People

Current Group Members

Photo	Name	Contact Information
	Mike Bennett Director of Education and Workforce Development Q-SEnSE NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute	Email
	Daniel Bolton Instructor of Physics • Teaches large-enrollment intro physics at CU Department of Physics	Email 303-492-7368
	Victoria Borish Postdoc Department of Physics • JILA	Email
	Michael Dubson Senior Instructor • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies • PhET software developer • Departmental fire suppression specialist Department of Physics	Email 303-492-4938
	Noah Finkelstein Professor • Theory and Practice in PER, drawing on socio-cultural perspectives Department of Physics	Email 303 735 6082
	Jessica Hoehn Director of Public Engagement and Education Research • Research Associate JILA Physics Frontier Center • Physics Department	Email
	Heather J. Lewandowski Professor of Physics • Fellow of JILA • Research on Labs and Experimental Physics Department of Physics • JILA	Email
	Josephine Meyer Graduate student in physics • Quantum information science education CU Department of Physics	Email 541-844-4344
	Valerie Otero Professor, Executive Director of Learning Assistant Program, Co-Director Center for STEM Learning • The Learning Assistant Program, Physics and Everyday Thinking High School, Center for STEM Learning Learning Assistant Program • School of Education	Email
	Kathy Perkins Associate Professor Attendant Rank, Director of PhET Interactive Simulations • PhET simulations, Course reform, Institutional change Department of Physics	Email 303-492-6714
	Steven Pollock Professor of Physics • PER research, with a focus on student learning in upper-division Department of Physics	Email 303-492-2495
	Michael Vignal Postdoctoral Researcher • Physics Education Research CU Department of Physics - JILA	Email
	Alexandra Werth Postdoc CU Department of Physics	Email (609) 651-7643
	Bethany Wilcox Assistant Professor of Physics • Mathematical problem solving in physics • Scalable and flexible assessment models CU Department of Physics	Email 303-492-8756

Affiliate Group Members

Photo	Name	Contact Information
	Stephanie Chasteen Research Associate • Institutional, departmental & faculty change research Center for STEM Learning	Email
	Susan Chipman Retired Federal Manager of Cognitive Science Research • Cognitive scientist who managed much research relevant to science education, including early NIE-NSF program CU Denver Department of Psychology	Email 303-440-2949
	Claudia Fracchiolla Research Associate • Informal Physics Education Research Center for STEM Learning • University College Dublin	Email
	Jean Hertzberg Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering • Using aesthetics for affective domain gains. CIRTL and APS DFD education-related work. CU Department of Mechanical Engineering	Email 303 817 0967
	Robert Hobbs Senior Associate Professor • Learning in undergraduate laboratories Bellevue College Department of Physics	Email 425-564-3154
	Seth Hornstein Senior Instructor • Director of Sommers-Bausch Observatory • Astronomy education research Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences	Email 310-492-5631
	Briana Ingermann Education Programs Manager • Informal astronomy education and education research Fiske Planetarium	Email 303-492-4073
	Edmond Johnsen Education Technologist and Data Wrangler • Development, implementation, and analyses of education technology and learning. Center for STEM Learning	Email 303-964-6035
	Diana Berenice López Tavares PhD Student • PhET Project and teacher PD National Polytechnic Institute Mexico • Physics Education Department	Email
	Eilish McLoughlin Associate Professor of Physics • Physics teacher education • Curriculum and assessment • Informal physics education Dublin City University CASTeL/School of Physical Sciences	Email 7205696015
	Emily B. Moore Director of Research and Accessibility, PhET Interactive Simulations • PhET Interactive Simulations Department of Physics	Email
	Robert Parson Professor and Associate Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry • Curricular design, chemistry education, PhET project and simulations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry • JILA	Email 303 492 7751
	Ariel Paul Director of Development • PhET Interactive Simulations project Department of Physics	Email
	Claire Raftery Director of Education, Communications and Outreach • Solar physics education and engagement across lots of audiences National Solar Observatory	Email 3037359044
	Julian Stenzel Martins PhD Student • Student group dynamics in inquiry-based physics education School of Education	Email 720-485-7744
	Tamia Williams Undergraduate Student • 2017 PER Intern • Arts Education and Physics Identity Mount Holyoke College Department of Physics	Email 9176080802

Former Group Members

Photo	Name	Contact Information
	Wendy Adams Research Associate Professor • Assessment of problem solving, perceptions of physics, perceptions of teaching as a profession, simluations Colorado School of Mines Department of Physics	Email 970-539-6154
	Charlie Baily Lecturer • Advanced undergraduate E&M; quantum ontologies University of St Andrews	Email
	Giaco Corsiglia PhD Student • Mid- and upper-division student problem solving CU Department of Physics	Email 917-885-3814
	Nate Crossette Graduate student • Student reasoning in thermodynamics • Network analysis CU Department of Physics	Email
	Melissa Dancy Research Faculty • Educational Transformation, Faculty Development and Gender/Race Studies Department of Physics • Center for STEM Learning	Email
	Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer Senior Research Associate • Upper-division physics labs; Diversity, equity, and inclusion in physics education Department of Physics	Email 303-492-8759
	Brett Fiedler PFC PISEC Coordinator • Post-doc • Informal physics education and PISEC program JILA • Department of Physics	Email 303-492-7820
	Michael Fox Research Associate Department of Physics • JILA • CUbit	Email 970-703-4411
	Julian Gifford Graduate Student • Student Reasoning in Quantum Mechanics Department of Physics	Email
	Katie Hinko Assistant Professor of Physics • Informal Physics Education Research Michigan State University	Email
	Simone Hyater-Adams Graduate Student • Physics and Racial Identity/Informal Science and Outreach Programs/ Arts and STEAM ATLAS Institute	Email
	Chris Keller Product Manager • Building better educational tools Lab-Aids Inc.	Email 970-236-1150
	Alexandra (Allie) Lau Graduate Student • Research on Faculty Development Programs Department of Physics	Email
	Will Lindsay Graduate Student • K-12 science education School of Education	Email 7209893483
	Khadijih Mitchell PhD Student • K-12 Physics Education/Higher Ed. School of Education	Email
	Alanna Pawlak Research Associate • Departmental Change in Higher Education • Collaborative Learning in Introductory Physics Center for STEM Learning	Email
	Benjamin Pollard Research Associate • Post-doc, Physics laboratory education Department of Physics	Email
	Gina Quan Research Associate • Departmental change in undergraduate STEM Center for STEM Learning	Email
	Katherine (Katie) Rainey Graduate student • Assessment in physics CU Department of Physics	Email
	Jacob Stanley Post-doc researcher • Upper-division lab education, scientific documentation, experimental modeling Department of Physics	Email
	Chandra Turpen Research Assistant Professor • Faculty and Institutional Change, and Role of culture in learning science University of Maryland College Park Department of Physics	Email 303-817-0250

For a historical (non-updated!) list of all past and present group members, see the archived people page here.

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