On October 6, 2006, Dr. Berkowitz was awarded
the Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime
Achievement Award by the Character Education Partnership
Before arriving at UMSL in1999, he was the inaugural Ambassador Holland H.
Coors Professor of Character Development at the United States Air Force
Academy. Previously he served as Professor of Psychology and Director of
the Center for Ethics Studies at Marquette University. He was also founder
and Associate Director of the Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health
Research in Milwaukee and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical
College of WI.
He
was born in Queens NY in 1950, attended public schools in Hewlett NY, and
earned his BA degree with honors in psychology from the State University of
NY at Buffalo in 1972. He earned his Ph.D. in Life-span Developmental
Psychology at Wayne State University in 1977, after which he served as a
Research Associate at the Center for Moral Development and Education at
Harvard University for two years.
He
has taught at various institutions throughout the United States, Canada, and
Europe. He has served as a Visiting Professor at the Max-Planck-Institute
for Human Development and Education in Berlin (1987-8) and as a Visiting
Scholar for the Gordon Cook Foundation in Scotland (1995).
Dr. Berkowitz is author of Parenting for good, editor of Moral
education: Theory and application (1985) and Peer conflict and
psychological growth (1985), and author of more than 70 book chapters,
monographs, and journal articles. He is co-editor of the Journal for
Research in Character Education. He has also served on the editorial
boards of the Merrill-Palmer Quarterly and Journal of
Psychological and Educational Consultation, as an Executive Member of
the American Bar Association's Interdisciplinary Committee to Promote the
Best Interest of the Child and on the boards of the Character Education
Partnership, the Jean Piaget Society and the Association for Moral
Education.
Dr. Berkowitz was named "Outstanding Young Educator of 1983" by the
Milwaukee Jaycees, was cited as one of Milwaukee’s "87 Most Interesting
People" in Milwaukee magazine in 1987, was invited to give the Henry
Howe Chan Memorial Lecture at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1992 and
the first Great Midwest Conference Presidents' Lectureship in 1993, was
co-recipient of the 1994 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Community
Partnership Award, named “Best University Professor” in a “Best of Milwaukee
‘98” readers’ poll of the Shepherd’s Express, served as Ethicist in
Residence at the University of South Florida in 2002 and as Visiting Scholar
at Azusa Pacific University in 2003, received the International Leadership
Network “Applause Award” in 2004, was named Educator of the Year by the St.
Louis Association of Secondary School Principals in 2005, and was an
inaugural recipient of the Bill Porzukowiak Character Award from the
Belleville (IL) 118 School District in 2005.
He
is co-founder of ComedySportz, a nationally franchised improvisational
comedy show, and has co-written the play “Chuck, Bob, and Louie” which won
best of show at the 1994 Milwaukee Festival of Ten Minute Plays. He is
author of a weekly newspaper column on parenting for character published in
the Topeka (KS) Capitol-Journal.
He
has been married to Judith Gewanter Berkowitz for over 30 years and has one
son, Daniel William Berkowitz (born 9/21/86).
Dr. Berkowitz was
Principal Investigator of the following:
· A
National Institute on Drug Abuse grant to study the relation of moral
development to adolescent drug use
· A study
of “What works in character education” funded by the John Templeton
Foundation grant
· A US
Department of Education grant to establish a national resource center in
character education
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