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I'm a PhD physicist and science educator, providing consulting and contracting services to support college and high-school educational reform. I specialize in helping academics to envision and carry out effective educational programs based on research on how people learn. Find out more about my experience on my resume page. Need someone to help with a project? Drop me a line. I love work.

Areas of expertise

    • physics content and education research
    • faculty professional development
    • college-level instructional innovation
    • communication about science & effective educational techniques

Services

    • workshops for college and high school instructors
    • proposal visioning and editing for educational grants
    • feedback and evaluation on educational programs, particularly those focusing on innovative college-level programs or faculty development
    • physics content review, primarily for instructional materials
    • writing about science content for teachers or the public
    • media production, including audio production and video direction
    • public speaking and presentations

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Recent clients and positions

Workshop Leader
University of California at Berkeley. Presented workshops on effective clicker use, writing clicker questions, and aligning assessments with learning objectives. November, 2011 and February 2012

University of Oregon Science Literacy Program. Presented workshops on effective clicker use, writing clicker questions, and aligning assessments with learning objectives. November, 2011 and February 2012

Oregon Association of Physics Teachers. Presented workshops on learning goals, backwards design, and alignment of assessment with learning outcomes. October, 2011

Sheridan County School District. Presented workshops on effective questioning techniques and question-writing, with a focus on clickers and peer instruction. August, 2011

North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). Prepared and presented full-day faculty professional development workshop on learning goals, backwards design, formative assessement and effective use of clickers. April, 2011.

Writer & producer.

Learning About Teaching Physics podcast. Creating a podcast on physics education research, directed towards high school and college physics teachers. With assistance from a grant from the Physics Education Research Topical Group (PERTG) of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).

JILA Research Highlights, CU-Boulder and NIST. Science Writer Produced short articles about atomic and astronomical physics for the public.

PhET Interactive Simulations. Video Producer. Directing and producing videos on effective uses of interactive simulations in the classroom. November 2010 - present.

Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College. Online Module Developer. Developed and wrote online module for faculty, Teaching with Learning Assistants. June - August, 2010.

i>clicker / MacMillan. Blog writer and webinar presenter. Main author for new blog on engaging students through technology, The Active Class. Regular presenter for webinar series on effective use of classroom technology. Ongoing.

National Science Digital Library: Podcaster and writer. Podcast series for K-6 teachers; Content articles for website; Research report on librarians' use of digital libraries; Blogger for Expert Voices network. February, 2009 - June, 2010.

American Institute of Physics: Writer. Developed Physicists' Manual for participants in Adopt a Physicist program. 2009

AAAS Science Magazine: Podcaster. Reported and produced two interview segments for regular podcast. 2009.

National Public Radio AAAS Mass Media Fellow. Learned the art of radio writing and production with the nation's premier science reporters.

External Evaluator.

PhET Interactive Simulations. d Providing formative and summative assessment for 3-year NSF DRK-12 program to create and research the use of interactive simulations in middle school environments. October 2010 - present.

Department of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder.Evaluated innovative NSF-funded graduate education training program (IGERT) in computational optics. Ongoing.

IQ-Biology Graduate Training Program, University of Colorado at Boulder. Evaluated innovative NSF-funded graduate education training program (IGERT) in quantitative optics. Ongoing.

Center for Astronomy Education, University of Arizona Evaluated faculty development program for new astronomy faculty. 2011.

Instructional Material Development & Review

Lawrence Hall of Science Science Education for Public Understanding (SEPUP). Science content review. Reviewed instructional modules for scientific accuracy.

Big Bang Productions. Teacher Guide Developer. Created teacher guides to accompany video/graphic novel series, The Adventures of Mr. Tompkins, for DVD and iPad/iPhone. August, 2010-present..

Harvard-Smithsonian Science Media Group / Annenberg Media. Curriculum developer. Development of curriculum and accompanying guide to be used in facilitating a professional development course for high-school physics teachers on Physics for the 21st Century. November, 2009 - May, 2010.

Science Education Initiative at University of Colorado. Postdoc. Developed curriculum and researched student learning in Carl Wieman's innovative educational reform program.

Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception. Postdoc. Created podcasts and webcasts, developed and taught teacher workshops. Here is a passionate description of what my time at the Exploratorium meant to me.

K-12 Outreach

CU-Boulder Outreach Office, Learn More About Climate. Directed the outreach office's efforts to connect teachers and students in Colorado to university scientists and resources on climate change. February - October, 2011..