Jeffrey J. Williams

Bridgewater State College

Acting Associate Dean

And

Professor of Physics

 

 

 

 j7williams@bridgew.edu  

 

Library room 100

Secretary (508) 531-2169

 

"Physics is the liberal arts major of the new century"

 

As dean I spend a lot of time at my desk

 

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Professional Experience:

Bridgewater State College

  • Acting Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences               Aug 2008 to present
  • Professor and Chairperson                                                       Sept. 1998 to June 2008
  • Faculty Associate for the School of Arts and Sciences                        Sept. 2007 to May 2008
  • Promotions Committee, Chair                                                  Spring 2008
  • MAT Coordinator of Physics                                                   Sept. 1998 to present
  • MAT Coordinator of Physical Science (new program 2007)    Sept. 2007 to present

 

Wheeling Jesuit University

  • Assistant Academic Dean                                                        Aug. 1995 to Aug. 1998
  • Assistant Professor of Physics                                                 Sept. 1991 to Aug. 1995
  • Subject Matter Expert, Center for Educational Technologies               Dec. 1992 to 1998

Consultant to NASA on curriculum development for grades K to 12

  • Upward Bound regional science and mathematics center
    • Project Coordinator                                                                  Nov. 1994 to Dec. 1995
    • Physics Teacher and Mentor                                                    Jan. 1992 to Oct. 1994

 

Education: Ph.D., Physics                                                                          May 1992

                        Clark University

                        Worcester, MA 01610

                        Thesis Advisor: Christopher P. Landee

                        Thesis Title: Experimental Investigations of Magnetic Linear Chains

 

                        B.Sc., Physics (Magna cum laude)                                           June 1984

                        Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

(formerly North Adams State College)

                        North Adams, MA 02147

 

Professional Societies:

American Association of Physics Teachers, American Physical Society, SEMASS, and STEMTEC

 

 

Administration and Leadership (partial listing):

Bridgewater State College

Sustainability Center Board, Chair of Recycling Committee

American Association of Physics Teachers

Chair, National Committee on Physics in Undergraduate Education

New England Section Representative

Writing Committee for NEASC self study

Science Curriculum Committee Chairman for K-16 Articulation Grant Project

STEMTEC Statewide Institute

 

 

 

Wheeling Jesuit University

Major Committees: Academic Life (2 years), Academic Policy

Minor Committees: Faculty Morale (chair), Athletic

Laut Honors Program Director (1995-97)

Laut Honors Program Seminar Coordinator (1994/95)

First Year Program Teacher

 

Clark University

Residence Director                                                      1990 - 1991

Graduate Administrative Assistant to the

Dean of the Graduate School                           1989 – 1990

 

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Orientation Steering Committee                                   1982 - 1983

Resident Advisor                                                         1982 - 1984

 

Awards and Community Activities (partial listing):

Bridgewater State College

  • Presidential Award for Distinguished Teaching (inaugural award winner 2006)
  • Nominated for the NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar award (2005)
  • BSC Representative for trip to Jordan
  • Member (chair 2005/2006) of the AAPT national Committee on Physics in Undergraduate Education
  • Nominated to Executive Committee of New England Section of the APS
  • Science Task Force Dighton-Rehoboth High School
  • Saturdays at Bridgewater presentations
  • Orientation service activities

o        Mock lecture during orientation for Students at Risk

o        Advising

o        Orientation “Can we talk” sessions with parents

  • Physics consultant for children’s play “In the Shadow of Menlo Park”

 

Wheeling Jesuit University

·         PR/Admissions Committee - Mount de Chantel Academy, K-12

·         Moderator: Volleyball Club, Tennis Club, Table Tennis Club

·         National Advisory Council - COTF (NASA Classroom Of The Future)

 

Clark University

·         Graduate Student Council, President, 1987 to 1989

·         Chair, Graduate Student Council Committee for Community Service, 1988 to 1989

·         University Committees: Provost Commission on Academic Priorities, The Graduate  Board, Faculty Steering Committee

 

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

·         Louis Parisien Memorial Award, student/athlete, 1983 to 1984

·         Alpha Chi Honor Society, President, 1983 to 1984

·         Intercollegiate cross country team, 1980 to 1983, captain, 1981 to 1983

 

Grants Awarded since arriving at BSC:

