Marc Pilisuk (January 19, 1934 – August 20, 2024) was an American scholar of peace and conflict studies and Professor Emeritus of the University of California system, having taught at UC-Davis and UC-Berkeley.
[2] Pilisuk is the author or coauthor of 11 books, including Hidden Structure of Violence: Who Benefits from Global Violence and War,[3] The Triple Revolution, Poor Americans: How the White Poor Live,[4] The Healing Web: Social Networks and Human Survival,[5] International Conflict and Social Policy,[6] and the three-volume anthology, Peace Movements Worldwide.
[1] The Dr. Marc Pilisuk Transformative Social Change Award was created at Saybrook University in 2022 to honor his life and work advancing peace and social justice.
In 1961, Pilisuk earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in clinical and social psychology.
[8] Pilisuk was 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).