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Faculty
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Greg Markus's research, teaching, and public work focus on political participation and urban politics. He recently led a research team in a four-year, 14-city study of civic participation in America and is writing a book about the study’s findings. Markus has worked for more than 25 years with organizations at the local, state, national and international levels that build the capacities of individuals and communities to devise and implement practical strategies to address public issues. Those organizations include the W. K. Kellogg National Leadership Program, the American Leadership Forum, the Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, Campus Compact, and the Gamaliel Foundation. Markus currently serves as vice president of MOSES, a community organizing project based in Detroit, as a member of the board of the Harriet Tubman Center for Community Organizing, also based in Detroit, and as faculty advisor to the U-M student organization, The Detroit Project. He is a past recipient of the Socio-Psychological Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Amoco Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Department’s Tronstein Prize. In 2006-07 he was a fellow of the National Center for Institutional Diversity. He is a veteran of 14 Ironman triathlons. Selected Publications
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