Curriculum Vita

Vita, Updated April 2020

Affiliations:

UTeach

Department of Physics

Experience:

Executive Director, UTeach Science Program
College of Natural Sciences
University of Texas at Austin (2013–)

Chair of Ethics Committee
American Physical Society (2019, 2020)

Associate Dean for Science and Mathematics Education
College of Natural Sciences
University of Texas at Austin (2007–2013)

Director, Special Projects Office
College of Natural Sciences
University of Texas at Austin(1998–2007)

Professor of Physics University of Texas at Austin (2000–)

Associate Professor of Physics University of Texas at Austin (1994)

Assistant Professor of Physics University of Texas at Austin (1988)

Research Associate James Franck Institute University of Chicago (1986)

Research Assistant UC Santa Barbara (1983)

Education:

Ph.D. (Physics) U C Santa Barbara (1986)

A. B., Summa cum Laude (Physics and Mathematics) Cornell University (1982)
Resident of Telluride House

Uni High, Urbana IL (1978)
Booker T Washington Elementary, Champaign IL (1973)

Honors:

Texas 10, UT Austin, (2021)
Civitatis Award, UT Austin (2021)
Spirit Award, UT Austin Texas Blazers (2020)

Cozzarelli Prize, National Academy of Science (2013)
Rostow Award, The Austin Project (2011)
Joe and Bettie Branson Ward Excellence Award (2010)

Elizabeth Shatto Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education (2008)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2006)
Exxon Education Foundation (1996)
Alcoa Foundation (1993)
Sloan Foundation Fellow (1989)

 

Commentary and Articles on Education:

How Bad is the US STEM Teacher Shortage?

The Moral Orientation of US Universities and the Emergence of Evil

Math and science outcomes for students of teachers from standard and alternative pathways in Texas (Marder, David and Hamrock, 2020)

Longitudinal predictions using regression-corrected grouping to reduce regression to the mean (Stephens and Marder, Phys Rev Special Topics 2019)

Rise and Fall of Texas STEM Education: Part Three: Fifth-Grade Math and Reading 

Rise and Fall of Texas STEM Education: Part Two: College Readiness and Course-Taking since House Bill 5 of 2013

Rise and Fall of Texas STEM Education: Part One: Evidence from the Nation’s Report Card

UTeach Computer Science Principles and Underrepresented Students

Code.org Needs Us as Much as We Need Them

Consequences of the Texas public school funding hole of 2011-2016

Teacher Preparation Regulations

Students of UTeach Graduates Learn More

Prezi assembling data about education in the US and Texas

Prezi on UTeach

ATPE Newsletter December 2014, Texas Public Education: Better than you think

Trib Talk, October 2014: Stop Doubting Texas’ Graduation Numbers

Texas Tribune Q&A, April 2014: thoughts on HB5

Classroom Observation and Value-Added Models Give Complementary Information about Quality of Mathematics Teaching, Walkington and Marder (2013)

Visualizations of Longitudinal Student Data, Marder and Bendinelli Physical Review (2011)

Flow and Diffusion of High-Stakes Test Scores, Marder and Bansal, PNAS (2009)

Research Support:

Most of the work described on these pages has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Program. Some current funding to study the origins and decline of gas and oil is from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and from ExxonMobil. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.