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Marty
Sulek, Ph.D.

Affiliate, Senior Research Fellow

From: Canada

At LCC Since: 2023

Key Areas

  • Philanthropy
  • Fundraising and Nonprofit Development
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Literature

Bio

Marty is a native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he developed a great love of natural beauty.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts with an honours certificate in Political Science and Philosophy at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada in 1990.  After working in nonprofit development for several years, he pursued graduate studies at Indiana University, earning his Masters of Arts in 2004, and Ph.D. in 2011, both in Philanthropy and Philosophy.  
 
Marty has dedicated his professional and academic career to better understanding philanthropy and civil society in both theory and practice.  His academic research primarily focuses on the humanistic dimensions of philanthropy in its philosophical, historical, and literary manifestations. He is particularly interested in those aspects of philanthropy pertaining to ancient Greek philosophy and the Promethean myth.

Publications

From Velvet Underground to Velvet Revolution

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Post-Punk and Philosophy, eds. Heter & Greene, Carus Books, Chicago, 2024.

Charity, Defined in Comparative, Cross-Cultural Perspective.

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

'The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, eds. Anheier, List & Toepler. Springer Science & Business Media, 2023.

Civil Society Theory: Protagoras

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, eds. Anheier, List & Toepler. Springer Science & Business Media, 2023.

Civil Society Theory: Aristotle

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, eds. Anheier, List & Toepler. Springer Science & Business Media, 2023.

Punk Political Philosophy

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Punk Rock and philosophy : research and destroy, eds. Heter & Greene, Open Universe, Carus Books, Chicago, 2022.

Recovering the Wisdom of Protagoras: A Re-interpretation of the Prometheia Trilogy

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

A New Politics for Philosophy: Essays on Plato, Nietzsche, and Strauss, eds. Dunn & Telli. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022.

Mapping the Field of Nonprofit Management and Philanthropic Studies in Canada: Cross-Country Comparison of Curricular Offerings

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Other author(s): Roseanne Mirabella, Ph.D, Terence K. Teo, Ph.D.

Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2021.

Book Review: Mohan, J., & Breeze, B. (2016). The Logic of Charity: Great Expectations in Hard Times

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 46, Issue 4, 2017.

Recovering the original meaning of philanthropy: A prelude to consideration of the philanthropy of faculty work

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Faculty Work and the Public Good: Philanthropy, Engagement, and Academic Professionalism ed. G. Shaker, Indiana University Press, 2015.

On the Classical Meaning of Philanthrôpía

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 39, Issue 3, 2010.

On the Modern Meaning of Philanthropy

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 39, Issue 2, 2010.

Civil Society Theory: Aristotle

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, eds. Anheier, List & Toepler. Springer Science & Business Media, 2009.

On the Meaning and Usage of the Word “Philanthrôpía"

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia – Vol. III, Documents in Philanthropy, ed. D. Burlingame. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, 2004.

Research Note: The Future of Third-Sector Teaching and Research in Central and Eastern Europe

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Other author(s): Tzvetan Davidkov, Gabor Hegyesie, Jasminka Ledic, Tiina Randma, Gregg Behr, Daniel Kessler, & Robert Payton.

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 11, pp. 181-190, 2000.

Green links : connecting ecosystem fragments in the city

LCC author(s): Marty Sulek, Ph.D.

Other author(s): Valentin Schaefer, Ph.D

New Westminster B.C.: Douglas College Institute of Urban Ecology, 1997.