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A Brief
History of the Activities
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The Education Office was established in the Fall of 1998 with a mission to
focus on the needs of both Hispanic-American students pursing the study of
physics and on the needs of physics faculty working with Hispanic-American
students. The first Education Officer was Juan R. Burciaga, then at Bryn Mawr
College. The Constitution was later amended to make the Education Officer a
member of the Board.
Mentoring on the WEB
1998-2000
The Education Office set up the infrastructure for a web-based mentoring
program whose primary objective was to reach students who did not have
immediate access to Hispanic-American faculty and needed to discuss issues with
them. Eventually the project was postponed until the Society grew enough to
provide an acceptable number of mentors.
National NSHP Logo Contest
1999-2001
The Education Office sponsored a national contest asking high school and
college students to design a logo for the NSHP. But the logo was only one of
the objectives of the contest.
The contest served as a central focus for announcing the presence of the newly
formed society. The Education Office sent letters and e-mails about the society
and the contest to both national and college chapters of MeCHA, Lulac and many
other local Hispanic sororities and fraternities. In addition, the Education
Office explored the information ifrastructure of Hispanic-based organizations
on the Web and found no clear structure existed to reach either Hispanic
students or teachers and faculty of Hispanic students.
Though a prize was awarded to the student submitting the winning logo the Board
decided not to adopt the design for the Society. The most important result of
the contest was establishing the clear need for a census to identify Hispanic
students, a means to reach them, and a way to identify and communicate with
faculty and teachers of Hispanic students.
NTFUP Meeting on Diversity in Undergraduate Physics
December 2002 -- Dallas, TX
The National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics hosted a special meeting to
discuss issues of diversity with Hispanic-American and African-American
physicists. Juan Burciaga (as Education Officer of the NSHP) was asked to
attend and provide a list of other potential Hispanic-American physicists to
attend.
In addition to the Education Officer, other NSHP members to attend the Meeting
on Diversity were J.D. Garcia(a member of the NTFUP and Past-President NSHP),
Jorge Lopez(President NSHP), Luz Martinez-Miranda(President-Elect NSHP), and
Jesus Pando(Treasurer NSHP).
AAPT/NSHP Joint Meeting
January 2003 -- Austin, TX
Co-Sponsored with Minorities in Physics the session Building Success: Curricular Strategies and Pedagogical Initiatives
Building Community in Female-Friendly Physics
Departments
Barbara Whitten, Colorado College
Community Building: Bridging Boundaries and
Forming Connections
Jan M. Yarrison-Rice, Miami University
Building Community in Female-Friendly Physics
Departments
David Hammer, University of Maryland
Personal Epistemologies and Student
Participation
Apriel Hodari, The CNA Corporation
Co-Sponsored with International Education the
session Physics Teaching Around the World
Teaching Physics in Mexico: Different
Environments and Student Motivation
Odon M. Sanchez Cavazos, Monterrey Tech
Physics and Teaching of Physics in Mexico
Arnulfo Zepeda, CINVESTAV
IT-based Physics Education in Korea
Keum H. Lee, Chonbuk National University and Jin Kim
Redesigning a Remedial Physics Course for
University Physics in Mexico
Genaro Zavala, ITESM and Hugo Alarcon
Co-Sponsored with Women in Physics the session Hot
Topics in the Southwest
Signatures of Chaos in Quantum Mechanics
Linda Reichl, University of Texas at Austin
The Magic of Conformal Invariance in Quantum
Mechanics
Carlos R. Ordonez, University of Houston
Hot Topics at Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. Tinka Gammel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Direct Observation of Percolation in a
Manganite Thin Film
Alex de Lozanne, University of Texas
Co-Sponsored the Plenary Sesssion
Storms from the Sun: The Emerging Science of Space Weather
Ramon E. Lopez, University of Texas at El Paso
Co-Sponsored the Science to Explore Engineering
and Science(SEES) program -- a series of
hand-on science exploratory activities involving approximately 100 studets in
the fifth and sixth grades.
Hosted the Joint Forum
Memebers of the NSHP, NSBP and the AAPT's Committeee on Minorities in Physics
took part in a discussion, open to all, of the question
What would you say if someone, for
example a college professor or a high school teacher, asked
What can I do to increase the participation of under-represented groups in
the study of physics?
