Dorothy Marcic
American dramatist
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Dorothy Marcic is an American educator, playwright, and author.[1][2]
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| Occupations | Educator, playwright, author |
| Website | DrDorothy.com |
Background
Marcic was born in Wisconsin and grew up on a dairy farm in Pewaukee, graduating from Waukesha High School.[3] Marcic holds a Bachelor's degree in radio, television, and film from University of Wisconsin-Madison,[4] along with graduate degrees in Educational Media and in Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh. She also holds a Doctorate in Organizational Behavior from University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from SUNY, Stony Brook. She is an active member of the Baha’I Faith.[5]
Career
Dr. Marcic is a professor at Columbia University and a former professor at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management.[6]
Marcic was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Economics, Prague[7] and served as an advisor to the United States Ambassador of the Czech Republic. She was also a delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women the United Nations and an Economic and Social Develop Summit in Copenhagen.[8] As a graduate student, Marcic was a production assistant on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.[9]
Marcic is the author of 18 books including Managing with the Wisdom of Love, Understanding Management, Love Lift Me Higher, and RESPECT: Women and Popular Music,[10] along with other research studies and scholarly articles.[11] Marcic has also written a true crime book about her uncle's murder, With One Shot: Family Murder and a Search for Justice.[12]
She is the playwright of several plays including Intentions,[13] based on a true story of an Iranian immigrant. Marcic also researched the depiction of women in popular music to write the musicals,[14] RESPECT,[15][16] which has played 3400 performances in 72 cities,[17] This One's for the Girls[18][19] and SISTAS, which played Off-Broadway in New York City for over six years.[20][21][22][23]
Marcic is the writer and story creator of three short films, Great Expectations,[24] Spillings, and Last Resort. She has appeared on CMT, C-SPAN,[25] and Bravo Network.