Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), professor of material science and engineeri

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), professor of material science and engineering at Shanghai University.The Academy is a national and independent organization composed of elected members with the highest honor in the community of engineering and technological sciences of the nation. Its missions are to initiate and conduct strategic studies, provide consultancy services for decision-making of nation’s key issues in engineering and technological sciences and promote the development of the undertaking of engineering and technological sciences in China and devote itself to the benefit and welfare of the society.

He was a professor of optics and acoustics at the École de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in P

He was a professor of optics and acoustics at the École de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris and a close friend of Paul Cézanne, the impressionist artist, and of Émile Zola who would later become a writer.[1]

Is an organization theorist, best known for her contributions to constructivism theory in management

Is an organization theorist, best known for her contributions to constructivism theory in management studies and storytelling and narrative analysis in anthropology of organization.At present, she holds a Research Chair in Management Studies at Gothenburg Research Institute, School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University, Sweden[1]. Her research takes a constructionist perspective on organizing, most recently exploring the connections between popular culture and practice of management. She is interested in methodology, especially in fieldwork techniques and in the application of narratology to organization studies.

Is Professor of Political Science Emerita at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2003

Is Professor of Political Science Emerita at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2003 and again in 2005 she was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University. Her research focuses on the causes, risks, and prevention of genocidal violence.[1] Prof. Harff’s dissertation at Northwestern University applied the international legal doctrine of humanitarian intervention to genocide. It was published in 1984 as a monograph on Genocide and Human Rights [2] Before joining the US Naval Academy faculty in 1989 Prof. Harff held academic positions in the Department of Legal Studies, LaTrobe University, in Melbourne, Australia; the University of Illinois Chicago campus; and Marquette University. She retired from the Naval Academy in 2005.

Is a Russian-American professor and author. Born in Berlin, Germany, she is best known for her 1965

Is a Russian-American professor and author. Born in Berlin, Germany, she is best known for her 1965 best-seller, Up the Down Staircase. The semi-autobiographical novel is about an idealistic young honors college graduate who becomes an English teacher, hoping to share her love of classic literature (especially Chaucer) and writing with her students. However, her idealism is quickly snuffed out by the gritty realities of her colleagues and students who populate the novel's fictional inner-city high school.

Is an American educator and journalist of Armenian descent. Bagdikian has made journalism his profes

Is an American educator and journalist of Armenian descent. Bagdikian has made journalism his profession since 1941. He is a significant American media critic and the dean emeritus of the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalis

Is a French media theorist and academic administrator. He is Emeritus Professor of Communication and

Is a French media theorist and academic administrator. He is Emeritus Professor of Communication and Information Science (Professeur émérite de sciences de l'information et de la communication) at Stendhal University in Grenoble. He was educated at Paris University, both in political studies and in economics. He has a Ph.D. in economics (Paris) and another Ph. D in humanities (Bordeaux). He is the author of fifteen works in the following fields; The cultural industries, the introduction of the technologies of information and communication in the society and in the organisations, and the analysis of the theories of communication.

Is a Brazilian social scientist, professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Is a Brazilian social scientist, professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro . He is also the coordinator of SciELO Latin American Social Sciences Journals English Edition [1], a site offering free access to 30 Latin American journals translated into English, Director of Plataforma Democrática Project[2] and Director of the Edelstein Center for Social Research [3]

Is a German sociologist. Ebbinghaus studied from 1981 until 1988 sociology at the University of Mann

Is a German sociologist. Ebbinghaus studied from 1981 until 1988 sociology at the University of Mannheim and was in 1984/85 a Fulbright student at the New School for Social Research. Following a year at the Institut Universitaire d'Etudes Européennes in Geneva, he was from 1989 until 1992 a doctoral student at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy, where he defended in 1993 his Ph.D.thesis on Labour Unity in Union Diversity: Trade Unions and Social Cleavages in Western Europe, 1890-1989. From 1992 until 1996 Ebbinghaus was teaching sociology at the University of Mannheim and coordinator of an international research project on trade unions in Europe at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).

Is a German media theorist and media historian. He majored 1987 in Germanic Studies, Philosophy and

Is a German media theorist and media historian. He majored 1987 in Germanic Studies, Philosophy and History at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg/Germany. He followed Friedrich Kittler with whom he had worked already in Freiburg, to the department of Germanic studies at the Ruhr University Bochum where he received his doctorate in 1991. In 2001 he earned a Habilitation at the Humboldt University Berlin. In the same year he was appointed to the chair for Theory and History of Cultural Techniques at the department for Media Studies at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Together with Friedrich Kittler, Norbert Bolz, and Wolfgang Coy he is regarded as a pioneer of German media theory. Since 2008 Siegert is one the directors (together with Lorenz Engell) of the International Research Institute for Cultural Technologies and Media Philosophy (IKKM) in Weimar.

Is an associate professor of economics and philosophy at Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, the Netherla

Is an associate professor of economics and philosophy at Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, the Netherlands. He has published extensively on the history of economic thought and the history of philosophy, most notably on William Stanley Jevons, a 19th-century British philosopher and economist. He is currently editing the proceedings of the conference 'Aristotelian Encounters, which he organized in 2007 in Middelburg.

Is the longest-serving university President of the Ateneo de Manila University. He succeeded Fr. Joa

Is the longest-serving university President of the Ateneo de Manila University. He succeeded Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J. in 1993, and has been serving as University President since. He currently sits as a member of the board of trustees of Georgetown University, Regis University, the Asian Institute of Management (where he sits as Vice-Chair), and other colleges and universities in the Philippines.

Is the Assistant Head Coach/Offense for the New York Jets. He was formerly the head coach of the Oak

Is the Assistant Head Coach/Offense for the New York Jets. He was formerly the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for the 2002-2003 seasons and for the University of Nebraska for the 2004-2007 seasons. He was fired from both positions after posting a losin

Is a Dutch professor at the University of Amsterdam. He has performed research on the methodology of

Is a Dutch professor at the University of Amsterdam. He has performed research on the methodology of knowledge-based system design and knowledge acquisition. In 1986, Wielinga was appointed full professor of Social Science Informatics in the Faculty of Psychology. Wielinga leads several research projects, including KADS, ACKnowledge, REFLECT and KADS-II and was one of the main contributors to the development of the KADS methodology for knowledge based system development.

Was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. He was freed from sla

Was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. He was freed from slavery as a child, gained an education, and as a young man was appointed to lead a teachers' college for blacks. From this position of leadership he rose into a nationally prominent role as spokesman for African Americans.

A Sri Lankan scholar, physician, cricketer and author.[1]. He had authored several books and publica

A Sri Lankan scholar, physician, cricketer and author.[1]. He had authored several books and publications.Educated at Royal College Colombo, Gooneratne gained his MBBS(Hons) from the University of Ceylon, Colombo and went to gained a DAPE from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a PhD from the University of London. He was the first Sri Lankan to be awarded the Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research.

American professor in the fields of consumer behavior and nutritional science and is currently servi

American professor in the fields of consumer behavior and nutritional science and is currently serving as the Executive Director of the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP), which is charged with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and with promoting the Food Guide Pyramid (MyPyramid).

Is a French anthropologist[1] and an influential theorist in the field of Science and Technology Stu

Is a French anthropologist[1] and an influential theorist in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS)[2]. After teaching at the École des Mines de Paris (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation) from 1982 to 2006, he is now Professor and vice-president for research at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (2007)[3], where he is associated with the Centre de sociologie des organisations (CSO).