Founders and Directors

Research Consultants: Guy Ashkenazi, Robert MacDuff

David Hestenes

Founding Director of the Modeling Instruction Program
US Mail address:
Department of Physics
Arizona State University
PO Box 871504
Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 USA

Office: PSH 561
Office phone: (480) 965-6277
Email: Hestenes@asu.edu

David Hestenes oversees the Modeling Instruction Program. When he's not working on the design of Modeling Instruction and on nurturing ASU's graduate program for physics teachers, he spends his time in theoretical physics, geometric calculus, neural networks, and cognitive research in science education. His title is Emeritus Professor of Physics. Visit his website. Read a newspaper article about him.

Jane Jackson

Co-Director
US Mail address:
Department of Physics
Arizona State University
PO Box 871504
Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 USA

Office: PSH 561
Office phone: (480) 965-8438
Email: jane.jackson@asu.edu

Formerly at Scottsdale Community College, Jane Jackson is responsible for handling the countless administrative details involved in the smooth operation of the Program. These include (but are not limited to) organizing workshops and courses, disseminating information about the workshops, assisting workshop participants, and promoting university-high school partnerships nationwide.

Larry Dukerich

Founding Workshop Leader


Email: Ldukerich@mac.com

Larry Dukerich taught chemistry and physics at Dobson High School in Mesa, AZ and is a Faculty Associate at ASU. His responsibilities include developing curriculum materials, research in schools, developing and leading workshops.

P. Gregg Swackhamer

Founding Workshop Leader

Email: PGSwack@comcast.net

Gregg Swackhamer taught physics at Prairie School, after retiring in 2009 from Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois. He works on combatting naive conceptions about the energy concept and on incorporating elementary particle physics into the first year physics program in collaboration with the QuarkNet Project, and on developing model-centered freshman physics and AP-C cources.

 

 

M. Colleen Megowan

Founding Director, The Modeling Institute, ASU CRESMET

ASU website: http://modelit.asu.edu

cell phone: 480-213-5687
Email: megowan@asu.edu

  

Colleen Megowan has coordinated action research by modelers and taught the MNS program's Leadership Workshop since 2002. A 20 year veteran high school educator, Colleen completed her PhD in Physics Education Research in 2007 at ASU. She is Executive Officer of the American Modeling Teachers Association (AMTA). She conducts classroom research for ASU's SMALLab: K-12 Embodied and Mediated Learning. She seeks funding to extend and institutionalize Modeling Instruction, as well as promoting partnerships among science teachers, university personnel, business and industry.

 

 

Robert Culbertson

Director of the Department of Physics Master of Natural Sciences (MNS) degree program

Office/lab: PSH 553
Office phone: (480) 965-0945
Email: Robert.Culbertson@asu.edu

  

Bob Culbertson is Associate Professor of Physics at ASU. His primary research area is solid state physics, but since 2004 he has also been directing research of graduate students in physics education. He teaches PHS540: Integrated Physics and Chemistry, and PHS581: Structure of Matter, in the MNS program. Visit his website.
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last modified on October 15, 2011