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category: "Scientists & Researchers"
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tags:
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- Parapsychology
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- Psi
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- Philosophy
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- Egyptology
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- InstituteForParapsychology
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- NewSchool
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created: 2026-10-09
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updated: 2026-10-09
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aliases:
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- Robert M. Brier
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- Robert Brier
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- Dr. Robert M. Brier
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summary: "Robert M. Brier was a research fellow at the Institute for Parapsychology, later a philosophy professor at C.W. Post College, and then an Egyptologist at the Webb Institute."
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relations:
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- type: participant_in
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with: "[[New School for Social Research]]"
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role: "Graduate student, studies in psychology and phenomenology"
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start: 1964
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end: 1966
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fn: 1
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- type: employed_by
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with: "[[New School for Social Research]]"
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role: "taught the course Experimental Parapsychology, spring 1975"
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start: 1975
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end: 1975
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fn: 6
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- type: employed_by
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with: "[[Institute for Parapsychology]]"
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role: "Research fellow"
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start: 1966
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end: 1970
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fn: 1
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- type: employed_by
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with: "[[C.W. Post College]]"
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role: "Assistant professor, associate professor, professor; chairman of the philosophy department 1980 to 1996"
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start: 1971
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end: 2003
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fn: 1
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- type: employed_by
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with: "[[Webb Institute]]"
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role: "Adjunct assistant professor (Egyptology)"
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start: 2012
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fn: 1
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---
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Robert M. Brier was a research fellow at the [[Institute for Parapsychology]] in Durham, North Carolina, in the late 1960s, taught philosophy at [[C.W. Post College]] of [[Long Island University]] for three decades, and later joined the faculty of the [[Webb Institute]] as an Egyptologist.[^1]
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### Education
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Brier received an A.B. from [[Hunter College]] in 1964 and studied psychology and phenomenology at the graduate school of the [[New School for Social Research]] from 1964 to 1966.[^1] A Ph.D. dated 1970 is recorded for him, with the institution printed as "University of North Caroline."[^1]
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### Parapsychology research, 1966 to 1970
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Brier was a research fellow at the Institute for Parapsychology, formerly the [[Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory]], in Durham from 1966 to 1970.[^1] A 1975 bibliography of parapsychology lists [[Joseph B. Rhine]]'s *Parapsychology Today* (New York: Citadel Press, 1968) as co-written with Robert Brier.[^2]
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With [[S. R. Feather]], Brier published "The possible effect of the checker in precognition tests" in the *Journal of Parapsychology* in 1968.[^3] The March 1971 issue of the *Journal of Parapsychology* carries an article on repetitions of the French precognition experiments with mice, in which the authors state that Dr. Robert Brier made important contributions at several points.[^4]
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### C.W. Post College and Long Island University
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A 1975 directory lists "Dr. Robert M. Brier" in the philosophy department of C.W. Post College (Long Island University).[^5] His career there is recorded as an assistant professorship from 1971 to 1974, an associate professorship from 1974 to 1980, a professorship from 1980 to 2003, and the chairmanship of the philosophy department from 1980 to 1996. From 2003 he is recorded as a senior research fellow there.[^1]
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### New School listing
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The 1975 directory also lists Brier under the New School for Social Research, at 66 West 12th Street, together with [[Martin Ebon]] and [[Gilbert Roller]] and others.[^5] The school's *Bulletin* for spring 1975 lists the course "Experimental Parapsychology," taught by Bob Brier on Wednesdays from February 5 and covering telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition and "a history of the development of parapsychology from magic to science," and a course on Egyptian culture; its faculty biography reads "Bob Brier, Ph.D., University of North Carolina; Research Fellow, Institute for Parapsychology. Associate Professor of Philosophy, C. W. Post College. Member, Parapsychological Association. Editor, with J. B. Rhine, Parapsychology Today; author, Precognition and the Philosophy of Science."[^6]
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### Egyptology and publications
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From 2012 Brier is recorded as an adjunct assistant professor of Egyptology at the Webb Institute.[^1] His publications include *Egyptomania: Our Three Thousand Year Obsession with the Land of the Pharaohs* (New York: Macmillan, 2013), *Secret of the Great Pyramid*, with [[Jean-Pierre Houdin]] (Smithsonian, 2008), and "Return to the Great Pyramid," *Archaeology* (July-August 2009). His listed honors include a Fulbright fellowship to Turkey (1985), a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship in Islamic science at Columbia University (1986), and the David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching (1988).[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Webb Institute, faculty profile, "Robert M. Brier," curriculum vitae as posted. https://www.webb.edu/academics/faculty/robert-m-brier/
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[^2]: CIA CREST, CIA-RDP96-00788R001200230018-6, references list of Walter and Mary Jo Uphoff, *New Psychic Frontiers* (Minneapolis: Bolger Publications, 1975): "Rhine, Joseph B. (with Robert Brier), Parapsychology Today, Citadel Press, New York (1968)." https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00788r001200230018-6
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[^3]: S. R. Feather and R. Brier, "The possible effect of the checker in precognition tests," *Journal of Parapsychology* 32 (1968): 167-175, as listed in the bibliography of CIA CREST, CIA-RDP96-00789R002200410001-2. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00789r002200410001-2
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[^4]: Walter J. Levy, Jr., L. Allen Mayo, Jr., et al., "Repetition of the French Precognition Experiments with Mice," *Journal of Parapsychology* 35, no. 1 (March 1971), acknowledgment, CIA CREST, CIA-RDP96-00787R000400100021-6. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00787r000400100021-6
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[^5]: Walter and Mary Jo Uphoff, *New Psychic Frontiers* (Minneapolis: Bolger Publications, 1975), chapter V, pp. 228-229 (C.W. Post College and New School for Social Research entries). CIA CREST, CIA-RDP96-00788R001200230018-6. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00788r001200230018-6
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[^6]: New School for Social Research, *New School Bulletin*, spring 1975, vol. 32, no. 5 (December 27, 1974), course 2750-0 (p. 88), Egyptian culture course (p. 82), faculty biography (p. 328). https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez07AAAAMAAJ
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