Marvin Olasky
Photo by Michael Muller
Professor
On leave Fall 2007
Molasky@aol.com
Olasky received his B.A. from Yale University. He then earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Culture from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Before joining The University of Texas at Austin faculty in 1983, Olasky worked as a reporter for the Bend, Ore., Bulletin and for the Boston Globe, and as an executive speech writer and public affairs coordinator at the DuPont Co. in Wilmington, Del.
Olasky is a visiting professor in Princeton's Politics Dept, for the 2004-2005 academic year, and will return to UT in August, 2005. He is also editor-in-chief of World magazine, the fourth most-read newsweekly in the United States, and a syndicated columnist (Creators Syndicate). He is a senior fellow of the Wilberforce Forum and of the Action Institute, an elder at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, a board member of City School, and faculty adviser for Reformed University Fellowship.
Olasky is the author of 14 books, including "The Religions Next Door, Compassionate Conservatism, The American Leadership Tradition," and "Central Ideas in the Development of American Journalism," along with 14 other monographs or co-authored books. He has published more than 800 articles on journalism, history, the fight against poverty, religion, sports and other matters.
Recent Courses: J340C.3/J395 Journalism and Religion, J349T/J395.8 Editorial Column Writing and J395 Philanthropy, Politics and the Press.