APS National Meeting
March 2003 -- Austin, TX
At the request of the Austin Independent School District, the Education Office
co-ordinated a visit of a Traveling Physics show to two grade schools in
conjunction with the national APS meeting.
AGU Joint Society Meeting on Diversity in the Earth and Space Sciences
June 2003 -- College Park, MD
The American Geophysics Union hosted a conference designed to bring together
a variety of academic and professional societies in order to explore what is
being done, and what might be done, to enhance diversity in the sciences,
particularly the earth and space sciences. Over 100 people representing 44
societies attended. Juan Burciaga(Education Officer) attended the meeting as
part of the AAPT delegation and also representing the NSHP.
PKAL National Assembly -- Ensuring the Success of Under-Represented
Groups in STEM Learning Environments
October 2003 -- Glassboro, NJ
The Education office was invited to attend as an obersver for both the AAPT and
the NSHP and report back to these bodies on the PKAL conference.
January 2004
The Education Office expanded to include two Education Officers -- Yesim Darici,
Florida International University and Juan Burciaga, Vassar College.
AAPT
January 2004 -- Miami, FL
Though this was not a Joint Meeting with AAPT, the NSHP was active and
participated in organizing and sponsoring several sessions.
Co-Sponsored with Undergraduate Education and Minorities in Physics the session Building Success II: Curricular Strategies and Pedagogical Initiatives
What We know About Supporting Our Students:
Classroom Practices and Cognition in Physics
Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado Boulder
Concept-Based Learning in Science and
Engineering Education
Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines
Building Student Confidence Through 4+ Years of
Mentoring
Neal Abraham, DePauw University of Greencastle
I.T.S. - Individualized Teaching system:
Creating a Student-Centered Learning Community
Wayne Fisher, Myers Park High School
Co-Sponsored with Women in Physics the session Latin
American Women in Physics
Characterization of Electrostatically Deposited
(Electrospun) Nanoscopic Carbon Fibers
Idalia Ramos, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
Self-Assembled Multiferroic Nanostructures
Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, University of Maryland, CINVESTAV
Computational Modeling of Corneal Refractve
Surgery
Delia Cabrera, University of Miami
Effects of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Liquid
Crystal and Related Materials
Luz Martinez-Miranda, University of Maryland
Surface/Interface Studies on Chiral Molecules
Self-Assembled on Au(111) Surface
Yesim Darici, Florida International University
NSBP/NSHP Joint Meeting
February 2004 -- Washington, DC
The Education Office sponsored two sessions.
Teaching Undergraduates: What do we know that
works? What is important?
The session was geared to faculty and was designed to introduce them to some of
the new ideas that faculty can use to address the barriers students
(particularly minority students) encounter as they begin the study of physics
and mathematics. Our speakers were able to address pedagogical, cultural and
psychological factors.
Jim Gates - University of Maryland
Barbara Whitten - Colorado College
Sharon Fries-Britt - University of Maryland
Apriel Hodari - The CNA Corporation
Cultural Shock: Being Blind-Sided in Graduate
School
This session was for the undergraduate student about to attend graduate school.
Our speakers focused on the "chilly environment" many students
(particularly minority students) encounter as they enter large graduate
programs, what can and cannot be done about this, some warning signs to look
for, and what resources are available to them.
Duane Cooper (Moorhouse)
Eugene Collins (Fisk)
Kandace Tanner (physics graduate student, Urbana-Champaign)
SACNAS/NSHP Joint Meeting
October 2004 -- Austin, TX
Co-hosted with NSBP a GRE Advanced Physics Preparation Workshop.
AAPT/NSHP Joint Meeting
January 2005 -- Albuquerque, NM
Co-Sponsored with Minorities in Physics the session Physics and Astronomy in Native American and Hispanic Cultures
Sun and Moon Watching in the Pueblo World
Michael Zeilik, The Learning Zone, Inc.
