EP3 Team

Meet the EP3 Team

The EP3 Initiative team is working to create the Effective Practices for Physics Programs Guide, to train physics program leaders and reviewers in how to use the Guide through workshops and online communities, to conduct research on the impact of the Guide, and to develop a plan for ongoing review and improvement of the Guide.

The EP3 Guide was developed by the APS Best Practices for Undergraduate Physics Programs (BPUPP) Task Force (2016-2022). The American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) established the EP3 Editorial Board (EP3 Board) to oversee ongoing development of the Effective Practices for Physics Programs (EP3) Guide. General oversight of the EP3 Board is provided by the APS Committee on Education (COE).

If you’d like to talk to us about the Initiative, please contact one of our co-chairs, David Craig or Mike Jackson.

EP3 Team Meeting March 2022 in College Park, MD

EP3 Editorial Board

David Craig

David Craig

Leadership Team, EP3 Editorial Board, Task Force Co-Chair, and Community Engagement

Oregon State University


David Craig is Associate Head of the Department of Physics at Oregon State University. Read More →

Robert Hilborn

Robert Hilborn

EP3 Editorial Board and AAPT Liaison

American Association of Physics Teachers


Robert C. Hilborn is Associate Executive Officer of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Read More →

Theodore Hodapp

Theodore Hodapp

EP3 Editorial Board

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation


Theodore (Ted) Hodapp, PhD, is Program Director for Science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Read More →

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Leadership Team, EP3 Editorial Board, and Task Force Co-Chair

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology


Michael Jackson received his bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from the State University of New York-Oswego and a doctorate in physics from New Mexico State. Read More →

Courtney Lannert

Courtney Lannert

Task Force Member, Assistant Editorial Director, and Department Toolkit Consultant

Smith College and University of Massachusetts Amherst


Courtney Lannert is an Associate Professor of Physics in a position based at Smith College and shared with UMass Amherst through the Five-College Consortium. Read More →

Sarah "Sam" McKagan

Sarah "Sam" McKagan

Editorial Director, Leadership Team, EP3 Editorial Board, Community Engagement, and Website Design Team

McKagan Enterprises


Sam McKagan is the creator and director of PhysPort.org, a website that supports physics faculty in using research-based teaching and assessment in their classes. Read More →

Mary Mogge

Mary Mogge

EP3 Editorial Board

Department of Physics and Astronomy at California State Polytechnic University


Mary Mogge is a professor emerita of The Department of Physics and Astronomy at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Read More →

Gubbi Sudhakaran

Gubbi Sudhakaran

EP3 Editorial Board and Task Force Member

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse


Gubbi Sudhakaran currently serves as Professor of Physics and Interim Associate Dean of the College of Science and Health at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL). Read More →

Kathryn Svinarich

Kathryn Svinarich

EP3 Editorial Board and Task Force Member

Kettering University


Kathryn Svinarich is the Associate Provost for Assessment and Academic Support at Kettering University. Read More →

Gay Stewart

Gay Stewart

EP3 Editorial Board and Task Force Member

West Virginia University


Gay Stewart received her Ph.D. in particle physics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1994. Read More →

Michael C. Wittmann

Michael C. Wittmann

Leadership Team and APS Liaison

American Physical Society


Michael C. Wittmann is the Head of Education at the American Physical Society. Read More →

Lawrence Woolf

Lawrence Woolf

EP3 Editorial Board and Task Force Member

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.


Lawrence Woolf is a technical fellow at General Atomics (GA) Aeronautical Systems, Inc. in San Diego. Read More →

EP3 Team Members

Jim Borgardt

Jim Borgardt

Department Toolkit Consultant

Juniata College


Jim Borgardt is a Professor of Physics at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA. Read More →

Joel C. Corbo

Joel C. Corbo

Community Engagement and Researcher

University of Colorado Boulder


Joel C. Corbo is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Colorado Boulder. His work at CU focuses on implementing and studying mechanisms Read More →

Stephanie Chasteen

Stephanie Chasteen

External Evaluator

Chasteen Educational Consulting


Stephanie Chasteen is a physicist, education researcher, and experienced external evaluator with Chasteen Educational Consulting. Read More →

Sean Costello

Sean Costello

Project Specialist

American Physical Society


Sean M. Costello is the Education Programs Specialist at the American Physical Society. Read More →

Christine O’Donnell

Christine O’Donnell

Project Manager

American Physical Society


Christine O’Donnell is an Education Programs Manager at the American Physical Society. Read More →

Chandra Turpen

Chandra Turpen

Researcher

University of Maryland


Chandra Turpen is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park with the Physics Education Research Group. Read More →

Kathryne Sparks Woodle

Kathryne Sparks Woodle

Leadership Team, Project Manager, and Website Design Team

American Physical Society


Kathryne Sparks Woodle is a Senior Programs Manager at the American Physical Society (APS) in College Park, Maryland. Read More →

Task Force (ex-officio; 2016-2022)

Noah Finkelstein

Noah Finkelstein

Task Force Member

University of Colorado Boulder


Noah Finkelstein is a Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and conducts research is in physics education. Read More →

Ramon Lopez

Ramon Lopez

Task Force Member

University of Texas at Arlington


Ramon Lopez received his B.S. in Physics in 1980 from the University of Illinois, and his Ph.D. in Space Physics in 1986 from Rice University. Read More →

Willie S. Rockward

Willie S. Rockward

Task Force Member

Morgan State University


Willie S. Rockward received a B.S. degree in Physics, cum laude, from Grambling State University. Read More →

Carl Wieman

Carl Wieman

Task Force Member

Stanford University


Carl Wieman holds a joint appointment as Professor of Physics and of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Read More →

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