{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "<b><a href=\"http://mgarrison.com/\">Mark Garrison</a></b> (b. 1955) is <a href=\"http://www.morgan.edu/Mark_Garrison.html\">Dean</a> of the School of Graduate Studies at Morgan State University, and a widely-published author on psychology and administration.  He has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, and pioneered the online teaching of psychology in the early 2000s.  Garrison received his undergraduate education at <a href=\"http://shimer.edu\">Shimer College</a>, a school with a <a href=\"http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm\">rigorous Great Books curriculum</a> where he enrolled via <a href=\"http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/earlyentrantprogram.cfm\">early entrance to college</a>.  He holds an MA from the University of Dallas and a Ph.D. from Emory University. (from <a href=\"http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Mark_Garrison#Brief_description\">Shimer College Wiki</a>)"}, "personal_name": "Mark Garrison", "alternate_names": ["Mark David Garrison"], "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2012-12-18T20:00:58.502847"}, "latest_revision": 3, "key": "/authors/OL543745A", "name": "Mark Garrison", "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "birth_date": "1955", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "revision": 3}