29 October, 1999

CURRICULUM VITAE

Marvin W. Berkowitz

School of Education
Marillac Hall 469
University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis MO 63121-4499
314-516-7521 (Phone) 314-516-7356 (Fax)
berkowitz@umsl.edu
webpage: www.umsl.edu/~edumberk

Education       B.A. 1972 State University of New York at Buffalo (psychology)
                        M.A. 1976 Wayne State University (developmental psychology)
                        Ph.D. 1977 Wayne State University (developmental psychology)

Professional Experience

Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Character Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis,
                1999-present
Ambassador Holland H. Coors Professor of Character Development, United States Air Force
               Academy, 1998-1999                 Professor of Psychology, Marquette University, 1996-1999
                Associate Professor of Psychology, Marquette University, 1986-1996
                Director, Center for Ethics Studies, Marquette University, 1996- 1998
                Associate Director, Center for Ethics Studies, Marquette University, 1988-1996
                Associate Director, Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research, 1990-1998
                Visiting Consultant, Gordon Cook Foundation, Scotland, 1995
                Visiting Professor, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin,FRG,
                            1987-1988
                Assistant Professor of Psychology, Marquette University, 1979-1986
                Research Associate, Center for Moral Development and Education, Harvard Graduate School
                             of Education, 1977-1979
                Graduate Assistant, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 1972-1977 Other Professional Activity

                        Editorial Board:            Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
                        Board of Directors:     Association for Moral Education (1989-1998)
                                                               Character Education Partnership (1999-2002)
                                                                Jean Piaget Society (1994-1997)
                                                                St. Mary's Hill Hospital, Milwaukee (1990-1991)
                                                                Villa Clement, Inc. (1993-1998)

Honors and Awards:

"Outstanding Young Educator of 1983," Milwaukee Jaycees' Congress of Outstanding
        Young Individuals
Cited in Milwaukee magazine's "87 Most Interesting People," January, 1987
Henry Howe Chan Memorial Lecturer, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1992
Great Midwest Conference Presidents' Lectureship, University of Cincinnati, 1993
1994 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Community Partnership Award, for Center for
        Addiction and Behavioral Health Research
Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Psychology, MU 1997                 "Best University Professor/Instructor", Shepherd Express (Milwaukee) Readers Poll,
                        1998                         Selected Grants: Harvard University Medical School Milton Fund research grant for investigation of
        moral disequilibrium in dialogues, 1976-1977.
National Endowment for the Humanities, "Program in Ethics Education," 1988-1990.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Moral reasoning and adolescent drug and alcohol
        abuse," 1990-1994.
Gordon Cook Foundation (Scotland), "Moral education in Scotland", 1995.
Hilton Hotels Corporation, "Assessing Toy Quality in a Vacation Setting," 1998-1999 Selected Publications Berkowitz, M. W., Gibbs, J. C., & Broughton, J. M. (1980). The relation of moral judgment stage disparity to developmental effects of peer dialogues. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 26, 341-357.

Berkowitz, M. W. (1981). A critical appraisal of the "plus-one" convention in moral education. Phi Delta Kappan, 62, 488-489.

Berkowitz, M. W., & Gibbs, J. C. (1983). Measuring the developmental features of moral discussion. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 29, 399-410.

Berkowitz, M. W. (1985). The role of discussion in moral education. In M. W. Berkowitz & F. Oser (Eds.), Moral education: Theory and applications (pp. 197-218). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Berkowitz, M. W. (Ed.) (1985). New directions for child development: Peer conflict and psychological growth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass..

Berkowitz, M. W., & Oser, F. (Eds.) (1985). Moral education: Theory and applications. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Berkowitz, M. W., Mueller, C. W., Schnell, S. V., & Padberg, M. T. (1986). Moral reasoning and judgments of aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 885-891.

Berkowitz, M. W., Oser, F., & Althof, W. (1987). The development of sociomoral discourse. In W. Kurtines & J. Gewirtz (Eds.), Moral development through social interaction (pp. 322-352). New York: J. Wiley & Sons.

Berkowitz, M. W., Guerra, N., & Nucci, L. (1991). Sociomoral development and drug and alcohol abuse. In W. M. Kurtines & J. L. Gewirtz (Eds.), Handbook of moral behavior and development (Volume Three) (pp. 35-53). Hillsdale, NJ: L. Erlbaum.

Berkowitz, M.W., Begun, A.L., Zweben, A., Giese, J.K., Mulry, G., Horan, C., Wheeler, T., Gimenez, J., & Piette, J. (1994). Assessing how adolescents think about the morality of substance use. Drugs and Society, 8, 111-124.

Berkowitz, M. W., & Keller, M. (1994). Transitional processes in social cognitive development. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 17, 447-467.

Berkowitz, M.W. (1995). The education of the complete moral person. Gordon Cook Foundation: Aberdeen, Scotland.

Berkowitz, M.W., Kahn, J., Mulry, G., & Piette, J. (1995). Psychological and philosophical considerations of prudence and morality. In M. Killen & D. Hart (Eds.), Morality in everyday life: Developmental perspectives (pp. 201-224). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Berkowitz, M.W. (1997). The complete moral person: Anatomy and formation. In J.M. Dubois (Ed.), Moral issues in psychology: Personalist contributions to selected problems (pp.11-41). Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Berkowitz, M.W. (1998). A primer for evaluating a character education initiative. Washington, D.C.: Character Education Partnership.

Berkowitz, M.W., & Grych, J. (1998). Fostering goodness: Teaching parents to facilitate children’s moral development. Journal of Moral Education, 27, 371-391.

Berkowitz, M.W. (1998). Finding common ground to study and implement character education: Integrating structure and content in moral education. Journal of Research in Education, 8, 3-8.

Berkowitz, M.W. (1998). Obstacles to teacher training in character education.
Action in Teacher Education, 20, 1-10.

Berkowitz, M.W. (1999). Building a good person. In M.E. Bafumo, K. Bohlin, E. Schaps, & M. Williams (Eds.), Character education: The foundation of teacher education (Report of the Commission on Character Education). Washington, D.C.: Character Education Partnership.

Berkowitz, M.W. (In press). Civics and moral education. In M. Ben-Peretz, S. Brown & R. Moon (Eds.), International Encyclopedic Dictionary of Education. London: Routledge Ltd.

Berkowitz, M.W. (In press). Character education as prevention. In W.B. Hansen, S.M. Giles, & M.D. Fearnow-Kenney (Eds.), Increasing drug prevention effectiveness: Readings for educators. Clemmons, NC: Tanglewood Research.

Berkowitz, M.W., & Fekula, M.J. (In press). Fostering character on college campuses. About Campus.

Berkowitz, M.W., & Grych, J.H. (In press). Early character development and education. Early Education and Development.

Laud, L., & Berkowitz, M.W. (In press). Challenges in evaluating character education programs. Journal of Research in Education.