Physics Faculty
Scott Calvin
Courses: Crazy Ideas in Physics, Introduction to Mechanics (General Physics Without Calculus), Introduction to Electromagnetism, Light, and Modern Physics (General Physics Without Calculus), Rocket Science, Analytical Dynamics, Electricity and Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics
B.A., University of California-Berkeley. Ph.D., Hunter College. Taught at Lowell High School, University of San Francisco, University of California-Berkeley, Hayden Planetarium, and Hunter College. Postdoctoral research associate in X-ray spectroscopy of magnetic nanoparticles with the National Research Council. Author of research papers in X-ray absorption spectroscopy and physics education, as well as books intended to prepare students for the Medical College Admissions Test. SLC, 2003-
Kanwal Singh
Courses: Classical Mechanics (with Calculus), Playing with Light, Electromagnetism and Light (with Calculus), Science Education: From Congress to the Classroom, Analytical Dynamics, Electricity and Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park. M.S., Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley. Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oslo. Taught at Middlebury College, Wellesley College, and Eugene Lang College at New School University. Co-author of articles in theoretical condensed matter physics (models of superfluid systems) and physics teaching; special interests in low-temperature physics, science education and education policy, and scientific and quantitative literacy. SLC, 2003-