Gabe Spalding

#ITeachPhysics I've passed the presidential gavel to @msaphysics.bsky.social, the youngest president in the history of AAPT (Woot!). Debbie Andres has earned EVERY BIT of our confidence, trust, and respect. In my view, she is absolutely the right person for the coming year.

Heading to a meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers. More than ever, I consider this a magical community. #ITeachPhysics

If you are attending #AAPTWM26, reserve your room at the Horseshoe Las Vegas hotel. Mention the AAPT room block and reserve your space by December 12th. ow.ly/JGhA50X1Ke9 #AAPTConferences #AAPTMeeting #ITeachPhysics

I've made my own donation today, with gratitude for a commitment from past AAPT Board members to match all donations made to AAPT today, up to $ 10K. #ITeachPhysics

Support AAPT this #GivingTuesday! When you donate, you contribute to every part of physics education, helping students and educators, in shaping the future of science. AAPT is proud to match every dollar you donate, dollar for dollar. Donate now! 🔗 tinyurl.com/isupportaapt #PhysicsEducation

Start planning your trip for #AAPTWM26 by reserving your room at the Horseshoe Las Vegas hotel. Mention the AAPT room block and reserve your space by December 12th. ow.ly/JGhA50X1Ke9 #AAPTConferences #AAPTMeeting

Only 2-days left to take advantage of Early Bird registration rates! Don't miss out on the savings, register before 11:59 pm ET on Friday, November 14th! ow.ly/32Qt50X1LRM #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting #ITeachPhysics

Engagement!

This Physics outreach truck is now just outside our Center for Natural Sciences (CNS) at Illinois Wesleyan University, ready for student engagement! #ITeachPhysics

Into the breach once more! Our message includes that (a) Science has been and must be good for our nation, and that (b) we ought to be working to broaden participation in science. #AAPT

Join us!

2026-27 Assistant Professor of Mathematics

A very nice place to be: www.iwu.edu/human-resour...

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Looking forward to further collaboration with Wolfram on resources (see QR code below) for teaching within Illinois Wesleyan University's 11-course Concentration in Quantum Science & Technology. #ITeachPhysics

Bubbles are the "dolphins" of Physics! (Everyone loves bubbles)

If you have the capacity to do so, support us by becoming (or continuing as) a dues-paying member of AAPT and/or coming to our next national meeting, to enhance (and learn from) this community, as we piece together our next steps. #ITeachPhysics

You can't have science without support of the educational pathways that yield scientists (and science teachers). If you have the capacity to do so, support us by becoming a dues-paying member of AAPT. #ITeachPhysics

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." — H.G. Wells

AAPT is now accepting presentations for #AAPTWM26! Learn more and submit a presentation today! Submission deadline is September 12, 2025. ow.ly/6Mf250WHfOe #AAPTConference #AAPTMeeting #CallforPresentations #ITeachPhysics #research #teaching

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood
A beautiful day for a neighbor
Would you be mine? Could you be mine?

Thank you for planning such a wonderful meeting!

#ITeachPhysics

YouTube video by physicsteachers The Future of Physics Education: What Federal Funding Cuts Mean for Equity and Innovation

The video has been uploaded and is now available on YouTube:
youtu.be/lf9zz1R76rI

We’re all going to DC! Join us! #ITeachPhysics

Researchers who have had their NSF grants cancelled and are finishing up publications started before the termination…. How are we thanking (or not thanking) NSF in the acknowledgments? I can’t be the only one thinking about this! Feel free to drop your preprint or pub below.👇 #academicsky #science 🧪

#ITeachPhysics Today, you should beat a drum or bang a gong: it's Friedrich Bessel's birthday. (Bessel functions generically emerge as solutions to wave equations when you do separation of variables in cylindrical coordinates) www.falstad.com/circosc/

Visiting U.S. Senate and House offices, in support of science and science education, for AAPT. My sub-group: Professor Eric Brewe (representing CU*iP conferences), Professor Thomas Searles (representing NSBP), Dr. Mark Elsesser (Government Affairs, APS), and Ellie Clancy (Lot Sixteen)

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Join AAPT's FREE Virtual Event, "Issue Briefing: The Future of Physics Education", on July 17, 12–1 pm ET. This event is designed for educators, advocates, funders, and anyone passionate about the future of undergraduate #STEMeducation. Register here: ow.ly/325Q50Wni5u @mqmlab.bsky.social

Collaborators need to see that: (1) the journal chosen should be a match to the audience (not just a matter of overall "impact factor") and that (2) while the "half life" for citations on an article published on most journals is quite short, for the American Journal of Physics it is incredibly long!