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Paul Heafner, Chair (2014)
Catawba Valley Community College
2550 Hwy 70 SE
Hickory, NC United States 28602
heafnerj@sticksandshadows.com

Beverly T. Cannon (2015)
Highland Park High School
6315 Rincon Way Drive
Dallas, TX United States 75214-2040
Phone: (214) 868-5445
cannonb75@gmail.com

Richard Gelderman (2014)
Western Kentucky University
Dept of Physics and Astronomy
1906 College Heights Blvd
Bowling Green, KY United States 42101-1077
Phone: (270) 745-6203; Fax: (270) 745-2014
gelderman@wku.edu

Heather P. Jones (2016)
Mt. San Antonio College
1100 North Grand Avenue
Walnut, CA 91789
Phone: (909) 274-5794
hjones3@mtsac.edu

M. Jeannette Lawler (2014)
Brigham Young University
N283 ESC
Provo, UT United States 84602
Phone: (801) 422-3849; Fax: (801) 422-0553
lawler@byu.edu

Pamela A. Maher (2016)
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, NV United States 89154-9901
Phone: (702) 651-4505
maherp@unlv.nevada.edu

Robert Dean Moore (2015)
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple St
Dept of Physics
Carrollton, GA United States 30118
Phone: (678) 839-4096; Fax: (678) 839-4088
rmoore@westga.edu

Donald Andrew Smith (2016)
Guilford College
5800 W Friendly Ave
Greensboro, NC United States 27410
Phone: (336) 316-2162
dsmith4@guilford.edu

Beth A. Cunningham, Ex Officio
AAPT
Office of the Executive Officer
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD United States 20740-3845
Phone: (301) 209-3311; Fax: (301) 209-0845
bcunningham@aapt.org

Susannah Hicks, Staff Liaison
American Association of Physics Teachers
Office of the Executive Officer
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD United States 20740-3845
Phone: (301) 209-3311; Fax: (301) 209-0845
shicks@aapt.org

 

Mission

  1. To strengthen and maintain contacts with national organizations concerned with space science and astronomy and the teaching thereof.
  2. To provide AAPT members with a perspective on current space science and astronomy research through "Frontiers in Space Science and Astronomy" sessions.
  3. To promote excellence in teaching astronomy by:
    1. Sponsoring hands-on workshops that introduce the latest in computer software and observational techniques taught in labs.
    2. Holding sessions that provide information on resources for teaching materials; on successful and unsuccessful curricula developments; on research in teaching; and on the interrelationships between astronomy and other disciplines.
    3. Working with sister committees to promote areas of joint interest.