2013 Department Chairs Conference

May 30 - 31, 2013
The American Center for Physics
College Park, Maryland

The American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers are pleased to jointly organize the 2013 Physics Department Chairs Conference. This conference is part of a series of conferences that have been organized biennially for the past three decades.  Conferences are now organized annually.

Register by April 30

The conference is held jointly with the Distance Education and Online Learning in Physics workshop being held June 1-2, 2013.
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Steering Committee
Ed Bertschinger, MIT
Bob Hilborn, AAPT
Chuhee Kwon, CSU Long Beach
Rafael Muller, Puerto Rico - Humacao
Monica Plisch, APS
Talat Rahman, Central Florida
Willie Rockward, Morehouse
Steve Whisnant, James Madison

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Program

Thursday - May 30, 2013 Hilton Garden Inn
12:30-4:15 p.m.	Workshop for HBCU Chairs - Arlene Modeste Knowles (APS), Willie Rockward (Morehouse) and Quinton Williams (Jackson State)
2:30-4:15 p.m.	Workshop for New Chairs - Ed Bertschinger (MIT)
4:30-5:45 p.m.	Town Hall Meeting with NSF Program Officers - Sean Jones (NSF-DMR), Duncan McBride (NSF-DUE), Ann Orel (NSF-PHY)
6:00-6:15 p.m.	Welcome - Kate Kirby (APS) and Beth Cunningham (AAPT)
6:15-7:15 p.m.	Reception
7:15-8:00 p.m.	Dinner
8:00-9:00 p.m.	Keynote - Ann Austin (Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning)
Friday - May 31, 2013 American Center for Physics
7:00-7:45 a.m.	Breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn (conference hotel)
8:00 a.m.	Shuttle bus departs for the American Center for Physics
8:30-10:30 a.m.	Plenary - Rethinking the Physics Major: Curriculum, Goals, Assessment 8:30 - Standards-based Grading with Voice - Andy Rundquist (Hamline) 9:00 - A Research-Validated Approach to Transforming Upper-Division Physics - Steve Pollock (Colorado-Boulder) 9:30 - An Example of a Multi-Track Physics Curriculum - Steve Whisnant (James Madison) 10:00 - Discussion
10:30-11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00-12:30 p.m.	Plenary - Trends in Graduate Education 11:00 - Graduate Education in Physics Conference: Sustaining thriving programs by embracing challenges and opportunities in the 21st century - Chandralekha Singh (Pittsburgh) 11:30 - APS Bridge Program: Effective Interventions to Improve Participation by Underrepresented Students - Ted Hodapp (APS) 12:00 - Discussion
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-2:25 p.m.	Breakout I Managing Increasing Enrollments Encouraging Adoption of New Teaching Methods/Faculty Development Tactics for Recruiting/Retaining Majors Preparing Students for Careers Outside of Academia  Updating the Curriculum to be Relevant Mentoring Faculty and/or Students
2:30-3:30 p.m.	Breakout II Tactics for Recruiting/Retaining Majors Self Studies, External Evaluation, Strategic Planning Updating the Curriculum to be Relevant Recruiting to Graduate Programs Encouraging Adoption of New Teaching Methods/Faculty Development Working Effectively with Higher Administration
3:30-4:00 p.m.	Break
4:00-5:30 p.m.	Plenary - Department Climate 4:00 - CSWP Climate Site Visit Program - Susan Blessing (Florida State) 4:30 - Ethics and the Welfare of the Physics Profession - Kate Kirby (APS) 5:00 - Discussion
5:30-6:15 p.m.	Reception
6:15-7:15 p.m.	Dinner
7:15-8:10 p.m.	Closing Plenary - Overcoming Negative Stereotypes: Applying Theory to Practice - Catherine Good (Baruch)
8:10-8:15 p.m.	Closing
8:30 p.m.	Shuttle bus departs for the Hilton Garden Inn