Serge Marek PH.D.

College of Liberal Arts - Department of History, Humanities, and International Studies

Associate Professor of Geography

GRADUATE:
Ph.D., M.A., Geography, University of Hawai'i

UNDERGRADUATE:
B.A., Geography, Syracuse University         

Originally from Cambridge, MA and New York City, Dr. Marek has lived and worked in Honolulu since 1990. He is an Associate Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Hawaiʻi Pacific University with concentrations in urban planning, urban built environment, sustainable cities, and indigenous geographies. Dr. Marek received his M.A. and Ph.D. in geography from the University of Hawai'I, Mānoa, and his B.A. in geography from Syracuse University. He is currently director of the Master of Arts in Sustainability program at Hawaiʻi Pacific University. Current research activities include work on indigenous urbanization and urbanism in Auckland, Aotearoa-NZ and Honolulu, Hawaiʻi; sustainable urban development in Honolulu's Kakaʻako district; and ontologically designed indigenous buildings on university campuses. Dr. Marek is also Co-Faculty Advisor of HPU’s Leaders for a Sustainable Future club. Dr. Marek is also Vice Chair of HPU's Faculty Assembly & Senate.