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Margaret Cox (academic)

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Margaret Josephine Cox
NationalityEnglish
Alma materUniversity of London
Known forResearch on Dental Education
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Education, Dentistry
InstitutionsKing's College London

Margaret Josephine Cox OBE, is an English physicist known for work in the fields of Dental Education. She is Professor Emeritus of Information Technology in Education in the School of Education, Communication and Society at King's College London[1] and Professor of Information Technology Education in the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London.

Professional life

Cox was President of the National Conference of University Professors from January 2013 – 2017. She is an editorial board of member of the journal Education and Information Technologies[2] and an editorial board member of the Journal for Computer Assisted Learning.[3]

Education

Cox obtained a Bachelor of Science in Experimental Physics from the University of London (1961) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Atomic Physics from the University of London in 1966.[citation needed]

Awards and recognition

Cox was appointed by Her Majesty the Queen in the 2001 Birthday Honours list as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for outstanding contributions to IT in Education. [4] She was made a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2003 and a Fellow of the IT in Teacher Education Association[5] (now incorporated into the Technology, Pedagogy and Education Association in 2012).[6] She is a Fellow of the National Conference of University Professors.[7]

Publications

Cox's publications listed on Web of Science [1] give her an h-index of 14.

References

  1. ^ "Professor Margaret Cox". 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Education and Information Technologies". 5 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Journal for Computer Assisted Learning". 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Cox was awarded the OBE in 2001 for outstanding contributions to computers in education". 5 October 2024.
  5. ^ "IT in Teacher Education Association". 5 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Technology, Pedagogy and Education Association". 5 October 2024.
  7. ^ "NCUP Council Members". 5 October 2024.