Barbara Gail Montero, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
I am an award-winning professor of philosophy at the City University of New York and have taught the art of composition at the University of Chicago (through their academic and professional writing program) and UC Berkeley (through both their re-entry program and their learning disabilities program). I’m deeply interested in the skill of writing, and the theory of skill that I propose in my book Thought in Action illustrates my conviction that patience is the most important prerequisite for perfection.
Find out more about me on my academic web page.
“Her views on expertise may well represent the next stage in the evolution of this concept. In what seems like a sea of contrary views of skilled practice and proficiency, Montero swims gracefully against the tide of much stubborn technical and popular punditry according to which expertise is unmindful if not outright mindless.”
— Metapsychology Online Reviews