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George Bridges joined the Whitman community as its thirteenth president on July 1, 2005, bringing with him a distinguished academic career spanning nearly 30 years.
After earning his undergraduate degree in 1972 from the University of Washington, Dr. Bridges pursued his graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. There he earned his MA in criminology (1973) and Ph.D. in sociology (1979). His areas of expertise include social control, criminal justice, juvenile justice, crime and its measurement, and research methods and statistics.
Prior to pursuing an academic career full time, Dr. Bridges worked as a social scientist in the staff office of the Attorney General of the United States and as an assistant administrator of the Federal Justice Research Program. In this capacity he assisted in the design and implementation of research programs examining federal criminal law and law enforcement.
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