Department of Economics
306 Business Administration Bldg.
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH  43403

Phone: (419) 372-8060
Fax: (419) 372-1557
E-mail: nbrown2@bgsu.edu

Web:  www.cba.bgsu.edu/faculty_staff/browne

Education:

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

Teaching Areas:

• Feminist Economics
• History of Economic Thought
• Business Ethics
• Critical Thinking

Dr. Browne is the founder and director of the IMPACT Learning Community, a group of high-achieving students pledged to intellectual discovery and moral commitment.

Research Interests:

• Power as a Causal Variable
• Individualism and Economics
• Environmental Law
• Interactions between Reason and Emotion

Honors and Awards:

• BGSU Distinguished Faculty Service Award, 2002
• Honors Faculty Associate
• Women Studies Faculty Affiliate
• BGSU Recognition for Lifetime Achievement, 2001
• First Undergraduate Alumni Teaching Award, College of Business Administration, 2000
• Robert A. Patton Scholarly Achievement Award, 1999
• Eliott Blinn Award for Faculty-Undergraduate Student Basic Research,1999
• Faculty Excellence Award, Undergraduate Student Government, BGSU,1999
• Holmes-Cardozo Award for Research Excellence, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, 1998
• Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Critical Thinking, Mendago Phillippines, 1998
• First Honors Faculty Scholar at BGSU,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 at BGSU, 1989
• Master Teacher Award, 1989
• President, Intellectual Skills Development Association,1988

Selected Publications:

  Books (all are coauthored )

• Business Ethics You Can Use, Prentice Hall, 2003.
• Asking the Right Questions About the Legal Environment of Business, Prentice Hall, 2003.
• Contemporary Business Law in a Global Economy, Lakeshore Shore, 2003.
• Asking the Right Questions: An Informal Guide to Critical Thinking, Prentice Hall, 2003, 7th edition. (Korean translation, 1999) (Ukrainian translation, 2000.)
• Critical Thinking and the Internet, Prentice-Hall, 2nd edition, 2003 (a series in 10 volumes)
• A. Evaluating Internet Resources in Anthropology.
• B. Evaluating Internet Resources in Art.
• C. Evaluating Internet Resources in English.
• D. Evaluating Internet Resources in History.
• E. Evaluating Internet Resources in Music.
• F. Evaluating Internet Resources in Philosophy.
• G. Evaluating Internet Resources in Political Science.
• H. Evaluating Internet Resources in Philosophy.
• I.   Evaluating Internet Resources in Religion.
• J. Evaluating Internet Resources in Sociology.
• The Legal Environment of Business: A Critical Thinking Approach, Prentice Hall, 2003, 3rd edition.
• Helping Students Master the Legal Environment of Business,  Prentice-Hall, 1999.
• Striving for Excellence in College: Tips for Active Learning, Prentice-Hall, 2000, 2^nd edition.
• Critical Thinking (Chinese edition of Asking the Right Questions), Peoples Press, 1993.
• Modern Economics: Principles. Goals. and Tradeoffs Prentice Hall, 1987.
• Understanding Economic Analysis. Allyn and Bacon, 1983.
• Economic Goals: Our Economy in Conflict, Xerox, 1974.

  Articles- (almost all are co-authored)

