The Freshman Reading Committee consists of twelve faculty members from every college at the university. The committee reviewed several books before making a final decision.  Barclay Barrios, chair of the committee, said they chose Blink by Malcolm Gladwell because they found it interesting, engaging, intellectual, and broadly relevant.  He went on to say that Malcolm Gladwell's discussion of snap judgments prompted the committee to reconsider what we know, how we know it, and how we make decisions.

Committee Members:
Barclay Barrios, Assistant Professor, English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Arlene Fradkin, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Brian McConnell, Associate Professor, Visual Arts & Art History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Ingrid Johanson, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Psychology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Maria Fadiman, Assistant Professor, Geoscience, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Richard Mangan, Instructor, Criminal Justice, College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs
Howard Prentice, Associate Professor, Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science
Edgar An, Professor, Sea Tech Ocean Enginreering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Lori Dassa, Instructor, Teacher Education, College of Education
Jim Wetterer, Professor, Biology, Harriett L. Wilkes Honors College
Deborah Raines, Professor, Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Allen Smith, Associate Professor, Marketing, College of Business