President

Mark Schulman

Mark Schulman became Goddard’s ninth president on January 1, 2003. His life-long interest in, and dedication to, interpersonal and organizational communications, social justice, and emancipatory education continue to inform his work and his presidency, as they have throughout his career as an educator, consultant, writer, and administrator.

 

After completing his undergraduate degree at Antioch College, Mark began working for a national newspaper chain, but soon found himself disenchanted with corporate media. He became involved in community radio and media, worked for civil rights, and studied radical and Marxist theory. His studies and practice evolved into work with media-studies undergraduates, helping them learn to create non-corporate approaches to communications. He next attended graduate school at Indiana University, and The Union Institute and University, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Communications.

 

Mark’s work in communications and administration eventually brought him to the New School for Social Research and its Media Studies Program. The program, based on the philosophy of Marshall McLuhan, moved the media studies field beyond traditional approaches. Subsequently, Mark became Academic Dean and Vice President at Pacific Oaks College, and then President and Professor of Humanities at Antioch University Southern California. In 2003, he came to Goddard, where his administrative experience and longstanding interests could dovetail in a presidency both practical and visionary in nature.

 

Throughout his career, Mark has published many articles in his areas of interest, and has consulted with many organizations including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Media Alliance New Technology Project. He has made numerous presentations and lectures, most recently as part of the Panel on Administrative Issues at the Symposium on Progressive Education at Goddard College, and the Vermont Leadership Institute Panel on Leadership. He served as the President of the Vermont Higher Education Council in 2006-2007; on the Executive Committee of the Association of Vermont Independent Colleges from 2005 to the present, and on the Board of Director of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility from 2005 to the present.

 

Mark currently lives with his wife Sheila Collins in Orange, Vermont.