Marc Pilisuk (born January 19, 1934; died August 20, 2024) is a Peace and Conflict Studies scholar and Professor Emeritus of the University of California system, having taught at UC-Davis and UC-Berkeley.[1] He currently teaches and supervises graduate students at Saybrook University.[2] Pilisuk is the author of Hidden Structure of Violence: Who Benefits from Global Violence and War,[3] a coauthor of The Triple Revolution, the author of Poor Americans: How the White Poor Live,[4] a coauthor of The Healing Web: Social Networks and Human Survival,[5] a coauthor of International Conflict and Social Policy,[6] a co-editor of the three-volume anthology Peace Movements Worldwide[7] and the author or coauthor of over one hundred academic journal articles.[1]
In 1961, Pilisuk earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in clinical and social psychology.[8]
Pilisuk is a founder of the Psychologists for Social Responsibility and past president of The Society for Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence (Division 48 of the American Psychological Association).[9]
In 2012, Dr. Pilisuk was awarded The Howard Zinn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association.[10]
In 2019, Pilisuk was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Psychological Association[11]