Marcus Kowalczyk

Background

Marcus Kowalczyk is on the faculty of the Department of Management and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Before Porter, Marcus held an HR leadership role.

Marcus's research focuses on leadership development, with related work in innovation management; undergraduates are involved in the lab most terms.

Areas of expertise

• Leadership development
• Innovation management
• Undergraduate research and project mentoring

Teaching

Marcus regularly teaches courses in Business Administration, Leadership Studies, Entrepreneurship. Specific sections and syllabi are listed in the class schedule each term.

Courses lean on current problems from the field: students read recent work, reproduce a result or method, and then extend it. Marcus builds in low-stakes practice before graded work and gives written feedback on drafts.

Advising and office hours

Marcus advises students in the Management programs and holds weekly office hours during the fall and spring terms, posted on the office door and in the course pages. Prospective students are welcome to email to arrange a visit or a call.

Advising conversations usually cover course sequencing, whether to add a minor or a concentration, and how classroom work connects to internships, research, or graduate study. Students who are undecided are welcome; part of the job is helping them narrow things down.

Recent and representative work

Marcus's recent activity is a mix of peer-reviewed work, conference talks, and student-involved projects in leadership development and innovation management. Representative items:

• A peer-reviewed article on leadership development in a disciplinary journal.
• A conference paper on innovation management, co-authored with an undergraduate researcher.
• An internally funded project applying leadership development to a regional partner's problem.

Titles and venues here are illustrative. UW–Porter Falls is fictional; Marcus has no real publication record.

Get in touch

The fastest way to reach Marcus is email (mkowalczyk@uwporterfalls.edu); messages during the fall and spring terms are usually answered within two business days. Prospective students and families can ask the Management department office to set up a call, a class visit, or a meeting during an admitted-student day.