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Director
SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma
Phone: 301-209-3013
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail: tsauncy@aip.org
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Toni Sauncy served as the president of SPS from 2009-2012 and is currently a tenured professor in the Department of Physics at Angelo State University, where she has taught since 2000. Sauncy has a history of proven leadership as demonstrated by her service on numerous collegiate and professional association committees, including those of APS and AAPT. In May 2010 she was honored with the Angelo State University President's Faculty Excellence in Leadership & Service Award. Sauncy has a record of successfully funded research & research training projects in solid state materials physics. In addition to her academic pursuits, she has a strong history of engaging the community in physics outreach.
She is well known for her dedication to students in and out of the classroom and has mentored more than 40 student research projects, which have resulted in more than 50 presentations at regional, national, and international professional physics meetings and conferences. Sauncy is a long time friend of Sigma Pi Sigma & the Society of Physics Students first as a student, and later as a chapter advisor. She served as a Zone Councilor for Zone 13 from 2005-2009. In 2007 she was honored with SPS's most prestigious award, the Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award. Sauncy holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics, a M.S. in Physics, and a B.S. in Mathematics (magna cum laude), all from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. |
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Manager for Membership
& Leadership
SPS
& Sigma Pi Sigma
Phone: 301-209-3009
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail: dgolombe@aip.org
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Daniel Golombek earned his undergraduate degree in Physics at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, a Masters in Physics from The Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in Astronomy from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina. Daniel started working at the Space Telescope Science Institute while a graduate student and over the years works on all aspects of the science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope. He spent two and half years as a Discipline Scientist at NASA Headquarters where he was in charge of the programmatic aspects of twelve astrophysics missions, managing the grants for the Astrophysical Data Program, Long-Term Space Astrophysics and the Theory Program. At NASA he also managed the undergraduate fellowship program. Upon returning to STScI he joined the Program Management office and then the Director’s Office as Chief of Staff and Executive Communications Officer. |
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SPS Communications
Specialist
Phone: 301-209-3671
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail:
ehook@aip.org
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Elizabeth Anne Hook is originally from Nashville, TN, and received her BS in Physics from Rhodes College. She was very involved in the Society of Physics Student in college, including serving as an officer and leading the annual Pumpkin Drop for several years. In addition, she did two summers doing archeological fieldwork, and still loves archeology.
Elizabeth serves as the Communications Specialist for SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma. She handles a lot of the web updates, social networking, and emails send out to membership. She also serves as Assistant Editor for the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics (JURP). |
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SPS
Senior Secretary
Phone: 301-209-3011
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail: spurnell@aip.org
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Sacha
Purnell, the SPS Secretary, handles SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma membership processing,
customer service, and is responsible for sending out induction
materials and other SPS/Sigma Pi Sigma-related products. She
is also handles all other secretarial duties for the student
societies and Education Division. |
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Membership Database Assistant
Phone: 301-209-3008
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail: lydia@aip.org
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Lydia
Quijada coordinates SPS Zone Meeting planning and funding in the SPS national office, maintains Sigma Pi Sigma membership information and
the Sigma Pi Sigma database, and staffs AIP's traveling exhibit
booth at science & education conferences around the United
States. She is also a member of the Education Division Communications
Team, assisting with web development and printed materials. |
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SPS Programs
Manager
Phone: 301-209-3047
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail: kredmond@aip.org
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A Midwesterner to the core, Kendra Redmond received her BA in physics from Carthage College in Kenosha, WI and her MS in Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to SPS she worked in public outreach for the American Physical Society and freelanced for the Materials Research Society Bulletin.
Kendra is the SPS programs manager, responsible for the annual SPS Internship program and several other high-level SPS programs. She is also the assistant editor for The SPS Observer magazine. |
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SPS Communications
Manager
Phone: 301-209-3255
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail:
tschwab@aip.org
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Tracy
M. Schwab, originally from Star Valley, WY, graduated
from Utah State University with a BA in Liberal
Arts & Sciences. He completed three core areas of study within
his major: Science and Society, Theories of Beauty, and
Ethics in Science. He also received a certificate in International
Relations and minored in both German and Political Science.
He was honored as the Outstanding Scholar from the College
of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and was a
member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the
Political Science Honor Society; and the Mortar Board Honor
Society. He worked
in the AIP Education Division from 1993-1997 as an editor,
desktop publishing specialist and exhibitor.
After
a 4-year stint as a web designer and account manager in the
"dot.com" world, Tracy returned to AIP in 2001, where he is now the SPS Communications Manager. In this
position he serves as the senior web developer for SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma, and as art director and editorial assistant for SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma publications. He also provides graphic design, photography and desktop publishing services for several other AIP divisions.
In 2011 Tracy graduated from Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA), Washington, DC campus, with certificates in Graphic Design and Web Design. |
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Director (2001-2012), currently on leave
SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma
Phone: 301-209-3013
Fax: 301-209-0839
E-mail: gwhite@aip.org
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Gary White grew up in rural Sterlington, Louisiana, earning a BS in physics in 1982 at Northeast La. University (now University of LA---Monroe). He received his Ph.D. in nuclear theory at Texas A & M University (TAMU) in 1986, later worked in the theory division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and eventually became interested in ion beams and lithography during a postdoctoral appointment in 1991. Recently, his interests have broadened to include physics pedagogy, especially the use of research as a teaching tool, as well as some quirkier areas such as the physics of Spandex and rolling unfair dice. As engaging as these research topics might sound to some, teaching and mentorship are his primary interests. Over the past 20 years, in addition to short stints teaching mathematics at TAMU and modern physics for non-majors at The George Washington University, he earned most of his teaching stripes in physics and astronomy classrooms at Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU), being awarded Outstanding Teacher by the NSU Alumni Association in 1996. As Society of Physics Student (SPS) advisor at NSU, he guided the chapter to a significant increase in activity, including the development of many science outreach projects for school classrooms, and several SPS Undergraduate Research Awards. In 1998, he was elected SPS Zone 10 Councilor and eventually, President of the National SPS Council.
White has published articles in Physical Review, Annals of Physics, The American Journal of Physics, The Physics Teacher, and The College Mathematics Journal. He has served as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation, and in 1999 was appointed to the nine-member national Advisory Committee on Physics Education for the American Institute of Physics (AIP).
Gary White is currently at the National Science Foundation, serving as Program Director to the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program, for the Division of Undergraduate Education and Directorate of Education & Human Resources. |
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