• "The Purported Rigidity of an Attorney's Personality:  Can Legal Ethics Be Acquired" Journal of the Legal Profession, (Spring 2006).
• "The Shared Assumptions of the Jury System and the Market System, St. Louis University Law Review (Spring 2006).
• "The Look and Feel of Classrooms Encouraging Critical Thinking," Mesa Redonda (This journal is published by the leading university in Chile) (December 2005).
• "The Unnecessary Tension Between Learning Communities and Intellectual Growth," College Student Journal (July 2004).
• "Universalistic Moral Principles and the Law:  Is Child Labor Always Wrong? Houston International Law Journal (Spring 2004).
• "The Perspectival Nature of Expert Testimony in the United States, England, Korea, and France," Connecticut Journal of International Law (November, 2002).
• "Friendship Is Not for Sale at the Store:  The Limits of Market Reasoning," American Journal of Economics and Sociology (October, 2002).
• "Reframing Argument as an Act of Friendship, Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving (October, 2002).
• Communitarian Discourse as Catalyst for Emergent Environmental Law, Environmental Law Reporter (September 2001).
• The Mandate for Interdisciplinarity in Science Education:  The Case of Economic and Environmental Sciences, Science and Education (September, 2002).
• Raped at Work: Just Another Slip, Twist, and Fall Case? UCLA Women's Law Journal (Fall/Winter, 2000).
• The Struggle for the Self in Environmental Law:  The Conversation between Economists and Environmentalists, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (Fall, 2000).
• Hazard's of Market Approaches to Protecting Endangered Species, Environmental Law Reporter (October, 2000).
• The Importance of Critical Thinking for Student Use of the Internet, College Student Journal (September, 2000).
• The Distinctive Features of Critical Thinking Classrooms, Teaching in Higher Education (July,2000).
• When Is Expert Testimony Useful to Courts? The Scientist, (July, 1999).
• A Communitarian Green Space Between Market and Political Rhetoric  bout Environmental Law, American Business Law Journal, (Fall, 1999).
• Individualism and the Market Determination of Women s Wages in the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong , Loyola International and Comparative Law Journal, (July, 1999).
• The Role of Ethics in Regulatory Discourse:  Can Market Failure Justify the Regulation of Casino Gaming? Nebraska Law Review, (Fall, 1999).
• The Role of Criminal Enforcement in Attaining  Environmental Compliance in the United States and Abroad,  University of Baltimore Environmental Law Journal, (1999).
• The Epistemological Role of Expert Witnesses and Toxic Torts, American Business Law Journal, (Fall,1998).
• Teaching How to Teach Critical Thinking, College Student  Journal, (November,1998).
• It Takes the Entire Village to Protect Endangered Species: Individualism, Separate Spheres, and the Endangered Species Act,  Fordham University Environmental Law Review,  (1998).
• The Friendly Sound of Critical Thinking, Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, (November, 1998).
• Economism, Pragmatism, and Pedagogy, Educational Philosophy and Theory, (July, 1998).
• Do We Really Want More Leaders in Business? "  Journal of Business Ethics, (1998).
• Listening and Speaking to A Larger Audience  in Marcia B. Seabury, Questioning Outside the Lines: Developing Integrative Skills Through Interdisciplinary General Education, New York: The College Board, 1999.
• Dominant Economic Metaphors and the Postmodern Subversion of the Subject" in Martha Woodmansee and Mark Osteen, The New Economic Criticism, Routledge, 1999.
• The Social Obligation of Corporate Counsel: A Communitarian Justification for Allowing In House Counsel to Sue for Retaliatory Discharge,  Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics ( Spring, 1998).
• Mandatory Environmental Auditing: A Better Way to Secure Environmental Protection in the United States and Canada,  Journal of Land Resources and Environmental Law (Winter, 1998)
• The Ethical Impact of the Expansion of the Gaming Industry,  Journal of Business (Winter, 1998).
• The Contrast Between Friendship and Business-Consumer Relationships: Trust Is an Earned Attribute,  Business and Professional Ethics Journal, ( Spring-Summer-Fall, 1997).
• The Perils of Using Any Solitary Metaphor to Shape Educational Vision, Journal of General Education (March, 1997).
• Honesty, Individualism, and Pragmatic Business Ethics: Implications for Corporate Hierarchy  Journal of Business Ethics (1997).
• Advancing the Rights of the Least Advantaged Women in An Individualistic Culture: Confusing Rifles and Shotguns,  Loyola Poverty Law Journal (1996).
• The Use of the Social Science Concept of Groupthink as A Partial Antidote to the Managerial Embrace of Teamwork,  National Social Science Journal (1996).
• 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).
• The Seductive Danger of Craft Ethics for Business Organizations, Review of Business (Winter, 1996).
• Transcending the Limited Educational Vision Implied by the Consumer Metaphor, Journal of General Education (1995).
• The Economy of Islamic Iran, Journal of Iranian Studies (1995).
• Resisting the Individualistic Flavor of Opposition to Model Rule 3.3, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (Summer, 1995).
• 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).
• Protecting Marine Mammals: Time for A New Approach, UCLA  Environmental Law and Policy (1994/ 1995).
• Can We (In Good Conscience) Require Attendance in Our Classrooms?  Journal of Economics (1995).

Professional Affiliations:

• Association for Evolutionary Economics
• Academy of Legal Studies of Business