Research Team and Collaborators

Current Graduate Students

Joseph Fritchman (01/2011 ~ present),   Research in Scientific Reasoning and Science Inquiry

Yang Xiao (07/2016~present), Joint Ph.D. Program with South China Normal University.

Yangyang Hu (09/2016~present), Joint Ph.D. Program with Beijing Capital Normal University.

 

Post-Doc/Research Associate

Jing Han  (05/2013 ~ present),   Scientific Reasoning and Educational Assessment

Daniel Fu  (09/2011~present),   Scientific Reasoning assessment and data analysis.

 

Past Students and Post-Docs

Gyoungho Lee (Post-Doc 01/2001~09/2002, Assistant Professor at Seoul National University, Korea, and the secretary of the physics education division in the Korean Physical Society since 04/2005).

YeounSoo Kim (Post-Doc 02/2004 ~ 02/2006)    Students attitudes, motivations, cognitive conflicts and anxiety. Current position: Physics teacher at the most elite high school in South Korea.

Lin Ding (Post-Doc 07/2007~08/2010), Assistant Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University.

 

Past Graduate Students

Keith Oliver (08/2003, Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University, WI)

Rasil Warnakulasooriy (08/2003, Post-doc in the physics department of MIT)

Florin Bocaneala (06/2005, Thesis on computational modeling of learning process). Project Coordinator/Director of Physics/Astronomy Online Instruction for Present/Future Science Teachers at Fairmont State University, West Virginia. (06~present).

Homeyra Sadaghiani (08/2005, Thesis on student learning in Quantum mechanics, Post-doc in the PER group at the University of Washington) (05~07). Assistant professor in the physics department at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. (07~present).

Dedra Demaree (09/2003 ~ 09/2006) Thesis “Toward Understanding Writing To Learn In Physics: Investigating Student Writing”, Visiting assistant professor at College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts (06~07). Assistant professor in the physics Department at Oregon State University. (07~present).

Pengfei Li (09/2003 ~ 08/2007) Thesis on voting machine and problem solving, Assistant Professor in Physics Department at Savannah State University, Georgia. (07~present).

Jing Wang (02/2004 ~ 2009) Thesis “Advanced Quantitative Measurement Methodology in Physics Education Research”. Assistant professor in Eastern Kentucky University. (09~present).

Albert Lee (07/2006 ~ 2009)  Thesis “Development and Evaluation of Clicker Methodology for Introductory Physics Courses”. Assistant professor in California State University, Los Angelis. (09~present).

Amy Raplinger (09/2009 ~ 09/2011)      Graduated with a Master Study on Scientific Reasoning and Science Inquiry

Jing Han        (08/2008 ~ 05/2013)     Scientific Reasoning and Educational Assessment

Aaron Adair (03/2011 ~ 12/2013)     Science Inquiry and Project based Learning

Jarred Hudson (08/2014 ~ 01/2015)    Science Inquiry and Education Technology

 

Visiting Scholars

Guohao Li (05/2015~05/2016), Professor, Vice Dean, School of Management, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.

Wenfa Yan (04/2015~04/2016), Associate Professor, School of Chemstry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China.

Yuxia Du, (10/2014~10/2015), Professor, Deputy Dean of Educational Technology Department, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.

Shihong Ma (03/2015~08/2015), Professor, Director of Central Lab for Physics Teaching, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Weiping Hu (12/2014~03/2015), Professor, Director, National Center for Teacher Professional Development, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China.

Qiaoping Zhu (09/2013~08/2014), Associate Professor, School of Physics and Electrical Information, Ningxia University, Yingchuan, China.

Zhaolong Liu (07/2013-07/2014), Professor, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Xiaohong Tang (11/2012~11/2013), Professor, Sichuan College of Education, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Bei Sha (10/2012~03/2013), Associate Professor, QiLu Normal University, Shandong China.

Yuhua Liu (03/2012~10/2012), Associate Professor, FoShan University, Guangdong, China

Fengguo Li (03/2012 ~ 08/2012), Professor, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

Yuan Pi (03/2012/ ~ 05/2012), Associate Professor, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China

XiaoLi Wu (03/2011 ~ 03/2012), Professor, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Li Xie (02/2011 ~ 03/2012), Professor, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, China

Shaona Zhou (09/2010~12/2011), Ph.D. student, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

Jiawu Fan (09/2010~09/2011), Ph.D. student, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Li Cheng (08/2009 ~ 08/2011), Ph.D. student, South East University, Nanjing, China

Qiong Huang (11/2010~06/2011), Ph.D. student, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Liangyu Peng (09/2010~03/2011), Professor, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China

Xiaojun Wang (11/2010 ~ 12/2010), Professor, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

Guiqing, Xu (11/09 ~ 05/2010), Ph.D. student, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Yibing Zhang (04/2009 ~ 07/2010), professor, Department of Physics, Ningxia University, Yingchuan, China

Xiumei Feng (09/2008 ~ 08/2009), assistant professor, Department of Physics, HuaZhong Normal University, Wuhan, China

TianFang Cai (09/2007~07/2008), associate professor, Department of Physics, Beijing JiaoTong University, Beijing, China

Kai Fang (04/2007~09/2007), assistant professor, Department of Physics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

LiJia Yang (02/2007~10/2007), professor, Department of Physics, China National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China