Ronald W Marx, Ph.D.

Service & Outreach

Administration & University Service
Dean, College of Education, University of Arizona. Member of numerous College and University committees (2003-present)

Member of the Executive Board, Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan (2001-2003)

University of Michigan Committee Service (e.g., School of Education Promotion and Tenure Committee, Executive Committee, Chair and member of several faculty search committees, member of Dean of Education Search Committee, Graduate Programs Admissions Committee, Combined Program in Education and Psychology Executive Committee, Joint Program in English and Education Executive Committee, plus many more)

Co-Director, Center for Learning Technologies in
Urban Schools, University of Michigan and Northwestern
University (1997-2003)

Co-Director, Center for Highly Interactive Computing in
Education, University of Michigan (1997-2003)

Chair, Educational Studies Department, School of Education,
University of Michigan (1990-1998)

Chair, Faculty of Education Tenure, Promotion and Salary
Committee, Simon Fraser University (1989-1990)

Project Coordinator for the development of distance education
curriculum materials for teacher re-training, Faculty of Education,
Simon Fraser University (1989-1990)

Educational and Psychological Consultation

Alternate member, Negotiated Rule Making Committee, Titles II and IV of the Higher Education Act of 2008, US Department of Education (2012)

Member and subcommittee chair, Arizona Board of Education Task Force on Teacher and Principal Evaluation (2010-2011)

Member of the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education, American Psychological Association (2010-2013)

Member of the Arizona Early Childhood Roadmap committee, Arizona Early Childhood Health and Development Board (2010)

Member of the Board of Directors, Tucson Values Teachers, Southern Arizona Leadership Council (2009-)

Member EdSteps National Advisory Board, Council of Chief State School Officers (2009-2011)

Co-Chair of the Teacher Committee of Gov. Janet Napolitano’s P-20 Committee (2007-2009)

Member of the Gov. Janet Napolitano’s Teacher Quality and Support Committee (2005-2007)

Review panel member for US Department of Education grant program, Teacher Incentive Fund (2007)

Member of the Advisory Board, Reading Seed, Tucson Rotary (2004-2006)

Member of the National Advisory Board, University of Arizona Science Center (2003-2009)

Reviewer, Networks Centres of Excellence Grant Renewal
Review Committee. Government of Canada. (2000)

Panel Review, National Science Foundation (1998-2001)

External Evaluator, Distributed Ph.D. Program in Education, University of Western Ontario, University of Windsor, Brock University (1997)

Member, National Visiting Committee, Virginia Urban Corridor
Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation. (1996-99).

Member, Networks Centres of Excellence Selection Committee.
Government of Canada. (1994-95)

Co-editor (with P.C. Blumenfeld), Primis Document Base in
Educational Psychology, McGraw-Hill.

Expert Witness, House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary
and Vocational Education, hearings on the reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Testimony entitled
Integration of Technology in the Schools, March, 1993.

Panel Review, National Council on Disability (1990)

External Evaluator, Department of Educational Psychology,
University of Manitoba (1989)

Curriculum Review Consultant, Traffic Safety Education
Division, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (1987).

Principal, Educational Consultants International (1987-1990)

Psychologist in private practice, Port Coquitlam, B.C. (parttime).
Specialization in assessment and applied behavior analysis, social
skills training, anxiety and stress management, and parenting.
Provision of psychological services to schools, institutions and
agencies. (1979-1985)

Expert witness for the British Columbia Teachers' Federation.
Case involved an analysis of a school district's supervision procedures
for administrators. (1982)

In-service training consultant, Courtney School District, British
Columbia. Developed and implemented training program entitled
"Classroom Interaction Skills" for secondary school teachers.
(1980-1982)

Consulting Psychologist, Vancouver Talmud Torah School.
(1980-1981)

Instructional design consultant, Office of Continuing Studies,
Simon Fraser University. Consulting with the Dean of
Continuing Studies on distance education course development.
Instructional design consultant to course authors. (1978-1980)

Development of career guidance program for secondary schools.
Rotary Club, Burnaby, B.C. (1979)

Supervision workshops for school administrators - British
Columbia, Manitoba. (1976-1977)

Fremont Unified School District, Fremont, California. Stull Act
Evaluation, including instrument development and consultation
to district director of programs to assess teacher accountability.
(1974)

Research consultant - Teacher Corps, Fordham University.
Research design and instrument development. (1974)

