Arthur C. Brooks will become president of AEI on January 1, 2009. He researches and writes about the connections between culture, politics, and economic life in America. Concurrently, Mr. Brooks is the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is the author of Who Really Cares, which examines American charitable giving; Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America--And How We Can Get More of It; and a textbook on social entrepreneurship.

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Short Biography

-Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy, 2007-present; Professor of Public Administration, 2006-present; Senior Research Associate, Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, 2003-present; Director, Nonprofit Studies Program, 2003-2007; Associate Professor of Public Administration, 2001-2005; Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research, 2001-2003, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University

-Consultant, The RAND Corporation, 1998-present

-Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Economics, Georgia State University, 1998-2001

-Doctoral Fellow, The RAND Corporation, 1996-1998

-Professor of French Horn, Harid Conservatory of Music, Lynn University, 1992-1995

-French Hornist (Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis Brass Quintet), 1983-1992

Education

Ph.D., policy analysis, The Pardee RAND Graduate School

MPhil, policy analysis, The Pardee RAND Graduate School

M.A., economics, Florida Atlantic University