Prof. Michael S. BRUNER, Ph.D.

msb25@humboldt.edu

Prof. Michael S. Bruner, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, Cal Poly Humboldt (formerly Humboldt State University), 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA   95521, U.S.A. He is the son of a truck driver, and he is proud of his blue-collar heritage.  He grew up in a small steel mill town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  It was education and the love of learning which opened the horizons of his mind. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh in Rhetoric and Communication. He has held faculty positions at the University of Pittsburgh; the University of Maryland, European Division; the University of North Texas; and Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt). For him, teaching is a vocation (not a job), and research is the natural outgrowth of intellectual curiosity. Over the years, Professor Bruner has published works on nationalism, worldviews & students’ values, irony, food & water issues, and environmental issues.