CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR. DAVID J. P. MARZAK
Dr. Marzak has served as adjunct, assistant, and associate professor of politics and social ethics, Academic Dean and President of Our Lady of Corpus Christi, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, and as Vice Chancellor and Chancellor of Education for the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity.
He is the creator of the World's Greatest Books aired on AT&T educational television and online at www.kolbefoundation.org. Currently, he is working for the Kolbe Foundation in conjunction with the World Apostolate of Fatima to establish a Leadership Center for Liberal Arts and Christian Civilization and Online Greatest Books courses to promote understanding and application of Catholic social teaching for social, political, and economic renewal in the modern world..
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Current
1. Director of The Kolbe Foundation
Responsibilities include the foundation, incorporation, and executive direction of a non-profit educational foundation. Primary efforts include the planning, developing, and coordination of college course curricula; articulation agreements; multimedia course production for the internet and traditional classroom settings; establishing an electronic commerce website; faculty and course evaluation; finance and fund raising; maintaining and securing academic records; production and editing of streaming multimedia college lectures; electronic text production; overseeing, planning, developing, and coordinating efforts to establish community colleges in Eastern Europe; licensing and contract agreements; establishing trademarks, and copyrighting of Kolbe educational materials; marketing of educational products and services; editing of Solidarity Magazine and fund raising.
August 2004 – May 2006
2. Chancellor of Education for The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT)
May 2003 - August 2004
3. President, Our Lady of Corpus Christi
April 2001 – Current
4. Vice Chancellor of Education for the Society of Our Lady
May 2002 – May 2003
5. Superintendent of Catholic Schools Diocese of Laredo, Laredo Texas.
Granted Sabbatical to help develop diocesan school system as the first Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the new Diocese of Laredo.
June 2000 – June 2003:
6. Member of the Board of Fellows and Trustees for Our Lady of Corpus Christi College
Responsible with Board for approval of annual budget, amendment of By-laws and Articles of Incorporation, policy formation, academic review and other duties associated with oversight, review, and approval of all major components involved with the governance of OLCC.
7. Chairperson Our Lady of Corpus Christi Trustee Committee for Licensure and Accreditation
Responsibilities include planning, directing, and overseeing all aspects of licensure and accreditation including Trustee Formation, Curriculum Review, Academic and Career Counseling, Finance, Administration, By-laws, Corporate Structure, Mission, Strategic Planning, and Assessment.
June 1999 – Current:
8. Academic Dean, of Our Lady of Corpus Christi.
Responsibilities include directing, coordinating, and planning accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the American Academy for Liberal Education; licensure by the State of Texas to operate as a college within the State of Texas; faculty assessment; articulation and inter-institutional agreements; oversee academic and career counseling; and supervision, planning, and coordination of community and distance education programs.
August 1993 – June 1999:
9. Professor of Social Science, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas. Political Philosophy and American Government.
10. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Durham Technical Community College, Durham, North Carolina. State and Local Government and American Government.
11. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Alamance Community College, Graham, North Carolina. American Government and Political Philosophy.
12. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Piedmont Community College, Roxboro, North Carolina. American National Government.
13. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL. Comparative Politics and Ideology.
14. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Campbell University, Raleigh, North Carolina. American Government.
January 1995 - December 1997:
15. President of the Institute for Democracy in Higher Education (IDHE) Durham, North Carolina and Lublin, Poland.
- Executive direction of a non-profit educational institute, administration of corporate records, finance, policy, and procedure.
- Community college planning including development of an international consortium of public and private institutions working to develop a community college in Poland.
- The refinement of community college organization and curricula models based upon demographic trends in Eastern Europe.
- Marketing and Bookkeeping
- Newsletter and Journal writing, editing, and publishing
- Internet course development, planning, and implementation utilizing relevant audio, video, and computer hardware and software
- Publisher and Editor in Chief, IDHE Electronic Newsletter, Commonwealth.
16. Foreign Professor of Pedagogy, Marie Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin Poland.
Experience Continued:
1994 - 1995
18. Director St. Vincent de Paul Farm
St. Vincents is a highly successful and internationally recognized Roman Catholic substance abuse rehabilitation facility in St. Augustine, Florida. Major responsibilities included the administration of the US branch of the international Communita Cenaculo, which included direct reporting to a board of trustees composed of bishops, pastors, grantors, and business leaders; implementation of policy and development of procedure; multi-media marketing; budgeting and qualitative research in Rome, Turin and Milan, Italy for institutional development.
1991 - 1994
19. Graduate Research Assistant to the Director, Dr. James Wattenbarger, recognized "Father and Architect of the Florida Community College System"at the University of Florida’s Institute of Higher Education.
Conducted empirical research pertaining to community college administration, organization, development, and planning.
1987 - 1990
20. Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, University of Florida Gator Athletic Program.
Duties included: coaching major collegiate and Olympic athletes in all aspects of Division I strength and conditioning. Physical conditioning included nutritional analysis, flexibity, agility, strength, speed, muscle endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and power training, which utilized traditional coaching methods assisted by advanced computer technologies.
