Biography of Marc Stier

Marc Stier is a teacher and community activist who has taught and written about and taken an active role in politics and community service for most of his life.

A Teacher and Writer about Politics

Marc moved back to Philadelphia six years ago to take a teaching job in the Intellectual Heritage  Program at Temple University. He has taken a leave of absence from his job as Associate Director and Internet Coordinator of this program in order to run for State Representative. Prior to teaching at Temple, he taught for ten years at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before that he taught at  the City College of New York and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks where he was named the Outstanding Member of the Faculty in 1984. He was trained as a political scientist, receiving a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1976 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1989. He has written many articles on political philosophy, American politics, democracy and community and recently completed a three volume work entitled Politics and Reason. He has given talks on these subjects throughout the United States. Political theorists from Russia have consulted him and he will be traveling to China next November to lecture on community building and local democracy. More information about his work as a teacher and his articles on politics can be found on his academic web site.

Marc’s Leadership of West Mt. Airy Neighbors

Marc’s Leadership of the Northwest Campaign for Public Transportation

Political Activity

Family

Interests