Education
M.F.A. Bennington Writing Seminars, Bennington College (2003)
M.S. Professional Writing Program, Towson University (1992)
B.A. Mass Communications, Towson University (1986)
Andrew Reiner, MFA
Lecturer III
Areas of Expertise
Writing
Biography
Andrew Reiner is a Senior Lecturer who teaches courses in men's studies, cultural
studies and writing. He has written widely about contemporary masculinity for the
New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Inside HigherEd and in his book Better Boys, Better Men: The New Masculinity That Creates Greater Courage and Emotional
Resiliency (HarperOne). He has been interviewed on these topics by such legacy media outlets
as PBS NewsHour, CNN, the CBC, as well as the New York Times, Wired and France's L'Express.
RESEARCH:
--Facebook, Texting and Social Perfection
--The Impact of Becoming a Less Civil Society
--Men/Boys and Vulnerability
PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:
Critical and personal essays appearing in the New York Times, the Washington Post magazine, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Chicago Tribune, among other publications. I have been interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR), the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) and on Baltimore’s WBAL radio. Also, I am a sometime contributor to The Signal, an arts and culture radio show on Baltimore’s WYPR.