Cora Bagley Marrett (born 1942) is an American sociologist. From May 2011 until August 2014, Marrett served as the deputy director of the National Science Foundation.[1]
Cora Bagley Marrett | |
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| Acting Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| In office March 2013 – March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Subra Suresh |
| Succeeded by | France A. Córdova |
| Acting Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| In office June 2010 – October 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Arden L. Bement, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Subra Suresh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Kenbridge, Virginia |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
Biography
editEarly life
editCora Bagley Marrett was born in 1942 in Kenbridge, Virginia. Her parents only had a sixth grade education and Marrett was the youngest of 12 children.[2]
Education
editMarrett received her undergraduate degree from the historically black Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia.[2] In 1968, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a PhD in sociology.[3]
Career
editAcademic appointments
editMarrett's early academic appointments were at Western Michigan University and the University of North Carolina.[4] Marrett was a tenured professor of Sociology and Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1974 to 1997.[2] In 1997, Marrett moved to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst as Provost, Senior Vice Chancellor of Affairs, and a professor of Sociology and Afro-American Studies, where she remained until 2001.[5] In 2001, she returned to the University of Wisconsin System, where she served as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs until 2007.[1]
National Science Foundation
editFrom 1992 through 1996, Marrett worked for the National Science Foundation as the assistant director for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Studies. She was also the assistant director for Education and Human Resources.[1] In May 2011, Marrett returned to the National Science Foundation as the deputy director, a post which she held until August 2014. Marrett has also served as NSF's acting director from June to October 2010 and again from March 2013 to March 2014.[1]
Professional service
editMarrett directed the United Negro College Fund/Andrew Mellon Programs from 1990 until 1992. In 1996 when she was called upon to sit on the Board of Governors of the Argonne National Laboratory while also being a member of a peer-review group for the National Institutes of Health, in which she remained until 1998. Other academic and governmental committees that she has served on include the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Congress.[4]
Published works
edit- Women's Occupational Health: The Rise and Fall of a Research Issue [6]
- Research in Race and Ethnic Relations: A Research Annual [7]
- Minority Females in High School Mathematics and Science [8]
- Teacher Goals and Race/Sex Equity in Mathematics and Science Education: The Final Report [9]
- Gender Influences in Classroom Interaction [10]
- The Organizational Context of Higher Order Thinking [11]
- Letter Report: Protecting Participants in Behavioral and Social Science Research[12]
Awards
editWhile working for the National Science Foundation from 1992 to 1996, Marrett was awarded the Distinguished Service Award.[1]
In 1996, Marrett received an honorary Doctorate from Wake Forest University and became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5][13]
In 1998, she became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5] That year she also served as Vice President of the American Sociological Association.
Marrett was awarded the American Sociological Association's Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award for work in the intellectual traditions of the work of Oliver Cox, Charles S. Johnson, and E. Franklin Frazier, three African American scholars. Cox, Johnson, and Frazier placed their scholarship in service to social justice, with an eye toward advancing the status of disadvantaged populations, and to better conditions globally. Marrett received the award in 2008.
Marrett was also a Distinguished Alumni Award Honoree in 2012 from the University of Wisconsin.[13]
While at Western Michigan University, she was nominated for a University Teaching Award.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "US NSF - News - Cora B. Marrett Biography, Deputy Director, National Science Foundation". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ a b c Brannon, Jody (16 July 2012). "Cora Marrett, Director (acting)". National Journal. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Scott Huler (March 16, 1992). "New NSF Structure Reflects Broad Agency Reorientation". The Scientist. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Cora Bagley Marrett Named New Provost at UMass Amherst Effective Aug. 1". UMassAmherst. University of Massachusetts Amherst. 5 June 1997. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Cora Bagley Marrett". African American History Program. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Hricko, Andrea M; Marrett, Cora Bagley (1975). Women's occupational health: the rise and fall of a research issue. [publisher not identified]. OCLC 2610436. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Marrett, Cora Bagley; Leggon, Cheryl (1979). Research in race and ethnic relations: a research annual. Jai Press. OCLC 52027286. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Marrett, Cora Bagley (1982). Minority females in high school mathematics and science. [Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin]. OCLC 10804351. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Marrett, Cora Bagley (1985). Teacher goals and race/sex equity in mathematics and science education: final report. Wisconsin Center for Education Research, School of Education, University of Wisconsin--Madison. OCLC 21109247. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Wilkinson, Louise Cherry, ed. (1985). Gender influences in classroom interaction. Academic Press. OCLC 11468276. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Marrett, Cora Bagley; Kim, Gyu-Won (1986). The organizational context of higher order thinking. [National Center on Effective Secondary Schools]. OCLC 24236045. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Panel on Institutional Review Boards, Surveys, and Social Science Research, The National Academies (2002). Letter report protecting participants in behavioral and social science research. National Academy Press. doi:10.17226/10427. ISBN 978-0-309-58711-2. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Cora Marrett MA'65, PhD '68 | Wisconsin Alumni Association". www.uwalumni.com. Retrieved 2015-04-09.