Timothy O'Brien

Timothy L. O'Brien is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the sociology department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he regularly teaches the introduction to sociology course as well as courses on the sociology of law and quantitative research methods. His research focuses on how expertise, credibility, and authority are recognized and given meaning in science, law, and politics, among other places.

Timothy L. O'Brien is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the sociology department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he regularly teaches the introduction to sociology course as well as courses on the sociology of law and quantitative research methods. His research focuses on how expertise, credibility, and authority are recognized and given meaning in science, law, and politics, among other places. See less