As a teacher in physics, and as a female teacher in physics, I believe it is my obligation to give all students who come to me the opportunity to expand their minds not just as students of science, but as stewards of our world and society. I belong to a school where the rich student diversity in background and expression is what gives life and vibrance to our school hallways. As an educator it is my responsibility to show students that they belong and are capable of success in any course of study they desire, because we need that same vibrance from diversity of thought and experience in order to tackle the complex problems in our world.
Publications and Presentations
| Presentations Invited Speaker “From Lab Reports to SciComm” Illinois Section American Association of Physics Teachers fall meeting, October 2023, Joliet, IL Invited Speaker “Connecting Literature to Practice” Center for Success Annual Conference, August 2023, Virtual Meeting Contributed “An Intervention for Multiple Choice” American Association of Physics Teachers National Summer meeting, July 2023, Sacramento, CA Invited Speaker “Practical Implementations of PER in the High School Classroom” Colorado Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Spring Meeting, April 2022 Contributed “Teacher Development through a University Partnership” Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Fall meeting, October 2021, Virtual Meeting Contributed “Pandemic Teaching: Expectations vs Reality, Teacher and Student Perspectives” Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Fall meeting, October 2021, Virtual Meeting Workshop “New Teacher Networking and PER Implementation Workshop” Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Spring Meeting, April 2021, Virtual Meeting Contributed “Toward Expert Level Thinking” American Association of Physics Teachers Summer meeting, July 2021, Virtual Meeting Contributed “Building Physics Identities through Identity Encounters” American Association of Physics Teachers Summer meeting, July 2021, Virtual Meeting “Adapting UIUC Physics 101 Labs to the High School Classroom” Chicago Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Fall meeting, November 2018 “Whiteboarding for Scaffolding Understanding and Peer Review in the Science Classroom” National Association of Gifted Children conference, November 2018, Minneapolis, MN “Teaching AP Science to the Students Who “Know It All” National Association of Gifted Children conference, November 2018, Minneapolis, MN “AP Physics C in the Accelerated Classroom” Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers Fall meeting, November 2017, Rockford University Publications “Connecting Literature to Practice: Integrating Texts to Create Culturally Responsive Assessments” Voices for Educational Equity (in press) “Two Strategies to Encourage Better Note Taking” Edutopia, March 2023 “Partnership helps Rockford area physics teachers, students thrive” Rockford Register Star, October 2021 “Identity Development: Girls and Students of Color in High School Physics” Voices for Educational Equity 16, 2 (2021) “How Any High School Science or Math Teacher Can Confidently Tackle Physics” Edutopia, April 2021 “My View: Nudge a Young Person Towards STEM? Nudge them Towards Physics First” Rockford Register Star (February 2018) “Encouraging women in STEM: What is a teacher to do?” The Physics Teacher 56, 68 (2018) Featured In: “Rockford’s Auburn students showcase physics concepts at Fermilab” Rockford Register Star, February 16 2018″ Fermilab open house educates children on ‘the wonder of science” Aurora Beacon, February 13, 2018 “The Need for High School Physics Teachers” Physics Illinois Blog, Kevin Pitts, June 2011 |
Contact Me
Marianna Ruggerio
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Twitter: @msruggerio
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