2015 President and Professor, Whitman College
2015-Present President, The Evergreen State College
FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:
Social Control, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice
Crime and its Measurement
Research Methods and Statistics
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Phi Eta Sigma, University of Washington, 1970
Alpha Kappa Delta, University of Washington, 1972
B. A. conferred Cum Laude with Distinction in Sociology, 1972
J. Francis Finnegan Memorial Prize in Criminology, University of Pennsylvania 1974
NSF Assistantship, University of Pennsylvania, 1973 -1974
University Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1974 -1976
Meritorious Award for Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences University of Washington, 1990
Outstanding Professor in Sociology, University of Washington, 1994, 1996
Award for Outstanding Achievement By A Scholar, Washington Council On Crime and Delinquency, 1995
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Washington, 1996
PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Association of Higher Education
American Sociological Association
American Society of Criminology
Law and Society Association
Society for Study of Social Problems George S. Bridges Page 3
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1972 Project Director, Vocational Training Follow-up Research, State Reformatory at Monroe, Monroe, Washington
1973 Research Assistant, Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law, University of Pennsylvania, Program for Women and Girl Offenders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1974 Consultant and Programmer, Studies in Homicide Project, Law School, University of Chicago
1976 Consultant, Elderly Resource Utilization Project, School of Social Services, Catholic University
1976 Consultant, Offenders Career and Restraint Project, Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law, University of Pennsylvania
1980 Reviewing Judge, Gene Carte Student Paper Competition, American Society of Criminology
1981 Committee Member, Student Affairs Committee, American Society of Criminology
1981-Present Ad Hoc Article Reviews for American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Social Science Journal, Sociology and Social Research, Social Forces, Social Problems, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Sociology Quarterly, Justice Quarterly, Sociological Methodology 1982 Chair, Panel on Courts and Legal Organizations, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology
1982 -1983 Committee Member, Site Selection Committee, American Society of Criminology
1983 -1986 Committee Member, Small Grants Review Committee, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington
1983-1985 Advisor, Office of Legal Policy, U S Department of Justice. 1983-1984 Committee Member, Membership Committee, American Society of Criminology
1984 -1987 Deputy Editor, Criminology
1984 Chair, Issues in the Measurement of Crime, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology
1985 Session Organizer, Session on Family Violence, Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association George S. Bridges Page 4
1985 Chair, Panel on the Measurement of Violence, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology
1985 Organizer, Roundtable on Racial Discrimination and the Legal System, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association
1988-Present Technical Support Member, Washington State Minority and Justice Task Force, Washington State Supreme Court
1990 Chair, Panel on Crime, Community and Social Control, Annual Meeting on the American Society of Criminology
1991 Member, Program Committee, American Society of Criminology
1992 Conference Coordinator (with Martha A. Myers), Conference on Inequality, Crime and Social Control, University of Georgia
1992 -1996 Moderator, Conference on the Instruction of the Large Enrollment Classes, University of Washington
1992 -1994 Member, Michael Hindelang Book Award Committee, American Society of Criminology
1996-1997 Chair, Albert J. Reiss Jr. Distinguished Scholar Award Selection Committee, Crime, Law, and Deviance Section, American Sociological Association
1996-1997 Member, Gene Carte Student Paper Award Selection Committee, American Society of Criminology
1998-1999 Member, Program Committee, American Society of Criminology.
1998-1999 Member, Constitution and By Laws Committee, American Society of Criminology
1999-2000 Area Coordinator, Research Methodology, Program Committee, American Society of Criminology
2001-2002 Chair, James F. Short Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association
2005 Participant, Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Complete list of publications, presentations, and academic service available upon request.