Prof. Marvin Berkowitz
University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Dr. Marvin W. Berkowitz is the inaugural Sanford N. McDonnell Professor of Character Education and Co-Director of the Center for Character and Citizenship at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He was the inaugural Ambassador H.H. Coors Professor of Character Development at the US Air Force Academy (1999), and Professor of Psychology at Marquette University (1979-1999).
He earned his Ph.D. in Life-span Developmental Psychology at Wayne State University in 1977.
His scholarly focus is in character education and development. He is author of Parenting for good (2005), You Can’t Teach Through a Rat: And Other Epiphanies for Educators (2012), and more than 100 book chapters, monographs, and journal articles. His most recent book, PRIMED for Character Education (2021), has been translated into Spanish and Chinese. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Character Education. He has served as PI on numerous grant projects (John Templeton Foundation, US Department of Education, NIDA, SJ Bechtel Jr. Foundation, etc.)
Dr. Berkowitz received the Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Character Education Partnership (2006), the Good Works Award from the Association for Moral Education (2010), the University of Missouri President’s Thomas Jefferson Professorship (2011-12), and the Kuhmerker Career Achievement Award from the Association for Moral Education (2013).
He is co-founder of ComedySportz, a nationally franchised improvisational comedy show, for five years he was author of a weekly newspaper column on parenting for character published in the Topeka (KS) Capitol-Journal, is a two time Missouri State Senior Division Soccer gold medalist (2006, 2007).
He earned his Ph.D. in Life-span Developmental Psychology at Wayne State University in 1977.
His scholarly focus is in character education and development. He is author of Parenting for good (2005), You Can’t Teach Through a Rat: And Other Epiphanies for Educators (2012), and more than 100 book chapters, monographs, and journal articles. His most recent book, PRIMED for Character Education (2021), has been translated into Spanish and Chinese. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Character Education. He has served as PI on numerous grant projects (John Templeton Foundation, US Department of Education, NIDA, SJ Bechtel Jr. Foundation, etc.)
Dr. Berkowitz received the Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Character Education Partnership (2006), the Good Works Award from the Association for Moral Education (2010), the University of Missouri President’s Thomas Jefferson Professorship (2011-12), and the Kuhmerker Career Achievement Award from the Association for Moral Education (2013).
He is co-founder of ComedySportz, a nationally franchised improvisational comedy show, for five years he was author of a weekly newspaper column on parenting for character published in the Topeka (KS) Capitol-Journal, is a two time Missouri State Senior Division Soccer gold medalist (2006, 2007).