CAS Associate Provost Earns Selection to Leadership Institute

David Dzurec, Ph.D., associate provost and professor of history at the University's College of Arts and Sciences, earned selection to the competitive Lilly Network Leadership Institute, which brings together administrators to explore leadership perspectives, practices and principles.

Through the institute, Dr. Dzurec will participate in a two-year program that includes paired mentorship and conferences held in conjunction with the Lilly Network Workshop for Senior Administrators.

Founded in 1991, the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities (formerly the Lilly Fellows Program) presents fellowships. The network is based at Christ College, the interdisciplinary honors college of Valparaiso University in Northwest Indiana, and is sustained by the support of Lilly Endowment Inc.

In September, Dr. Dzurec participated as a speaker in The Schemel Forum’s University for a Day, which featured a series of talks and discussions about topics related to health, economics, history and spirituality. His publications include a book, “Our Suffering Brethren: Foreign Captivity and Nationalism in the Early United States,” and numerous articles in scholarly publications that include The Historian, War in History, The Journal of New York History, Catholic Historical Review, and The Journal of the Early Republic. In 2015, he served as a Fulbright Core Scholar, teaching American history and politics at Trnava University in Slovakia.

During his time at Scranton, Dr. Dzurec has served as interim associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, interim executive director of the Slattery Center for the Ignatian Humanities, and was chair of the History Department from 2015 to 2021. He also served as vice president of the Faculty Senate, co-chair of the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee, chair of the Conference Committee on Curriculum, faculty advisor, and held several leadership positions within the Faculty Affairs Council Executive Committee, including chair. He served as the University’s faculty athletics representative to the NCAA and as the faculty mentor for the University’s cross-country and track teams. In 2018, he received The University of Scranton Provost’s Award for Service and Leadership. 

Dr. Dzurec earned his bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University, his master’s degree from the University of Connecticut and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.