The John David Jackson Award for Excellence in Graduate Physics Education
The John David Jackson Award for Excellence in Graduate Physics Education is presented to physicists and physics educators who, like John David Jackson after whom the award is named, have made outstanding contributions to curriculum development, mentorship, or classroom teaching in graduate physics education.The recipient delivers an address at the AAPT Meeting at which the award is presented and receives a monetary award, an Award Certificate, a copy of the citation, and travel expenses to the meeting. Previous winners of the Oersted Medal or the Robert A. Millikan Medal are not eligible for this award. The award is presented only occasionally. Self-nomination is not appropriate for this award. Preference in the selection of the recipient will be given to members of AAPT.
Award Winners
Below is a list of previous winners of the John David Jackson Award for Excellence in Graduate Physics Education, as well as information (if applicable) about their address like the title and if it appeared in any print journals.
2025
Laurie Elizabeth McNeil, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
2024
Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"Physics graduate education for the 21st Century"
2023
Kimberly Ann Coble, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
"Human Potentials in the Universe of Graduate Teaching and Mentoring"
2018
Mehran Kardar, the Francis Friedman Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
"Force from Non-equilibrium Fluctuations in QED and Active Matter" View YouTube video.
2013
David Pines, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL
"What We Don't Know We Teach One Another" View YouTube video PowerPoint
2012
Kip Thorne, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
"Black Hole Research: A New Golden Age" View YouTube video.
2010
Eugene Commins, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
"Some Personal Reflections on Physics Graduate Education"
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