Gama Perruci

Biography

Gama Perruci is the Dean of the McDonough Leadership Center and McCoy Professor of Leadership Studies at Marietta College in Ohio. He also serves as a session facilitator for the Rockefeller Global Leadership Program at Dartmouth College’s Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He is the author of Global Leadership: A Transnational Perspective (Routledge, 2018) and Understanding Leadership: An Arts and Humanities Perspective (Routledge, 2015; co-authored with Robert McManus). Aside from his teaching, research and administrative duties, Perruci also serves as a consultant for The New York Times, focusing on the newspaper’s educational programming for leadership and business students. He is also a former chair of the International Leadership Association, Inc. (ILA) Board of Directors. Perruci served as a member of the National Selection Committee (America’s Best Leaders Project) convened by Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership in collaboration with the weekly magazine, U.S. News & World Report.

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Florida
Master's in International Journalism, Baylor University

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Areas of Research: Global Leadership; Leadership Education; Understanding Leadership; Global Mindset.

Professional Expertise: Global Leadership; Leadership Program Development; International Business Relations; International Political Relations; Intercultural Communication.

Personal Interests

Global travel; reading; learning foreign languages; gardening (flowers).

Books