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David Prensky
Associate Professor of Management, Marketing & Interdisciplinary Business
PhD University of Chicago
David Prensky directs Leadership Programs for the Public Good and teaches courses in leadership, entrepreneurship, and other organizational topics in the School of Business at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). The Public Good Programs include the Nonprofit Management Program for senior executives of New Jersey community organizations; the program in Entrepreneurship for the Public Good; and the TCNJ Leadership Initiative. From 2004 to 2007, Dave was the founding Director of the Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement at TCNJ, where he was responsible for coordinating the College’s community outreach efforts. These efforts included community engaged learning and civic and community leadership programs; national and state AmeriCorps programs; the Bonner Community Scholars Program; and the Leadership Programs for the Public Good.
Prior to the founding of the Bonner Center in 2004, Dave was the Dean of the School of Business from 2000 through 2004 and a member of the marketing faculty at TCNJ since 1990. He received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago, an M.A. from Indiana University, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Dave’s academic work was in the areas of organizations and organizational research, where he focused on nonprofit organizations and public policy issues. He began his professional career in advertising and marketing research, producing strategic analyses for clients of the national advertising agencies Needham Harper Worldwide and N.W. Ayer.
