Professor Herb Marsh

Professor Herb Marsh (BA-Hons, Indiana, MA; PhD, UCLA; DSc, UWS, Aust Acad of Soc Sci) is Professor of Education Oxford University. Prior to that he was Research Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Western Sydney where he was Dean of Graduate Research Studies, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research, and recipient of the inaugural Doctorate of Science and the inaugural Vice Chancellor's award for PhD Supervision.

He is the author of internationally recognised psychological tests that measure self-concept, motivation and university students evaluations of teaching effectiveness and is widely published (370 articles in 70 journals, 60 chapters, 14 monographs, 350 conference papers) and co-edits the International Advances in Self Research monograph series. He is an ISI highly cited researcher (http://isihighlycited.com/) with 262 ISI publications, more than 10,000 citations, and an ISI-H-index = 54. He founded SELF Research Centre that has 450 members and satellite centres at leading Universities around the world.

He has been recognised as the most productive educational psychologist in the world and the 11th most productive researcher across all disciplines of psychology.

His major Research/Scholarly interests include self-concept and motivational constructs; evaluations of teaching effectiveness; developmental psychology, quantitative analysis; sports psychology; the peer review process; gender differences; peer support and anti-bullying interventions.