Incorporating Archaeoastronomy and
Ethnoastronomy into an Astronomy Course
Mark Hollabaugh, Normandale Community College
Navajo Astronomy
Fred Begay, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Native American Astronomy as an Introduction to
Cultural Foundations
Charles Leming, Henderson State University
Co-Sponsored with International Education the
session Physics Education in the Southwest and South of the Border
Discipline-Based Educational Research at Arizona
State University in Science and Mathematic
Luanna Ortiz, Arizona State University
Thirty Years of Teaching Physics at New Mexico
Tech
David Raymond, New Mexico Tech
Physics Education Research in Mexico
Genaro Zavala, ITESM and Hugo Alarcon
Hosted the Joint Forum
Members of the NSHP, NSBP and the AAPT's Committeee on Minorities in Physics
took part in a discussion, open to all, of the question
What do students need to know?
A general discussion of what minority students need to know before attending
college and choosing a major.
Co-Sponsored with the Committee on Minorities in
Physics the Workshop
Reaching, Teaching and Keeping Under-represented Groups in Physics
NSBP/NSHP Joint Meeting
February 2005 -- Orlando, FL
The Education Office sponsored the session
Missing: The Disappearing Minority Male in
Science
The session was designed to acquaint teaching faculty of the factors and
paradigms that are being used to frame the discussion of the decreasing
participation of minority males in science.
The Gender Gap Among African Americans in Physics: A
Statistical Overview
Roman Czujko, AIP(Statistics)
Building Trust in the Face of Small Numbers: Diversity Cues and
Reduction of Threat in American Mainstream Institutio
Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Yale(Psychology)
And the Education Office assisted in the
organization of the session Survival and Gender Issues for Working
Physicists and Students.
AAPT
August 2005 -- Salt Lake City, UT
Though not a Joint Meeting with the AAPT, the NSHP was invited to Co-Sponsor
with Minorities in Physics the session/panel
Closing the Gap Between Understanding and Action: Strategic Issues in Diversity
Research on Undergraduate Persistence
Teri Murphy, University of Oklahoma(Mathematics)
The Complexity and Changing Landscapes of Race
and Ethnicity
Eric Hsu, San Francisco State University(Mathematics)
Recommendations for Undergraduates in preparing
for Graduate School
James Dickerson, Vanderbilt University
How and Why Diversity Initiatives Must Work
Jorge Zeballos, Guilford College
Co-Sponsored with the Committee on Minorities in
Physics the Workshop
Reaching, Teaching and Keeping Under-represented Groups in Physics
Best Practice College Course, Validation Panel
Spring 2006
The Education Office represented NSHP as part of the College Board's redesign
of the AP Physics B course.
NSBP/NSHP Joint Meeting
February 2006 - San Jose, CA
The Education Office sponsored a session on "Physics Education Research:
New Results and Applications" that included 3 invited speakers.
Advances in Physics Education Research: Contexts
and Tools of Student Learning
Noah Finkelstien, University of Colorado
Improving Student Learning in Physics from K-20:
The Role of Research
Peter Shaffer, University of Washington
Enhancing Physics Learning in Lecture with
Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
David Sokoloff, University of Oregon
SACNAS
October 2006 - Tampa, FL
Workshop on
Study Methods and Scheduling: Preparing for the GRE
NSBP/NSHP Joint Meeting
February 2007 - Boston, MA
The Education Office sponsored 2 sessions on PER that included 4 invited
speakers.
Memorization or Understanding: Are We Teaching
the Right Thing?
Eric Mazur, Harvard
What do Physics Professors Expect? Research on
Physics Professors' Beliefs about the Teaching and Learning of Problem Solving
in Introductory Physics.
Kenneth Heller, University of Minnesota
Successful U.S. Women of Color Physics Students
and Their Strategies for Persistence in Science
Maria (Mia) Ong, TERC(Project Leader) and Founder/Director Project SEED
The Role of Representations And Analogies In
Solving Pphysics Problems
Noah Finkelstein, Patrick Kohl and Noah Podolefksly, University of Colorado
AAPT
August 2007 -- Greensboro, NC
Co-Sponsored with the Committee on Minorities in Physics the Workshop
Reaching, Teaching and Keeping Under-represented Groups in Physics
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Last updated 09/8/2007