1985 - 1986
21. Teacher of American History and English Grammar,
Cathedral Parish School, St. Augustine, Florida.
1982 - 1985
22. Teacher of United States History, geography economics, American Literature and English Grammar, Catholic Academy High School, Farmington, New Mexico.
1977 - 1979
23. Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Notre Dame’s Social Science Training and Research Laboratory.
Primarily involved qualitative and quantitative research including data entry, literature review and archiving, assisting in the development of survey instruments, and assisting in publication of results.
EDUCATION:
University of Florida 12/89 - 8/94
Ed.D: Educational Leadership
Emphasis: Community College Planning and Development, Central European Cultural Studies
Dissertation: A Community College for Poland's Future
University of Florida 8/87 - 12/89
MAT: Political Science with High Honors
Emphasis: Democracy and Education
Minor: Education
University of Notre Dame 8/77 - 6/79
BA: Arts and Letters with Honors
Major: Sociology; Minor: Social Psychology
Morris County College 8/74 - 6/77
AA: Humanities and Social Science with Highest Honors
Major: Sociology
The Great Books and Great Ideas Adult Education Program 1994 -1999
Completed the following adult programs in the Great Books of Western Civilization:
Great Ideas Program in Philosophy
Great Ideas Program in Law and Jurisprudence
Great Ideas Program in Ethics
Great Ideas Program in Political Theory and Government
MAJOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH & DISTINCTIONS:
Producer and Editor of The World’s Greatest Books Educational Program on the World Wide Web and educational television in South Texas TV 19 Time Warner and Roadrunner cable Edcuational Television
Publisher and Editor of Wisdom Magazine
Publisher and Editor of The World's Greatest Books
Host of the World's Greatest Books TV, Video and DVD educational project
Post Doctoral Fellow: Educational research and support with/from the Kosciusko Foundation and Polish Ministry of Education to study feasibility of establishing a community college in Poland
Kosciuszko Foundation Graduate Scholar (1991-1993.)
Member Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology National Honor Society
Chairperson or Member of the following School Boards:
Our Lady of Corpus Christi Board of Directors; Corpus Christi, Texas
Our Lady of Corpus Christi Board of Fellows, Corpus Christi, Texas
Our Lady’s Montessori School in Kansas City, Missouri
St. Augustine High School, Laredo, Texas
St. Peter’s Memorial School, Laredo, Texas
Blessed Sacrament School, Laredo, Texas
Our Lady of Refuge School, Laredo, Texas
State Board of Catholic School Superintendents; San Antonio, Texas
Distinctions:
President University of Notre Dame Sociology Club
Executive Officer University of Notre Dame Jungian Society
Scholar Athlete for Athletic and Academic Excellence, County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey
Kosciuszko Foundation Undergraduate Scholar
Kosciuszko Foundation Graduate Fellow
Diploma Polish Language and Culture, Catholic University of Lublin, Poland
Superintendent's District Mangement Team, Tuloso Midway ISD, Corpus Christi Texas
Tuloso Midway High School Principal's Campus Planning Committee Member
Bishop's Designee for Curriculum and Plannjing review Committee IIncarnate Word High Schhol, Corpus Christi, Texas
National Speaker for Fulness of Truth Conferences 2004 and 2005
Publications:
Marzak, D. J. (2014) Kolbe's Greatest Books, The Kolbe Foundation, Lubbock, Texas
Marzak, D. J. (2013) Trinitarian Humanism: Fatima Politics and Social Renewal. World Apotolate of Fatima, Goa, India
Marzak, D. J. (2014) Integral Methodology. The Kolbe Foundation, Lubbock, Texas
Marzak, D. J. (1998). Humanistic Principles of Education Relevant to Higher Education Reformation in Poland. Marie Curie Sklodowska University Press, Lublin, Poland.
Marzak, D. J. (1998). A Community College for Poland's Future. Eric Clearinghouse for Community Colleges at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
Marzak, D. J. (1997) "The History of Community Colleges." Commonwealth Community College Newsletter. IDHE. 1, (1).
Marzak, D. J. (1997) "Why are They Called Colleges?" Commonwealth Community College Newsletter. IDHE. 1, (1).
Marzak, D. J. (1997) "The Philosophy and Mission of Community Colleges" Commonwealth Community College Newsletter. IDHE. 1, (1).
Marzak, D. J. (1996) "Applying the Florida Plan for Community Colleges to Poland." Vision’s Community College Journal. The Florida Association of Community Colleges: Gainesville, FL. 1, (2), 46-50.
Marzak, D. J. (1994). "A Community College for Poland’s Future." (doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL). Dissertation Abstracts International.
Marzak, D. J. (1990). Democracy and Higher Education in Post Socialist Poland. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Publications in Process:
Marzak, D. J. The Theology of Politics and The Politics of Education
Films and Recordings:
Educational Television
1. The Greatest Books of World Civilization, Series, AT&T cable channel, 19, Corpus Christi, Texas.
2. The Greatest Books in Political Philosophy I, AT &T educational channel 19 (fall and spring semesters 2000/2001).
3.The Greatest Books in Political Philosophy II, AT & T educational channel 19 (spring semester 2001)
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