Joe Kozminski

Joseph Kozminski - Vice Chair of the Section Representatives

Current Position:

Professor and Chair of Physics
Lewis University, Romeoville, IL 60446
kozminjo@lewisu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Physics, 2005, Michigan State University
M.S., Physics, 2001, Michigan State University
B.S., Physics and Mathematics, 2000, University of Notre Dame

Professional Experience

Professor of Physics, Lewis University (2015 – Present)
Chair of Physics, Lewis University (2011-Present)
Associate Professor of Physics, Lewis University (2011 – 2015)
Assistant Professor of Physics, Lewis University (2005-2011)
Adjunct Instructor, Astronomy, Triton College (2005) AAPT Activities

AAPT Activities

  • Section Representative Vice-Chair (2025-present)
  • AAPT Committee on Laboratories, Vice Chair (2024-2025)
  • AAPT Re-envisioning the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum (REV UP) Working Group (2023 – present)
  • AAPT Nominating Committee (Member 2021-2022, Chair 2022-2023)
  • AAPT Committee on Science Outreach to the Public (Member 2020 – 2021, Vice Chair 2021-2022, Chair 2022-2023)
  • AAPT Committee on Physics in Undergraduate Education (Member 2017 – 2018, Vice Chair 2018-2019, Chair 2019-2020)
  • Chicago Section AAPT, Section Representative, (2016-2025)
  • AAPT Meetings Committee (2015 – 2017)
  • AAPT Undergraduate Curriculum Task Force Executive Committee (2013-2018)
  • AAPT Committee on Laboratories (2013-2016)
  • Chicago Section of AAPT, Executive line (2012-2015)
  • AAPT Committee on Professional Concerns (2008-2011)

Honors and Recognitions

American Association of Physics Teachers, Homer L. Dodge Distinguished Service Award (2017)
Chicago Section AAPT, Distinguished Service Award (2017)

Other Professional/Community Activities

  • Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPhA) --  President (2024-Present), Vice President (2022-2024), Board Member (2018-2022), 2015 Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year (BFY2) Organizing Committee Member, 2018 BFY3 Conference Co-Chair, 2023 BFY4 Conference Co-Chair
  • Guest Editor, The Physics Teacher: Special Issue on Teaching about Environment, Sustainability, and Climate Change (2022-2023)
  • School Board Member, Naperville Community Unit District 203 (2019-Present)

Memberships

AAPT, Chicago Section AAPT, Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPhA), American Physical Society (APS), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Phi Kappa Phi