Cindy Schwarz

Professor of Physics

Office: Sanders Physics 107

Phone: 845.437.7349

Website: http://faculty.vassar.edu/schwarz/

Dr. Schwarz is a professor of physics at Vassar College, where she teaches all levels of undergraduate physics. She earned a B.S. in Mathematical Physics at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Five years later she was awarded her doctorate in experimental particle physics from Yale University for her research done on CP-Violation at Brookhaven National Laboratory. She came to Vassar in 1985. She is very active in the American Association of Physics Teachers and devotes much of her time to improving the quality of undergraduate education in physics. She has authored two books, one CD-ROM has been editor of a book series, Undergraduate text in Contemporary Physics. Her first book, A Tour of the Subatomic Zoo, won the American Library Association Award for Outstanding Academic Book and is now out in a second edition. Her second book, Interactive Physics Player Workbook, uses computer simulations to improve student learning in physics. Dr. Schwarz teaches Physics in Motion - an approved practice based course for media studies majors every spring. Her current research is in pedagogical uses of video in physics teaching. Dr. Schwarz is a member of the American Physical Society, the American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, and Phi Beta Kappa.