• Debbie Stephanie Andres to Receive the 2022 Doc Brown Futures Award
    February 15, 2022 - College Park, Maryland, United States, February 15, 2020—AAPT has announced that the 2022 recipient of the Doc Brown Futures Award is Debbie Andres.
    Topics: Press Releases, Announcements
  • Sean J. Bentley Awarded the AAPT 2022 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching
    February 14, 2022 - College Park, Maryland, United States, February 14, 2022—The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has announced that Sean J. Bentley will receive the 2022 David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching.
    Topics: Press Releases, Announcements
  • Wolfgang Christian Recipient of the 2022 Lillian McDermott Medal
    February 7, 2022 - College Park, MD, February 7, 2022—AAPT has announced that Wolfgang Christian will receive the Lillian McDermott Medal during the 2022 Summer Meeting.
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  • Toni Sauncy Becomes New President of AAPT
    January 9, 2022 - At the close of the 2022 Virtual Winter Meeting the presidential gavel was presented to Toni Sauncy. She will serve as President of the American Association of Physics Teachers for the coming year. Sauncy, Chair, Department of Physics and Harold T. Johnson Professor in Pre-Engineering at Texas Lutheran University, has previously served on the AAPT Board of Directors as President-elect and Vice President.
    Topics: Press Releases, Announcements
  • AAPT Participating in the AAAS SEA Change Professional Society Pilot
    November 10, 2021 - AAPT has been selected to be one of four participating organizations in the SEA Change initiative.  Early in 2021, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) accepted proposals from science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) professional societies to participate in a systemic change initiative called SEA (STEMM Equity Achievement) Change. The SEA Change initiative encompasses systemic change for institutions and departments; Physics and Astronomy professional societies have been the first to pilot departmental SEA Change programs (funded by a grant from the American Institute of Physics federation Venture Fund, www.aip.org).  The focus of this part of the initiative is to engage in the development and testing of a self-assessment and action planning framework aimed at making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) the norm within such organizations.
    Topics: Press Releases, Announcements
  • Frieda Stahl
    November 8, 2021 - Frieda Stahl (CSU Los Angeles), professor emerita of physics, died in October 2021 at the age of 99.
    Topics: Obituaries, Announcements
  • Tengiz Bibilashvili Selected New U.S. Physics Team Academic Director
    October 28, 2021 - The American Association of Physics Teachers has announced that Tengiz Bibilashvili of UCSB has been selected to serve as the Academic Director of the U.S. Physics Team.  He will begin immediately working with the coaches to prepare the F=MA Exam to be administered in 2022.
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  • AAPT Announces Winter 2022 Fellow
    October 14, 2021 - The 2022 AAPT Fellows Awardee has been announced. The criterion for selection of Fellows is exceptional contribution to AAPT's mission, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching. Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers. Any AAPT member who has maintained an active membership for at least 7 years is eligible for nomination for Fellowship. Nominations are evaluated by the AAPT Awards committee and approved by the AAPT Board of Directors.
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  • Richardson Recipient of the 2022 AAPT Homer L. Dodge Citation
    October 13, 2021 - Arlisa Richardson 2017 Election Bio
    Topics: Press Releases, Announcements
  • Cunningham Elected APS Fellow
    October 13, 2021 - Beth A. Cunningham of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) by the APS Council of Representatives upon the recommendation of the APS Forum on Education (FEd).
    Topics: Press Releases, Announcements
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