2006 - 2009

Massachusetts Mathematics and Science Partnership grant, MMSP advisory/science curriculum development team and professor for the energy course in the grant, MMSP grant, “The Science Improvement Partnership (SIP): Improving physical and earth science education in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod”, Three Years $597,256

 

2005

“Physical Science with Mathematical Modeling,” Improving Teacher Quality State Grant Program, $49,000

 

2004

“Energy and the Environment,” Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and the Renewable Energy Trust Content Institute, $40,000

2003

“Physical Science with Mathematical Modeling Workshop,” Improving Teacher Quality State Grant Program, $49,522

 

“Energy and the Environment,” Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and the Renewable Energy Trust Content Institute, $40,000

2002

“Motion, Energy and the Elements” Summer Content Institute, Massachusetts Department of Education (New Bedford), $30,000

 

“Force and Motion for Middle School Teachers” (Co-PI with Dennis Kuhl), Massachusetts Department of Education, $30,000

 

CART Faculty Librarian Research Grant, Physics and Art Photography, $8,000

2001

CART Small Grant Award, Big Dig Physics, $2,000

 

CART “External Funding Grant,” to write NSF Grant,

Different Sides of the Same Coin, National Science Foundation

2000

“Force and Motion for Middle and High School Teachers” Summer Content Institute (Co-PI with Dennis Kuhl), Massachusetts Department of Education, $30,000

1999

CART summer grant $3000 Synthesis and Magnetic Characterization of FeTAC

1998

Information Technology grant for $17,000 for new computer-based labs in physics

 

PALMS grant for new course - Teaching Strategies in Integrated Science

 

Selected Research Publications and Presentations:

 

CART (Center for the Advancement of Research and Teaching) Celebration XII, Plenary, Broadening the Sustainability Conversations: Teaching Strategies Across Disciplines.

 

CART (Center for the Advancement of Research and Teaching) Celebration XII, Plenary, Concurrent Presentation, Adventures in Online Assessment.

 

1st Annual Bridgewater State College Service-Learning Workshop, Panel Presentation: Connections: Service-Learning and Sustainability, April 2008.

 

CART Celebration XI, Energy and the Environment Panel, May 2007

 

American Association of Physics Teachers national winter 2005 meeting, Picturing Physics – Seeing Physics with the Visual Arts, January 2005.

 

CART Celebration IX, Plenary Panel, Having It All:  A Sound Environment, A Vibrant Economy, and Social Justice, May 2005.

 

American Association of Physics Teachers New England Section meeting, Ruminating about Art and Physics, October 3-4, 2003.

 

CART Celebration VI, Big Dig Physics, 2002.

 

Magnetic susceptibility measurements of a one-dimensional Heisberg antiferromagnet, copper 3-methylanthranilate, J.J.M. Williams, C.P. Landee, and M.M. Turnbull, Malysian Journal of Science, 17B, 33-35, 1996.

 

Advance Physics Laboratory for Undergraduates, invited talk at the annual West Virginia EPSCoR State Conference, January 1995.

 

"Astronomy Village: Investigating the Universe", Subject Matter Expert on a CD-ROM based multimedia program, a winner in the Technology & Learning Magazine's 1996 14th Annual Software of the Year awards.

 

Pathfinder - Mission to Mars, presentation to the October 1994 meeting of the West Virginia Science Teachers Association (WVSTA), Barboursville, WV.

 

The Light Around You, presentation at the October 1993 meeting of the West Virginia Science Teachers Association (WVSTA), Charleston, WV.

 

Quasi-elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies of [(CD3) 3ND]FeCl3·2D2O: A one-dimensional Ising ferromagnet, N. Rosov, J.W. Lynn, J.J.M. Williams, and C.P. Landee, presented at the 1992 Dec. meeting of the MMM, Houston, TX and published in the J. Appl. Phys., 73, 6081, 1993.

 

Single Crystal Susceptibility Measurements of a One-Dimensional Ising Ferromagnet, FeTAB, J.J.M. Williams and C.P. Landee, accepted for publication in J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Aug. 1992.

 

Interests:

I constantly have fun working with students and colleagues, teaching and learning physics, playing sports and outdoor adventure. My interests have broaden in the last fifteen years to include art, trees, working and building with hand tools, and learning and teaching sustainability issues (energy and food). Laura and I recently celebrated our 23rd anniversary and our two children attend college.

 

 

Last Revised: 4/2008