David Brightman
Fellow
David Brightman is an editor of professional books in the field of higher education, first with Jossey-Bass (an imprint of Wiley), and later with Stylus Publishing (acquired by Routledge in 2023).
David Brightman has enjoyed working on many books with John Gardner, Betsy Barefoot, Drew Koch, and others associated with the Gardner Institute, so continuing to work with them as a Fellow of the Institute feels like coming home. Most recently, he worked with John Gardner, Drew Koch and Michael Rosenberg on The Transfer Experience (Stylus, 2021), with John on Launching the First Year Experience Movement (Stylus, 2023), and with Drew on Transforming the Gateway Course Experience (Routledge, 2024). Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, David has called San Francisco home since 1988.
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