Thomas Malewitz is an assistant professor in the College of Education and director of the Ed.D.: Leadership Program at Spalding University. He earned a B.A. with majors in Mathematics and Philosophy from Eastern Michigan University, a B.Phil. from Sacred Heart Major Seminary, and an M.T.S. in Pastoral Ministry and Graduate Certificate in Scripture from St. Meinrad School of Theology. He earned his Ph.D. in Education and Social Change from Bellarmine University, where his dissertation was awarded the Drs. Robert and Kathleen Cooter Social Justice Advocate Award. Dr. Malewitz has experience as a secondary teacher in Catholic education and a lecturer at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of Education and Theology. He received a 2021 first-place book award from the Catholic Media Association for Authenticity, Passion, and Advocacy (Wipf & Stock, 2020). Dr. Malewitz has published over a dozen chapters on topics in Education, Philosophy, and Theology, secondary textbook rubrics and assessments for Ave Maria Press, and has peer-reviewed articles published in The Journal of Catholic Education, The Merton Annual, Merton Seasonal, and the National Catholic Education Association's Momentum.

Dr. Malewitz is a member of the American Educational Research Association, Catholic Theological Society of America, College English Association, International Thomas Merton Society, and the Thomas Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Courses taught/co-taught:

  • EDD901 Leadership Theories and Academic Writing and Research
  • EDD907 Identifying and Analyzing Organizational Issues
  • EDD908 Research Methodology and Problem Solving
  • EDD920 Leadership Capstone I
  • EDD921 Leadership Capstone II

Book Publications:

  • Truth and Reconciliation: An Exploration of Leadership and Accountability within Divided Nations and Cyclic Ideologies (Pickwick, 2024)
  • Hollywood or History? An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Film to Teach World Religions (Information Age, 2023)
  • Authenticity, Passion, and Advocacy: Approaching Adolescent Spirituality from the Life and Wisdom of Thomas Merton (Wipf & Stock, 2020)

 Dr. Malewitz can be contacted at: tmalewitz@spalding.edu