Editorial Team
Dr. Norman Madarasz, Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Ignatius Odongo, Co-Editor
Marlene Gonzalez, Co-Editor (PhD Candidate)
Dr. Madarasz, Editor-in-Chief
As Editor-in-Chief of Monarch Research Paper Series, Dr. Madarasz brings a decades-long experience in editing scholarly research and in publishing. From 2010 to 2012, he was editor-in-chief of Ethica. Cadernas filosóficas, the journal published by the Graduate Program in Philosophy at Universidade Gama Filho, in Rio de Janeiro, overseeing issues on contemporary French epistemology, philosophy of religion, and ethics. From 2013 to 2019, he was contributing-editor of Veritas, the journal of the Graduate Program of Philosophy of PUC-RS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul State), one of the most respected and highly rated philosophy journals in Brazil. For Veritas, Dr. Madarasz edited issues dealing with new directions in philosophical systems and ontology, philosophies of biology, logic and mathematical philosophy, as well as contemporary French philosophy. In 2023, he was invited editor at Letrônica, the journal of the Graduate Program in Linguistics and Literature of PUC-RS, handling the publication of an issue honoring the literary work of James Baldwin (1924-1987).
Dr. Madarasz’s involvement in publishing goes back decades. In the mid-1990s, he was associate editor of Philosophie, Philosophie, the journal published by the doctoral students at Université Paris VIII (Vincennes à Saint-Denis). In the mid-1980s, he was a contributing-editor at the Montreal Mirror, the city's leading English-language culture weekly in an age before the internet.
Marlene Gonzalez, Co-Editor
As Co-Editor of the Monarch Research Paper Series, Mrs. Marlene Gonzalez brings a practitioner-scholar perspective grounded in over 30 years of global leadership development experience. As President of LCG Group Chicago and CRECENTIA.NET in Latin America, her work draws from applied neuroscience, Jungian psychology, and psychometric analysis to foster self-aware, purpose-driven leadership.
In her editorial role, Mrs. Gonzalez is particularly committed to advancing practitioner-informed research at the intersection of neuroscience, identity development, and leadership transition. Her focus is on elevating scholarship that integrates rigorous academic inquiry with real-world applicability—especially in the development of human talent within complex systems. Her own research explores Latino leadership transitions, neuroplasticity, and inclusive leadership practices. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, an Executive MBA, and is currently pursuing a dual DBA and Ph.D. in Organizational Neuroscience at Monarch.
