A nationally engaged leadership scholar, author, and Christian higher education administrator, Markow returns to LPU during a season of significant online growth and academic innovation to help strengthen the University’s research culture and support the development of future graduate and doctoral programs.

Markow brings 26 years of higher education, organizational, and ministry leadership experience, including extensive work in graduate program development, faculty leadership, accreditation, research, and doctoral mentoring. Most recently, he served at The King’s University in Southlake, Texas, as Professor of Leadership Studies and Director of the Master of Organizational Leadership program.

His appointment is also a homecoming. Markow previously served at Life Pacific University from 2005 to 2014 as Associate Dean of Adult and Graduate Studies and founding director of LPU’s Master of Arts in Strategic Leadership program, where he developed the curriculum, recruited faculty, and helped lead the program through its initial accreditation review.

Markow earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University, with doctoral research focused on calling and leader identity. His scholarship spans organizational leadership, organizational behavior, and Pentecostal and renewal studies.
He is the author of Organizational Behavior in Christian Perspective: Theory & Practice (Baker Academic, 2024) and has published research on leadership, calling, organizational commitment, and Pentecostal leadership. His recent scholarship has explored Spirit-led organizational change and the intersection of organizational behavior and Pentecostal theology.

An ordained minister with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel for more than 30 years, Markow brings together rigorous scholarship, leadership development, and a longstanding commitment to Christian ministry.