Robert M. Brier

Professor Robert M. Brier

Professor of Egyptology

Education

Ph.D., University of North Caroline, 1970

Studies in Psychology and Phenomenology, Graduate School, The New School for Social Research, 1964 – 1966

A.B., Hunter College, 1964

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Appointments at Webb:

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor (Egyptology), 2012 – Present

Other Academic Experience:

  • Senior Research Fellow, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 2003 to present
  • Professor, C. W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 1980 to 2003
  • Chairman, Department of Philosophy, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 1980 – 1996
  • Associate Professor, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 1974 – 1980
  • Assistant Professor, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 1971 – 1974
  • Research Fellow, Institute for Parapsychology (formerly Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory), Durham, N.C., 1966 – 1970
  • English teacher, Jr. High School 117, New York, N.Y., 1966
  • Established and directed Audio-Visual Department, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1965, Produced educational films and taped lectures.

Important Publications and Presentations:

  • Egyptomania: Our Three thousand Year Obsession with the Land of the Pharaohs. Macmillan, New York: 2013.
  • Secret of the Great Pyramid, with Jean-Pierre Houdin, Smithsonian, Washington D.C.: 2008.
  • “Immunological identification of Plasmodium falciparum and Leishmania infantum in the skeletal remains of the Medici family,” Proceedings of the XVIII Congress of Italian Anthropological Association, 2009 (In press)
  • “Return to the Great Pyramid,” Archaeology Magazine. July/August 2009, pp. 27-29.
  • Secret of the Great Pyramid, National Geographic – Fall 2008

Honors and Awards:

  • Fulbright Fellowship to Turkey, 1985
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Islamic Science, Columbia University, 1986
  • David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1988
  • Director, National Endowment for the Humanities “Egyptology Today” Program, 1992-1994
  • TASA Award for Lifetime of Scholarship, 2002

Professional Memberships:

  • Explorer’s Club
  • Egypt Exploration Society
  • American Research Center in Egypt
  • The Sudan Archaeological Research Society
  • New York Egyptological Society
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Paleopathology Association
  • Sigma XI, Scientific Research Society
  • Listed in American Men and Women of Science

Service Beyond Webb:

  • Research on the Pyramids of Sudan – Jan 18-Feb 1, 2014.