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Gamaliel Perruci

A native of Brazil, Gamaliel Perruci is the Dean of the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business and a McCoy Professor of Leadership Studies at Marietta College (Ohio). He has a doctorate in political science (1991) from the University of Florida and a master’s in international journalism (1986) and undergraduate degrees in economics and journalism (1984) from Baylor University in Texas. His dissertation focused on the political economy of U.S.-Brazilian relations. His main research area today is the impact of globalization on leadership education.

As dean of the McDonough Center, Dr. Perruci has developed a vision for international leadership education that includes the expansion of exchange with foreign universities and colleges. For example, the McDonough Center hosted a group of 10 Hungarian students in the spring of 2004 as part of an exchange relationship with Kodolanyi College. In the summer of 2004, the McDonough Center will host a group of 15 MBA students from a Brazilian university. The Center will provide the Brazilian students with a two-week seminar dealing with international business leadership issues. Dr. Perruci has been published widely in the area of internationalism and Latin American leadership issues. He recently contributed a chapter, entitled “Citizen-Leadership and Community Action in Latin America,” in Democracy and Globalization, edited by Charles Nieman (Kent State University Press, forthcoming).

Aside from teaching and his administrative duties, Dr. Perruci also serves as a consultant to colleges and corporations dealing with international strategic planning. His most recent consulting assignment includes an evaluation of international initiatives by Birmingham-Southern College under a grant from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation and an evaluation of leadership initiatives by Zayed University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has been a frequent guest of the BBC World Service program ("De Olho no Mundo"), broadcast to Brazil. He is also a review board member of Management Decision, journal published by Emerald/MCB, Bradford, England, and a board member of the Ely Chapman Education Foundation (Ohio).


CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address: McDonough Center for Leadership and Business
Marietta College
215 Fifth Street
Marietta, OH 45750
Phone: (740) 376-4760
Fax: (740) 376-4763
E-mail: perrucig@marietta.edu
Website: www.marietta.edu/~lead

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