American Institutes for Research, Palo Alto, California. Planning
of an evaluation program for the American Institute for Character
Education's elementary school curriculum. (1973)

Spectra Medical System, Palo Alto, California. Evaluation of a
trial run of a computerized nurses' station. Report entitled "The
Attitudes and Expectations of a Sample of the Mary's Help
Hospital Staff to the Introduction of an Automated Records
System." (1973)

Director of Graduate Programs, Faculty of Education, Simon
Fraser University (1983-1987)

Coordinator of the Test Collections, Faculty of Education, Simon
Fraser University (1977-1982)

Director of Psychological Corporation Controlled Test Center,
Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University (1979-1981;
1983-1985)

Coordinator, Graduate Program in Counseling, Faculty of
Education, Simon Fraser University. (1977-1979; 1988-1990)

National Institute of Education. Planning Conference on Studies
in Teaching. Assistant to the Chairperson for Panel on Teaching
as Clinical Information Processing. (1974)

Simon Fraser University committee service (e.g., Graduate
Programs in Education, Appointments Committee in Education,
Tenure and Promotion Committee in Education, Dean of
Education Search Committee, University Ethnic Relations
Committee, Community Advisory Committee on Ethnic
Relations, Senate Committee on Graduate Studies, University
Appointments Committee, Dean of Graduate Studies Search
Committee, plus many more).

Member of Simon Fraser University Faculty Senate (1985-1987).

Service to Scholarly Journals and Organizations

Member, Council of Academic Dean of Research Education Institutions (CADREI) (2003-), Board of Directors (2011-14).

Member, American Association of Universities (AAU) Education Deans Group (2003-), Program co-chair (2008)

Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of the Learning Sciences (2001-2003)

Guest Editor, Educational Psychologist, (2000)

Mentor for David Heflick. AERA/Spencer Foundation
mentorship program (1995/96)

Workshop leader (with P. Blumenfeld and L. Anderson). The
teaching of educational psychology. Division of Educational
Psychology of the American Psychological Association,
Scottsdale, AZ, June, 1996.

Book manuscript review for Jossey-Bass (1996)

Assistant Chairperson (Division K), Annual meeting of the
American Educational Research Association (1993)

Member of the Editorial Board, American Educational Research
Journal (1990- 1992)

Simon Fraser University Representative to the Social Science
Federation of Canada
(1989-1990)

Vice-President, Canadian Educational Researchers' Association
(1986-1987)

Assistant Chairperson (Division C), Annual meeting of the
American Educational Research Association (1985)

Paper reviewer for annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, Divisions C and K (1974 - present).

Consulting editor, American Educational Research Journal (1982-83).

Guest editor, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 1979,
6(1).

Manuscript reviewer,
Educational Psychologist
Cognition and Instruction
Educational Research and Evaluation
American Educational Research Journal
Canadian Counsellor
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science
Canadian Journal of Counselling
Canadian Journal of Education
Curriculum Inquiry
Developmental Psychology
Discourse Processes
Educational Research and Evaluation
Elementary School Journal
International Journal of Educational Research
Journal of Educational Psychology
Journal of Education for Teaching
Teaching and Teacher Education

Research Proposal reviewer
National Science Foundation
Spencer Foundation
Australian Research Grants Scheme
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
U.S. National Institute of Education

 

 

Community Service

Member of the Arizona Early Childhood Roadmap committee, Arizona Early Childhood Health and Development Board (2010)

Member of the Advisory Board, Tucson Values Teachers, Southern Arizona Leadership Council (2009-)

Member EdSteps National Advisory Board, Council of Chief State School Officers (2009-)

Member of the Advisory Board for Reading Seed, reading tutoring program for Pima County elementary schools 92004-20060

President of the Governing Board, Wildcat School, a 6-12 Charter school in Tucson, AZ (2006-)

Co-Chair of the Teacher Committee of the Governor of Arizona’s P-20 Council (2006-2009)

Member of the Governor of Arizona’s Committee for Teacher Quality and Support (2005-07)

Guest appearances to discuss education topics on Arizona Illustrated, KUAT (2004-2007)

Numerous talks to parent, teacher, and professional groups

Interview for CBC Radio regional special "Growing Up and Going Fast" (1989)

Member of the Board of Directors, Morningside Daycare Society,
Burnaby, B.C. (1978-1980)

Member of the Board of Directors, Burnaby Arts Council, Burnaby, B.C.
(1985-1986) Second Vice-President (1985-1986)