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Dorothy Marcic is an American educator, playwright, and author.


Background

Marcic was born in Wisconsin and grew up on a dairy farm in
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, graduating from Waukesha High School. Marcic holds a Bachelor's degree in radio, television, and film from
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, along with graduate degrees in Educational Media and in Public Health from the
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. She also holds a Doctorate in Organizational Behavior from
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and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from SUNY, Stony Brook. She is an active member of the Baha’I Faith.


Career

Dr. Marcic is a professor at
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and a former professor at
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’s
Owen Graduate School of Management The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1969, Owen offers six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administr ...
. Marcic was a
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at the
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and served as an advisor to the United States Ambassador of the
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. 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
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. As a graduate student, Marcic was a production assistant on ''
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''. 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'', along with other research studies and scholarly articles. Marcic has also written a
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book about her uncle's murder, ''With One Shot: Family Murder and a Search for Justice''. She is the playwright of several plays including ''Intentions'', based on a true story of an Iranian immigrant. Marcic also researched the depiction of women in popular music to write the musicals, ''RESPECT'', which has played 3400 performances in 72 cities, ''This One's for the Girls'' and ''SISTAS'', which played Off-Broadway in
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for over six years. Marcic is the writer and story creator of three short films, ''Great Expectations'', ''Spillings'', and ''Last Resort''. She has appeared on '' CMT'', ''
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'',"Respect: Women and Popular Music"
''C-SPAN''. Retrieved 2021-02-25. and '' Bravo Network''.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcic, Dorothy Living people American dramatists and playwrights American educators American women dramatists and playwrights Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women