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Michael Marder

Michael Marder

UTeach Executive Director


Michael Marder is Executive Director and co-founder of UTeach, a university-based secondary STEM teacher preparation program. Dr. Marder was one of the original designers of UTeach at the University of Texas at Austin in 1997. Out of this original program, a number of STEM education initiatives have grown, including a national expansion effort that supports the creation of UTeach programs at universities across the nation.

Dr. Marder is also a condensed matter physicist. He serves as a Professor in the Department of Physics and the Director of the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics at the University of Texas at Austin.

With his interests in educational equity and theoretical physics, Dr. Marder has developed a unique quantitative approach to analyzing data around teacher preparation activities and U.S. students’ performance in the fields of math and science. He brings a unique perspective to these problems, combining his academic expertise with more than 20 years of experience overseeing STEM teacher preparation at UT Austin.  

Dr. Marder received his A.B. in physics and mathematics from Cornell University in 1982 and his PhD in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986. He has served on a variety of national committees, including as Chair of the American Physical Society Ethics Committee for 2019 and 2020, and is the 2013 recipient of the PNAS Cozzarelli Prize in the area of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  

Dr. Marder is married to Elpida Hadjidaki, an underwater archaeologist who found the first Minoan shipwreck, and has a daughter, Nike, who owns a scuba diving school on Crete. 

 

 

Recent STEM Education Publications

Marder, M., David, B., & Hamrock, C. (2020). Math and science outcomes for students of teachers from standard and alternative pathways in Texas. Education Policy Archives, 28(27).

Marder, M. (2019). Can we inspire every high-school student to take physics? Texas nearly did. APS News, 28(10).

Marder, M. (2018, March). Rise and fall of Texas STEM education: College readiness and course-taking since House Bill 5 of 2013 (PDF <1MB).[White paper]. [Michelle—this one was on the old UTeach site and now the link is dead. Can you find it? I can put it on the Institute site and link to it there.]

Marder, M., Brown, C. R., & Plisch, M. (2017). Recruiting Teachers in High-Needs STEM Fields: A survey of current majors and recent STEM grads. The Physics Teacher, 55(5), 318–318. 

UTeach Blog Posts

Marder, M. (2019). “Can Texas Achieve Its Main Education Goal?” and “Texas Can Achieve Its Main Education Goal”

Marder, M. (2018). “Rise and Fall of Texas STEM Education.” Part 1, Part2, and Part 3.

Marder, M. (2017). “Students of UTeach Graduates Learn More.”

Marder, M. (2017). Teacher Preparation Regulations.”

Marder, M. (2017). “Computer Science Principles and Underrepresented Students.”

Marder, M. (2017). “What Universities Can Do to Prepare More Computer Science Teachers.”

Marder, M. (2017). “Code.org Needs Us as Much as We Need Them.”

Phone: 512-232-2770

Email: marder@uteach.utexas.edu

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