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Physics Departmental Mission:
The physics department at Seattle Pacific University seeks to prepare our students to use the history, and ideas of physics and their analytical, computational and research skills to engage the culture, the Creation, their minds and the minds of others.


 
     
 

Faculty

Tom Bogue, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: tbogue@spu.edu
Office: OMH 108
Phone: 206-281-7259

B.S., University of Connecticut, 1998;
M.S., New Mexico State University, 2002;
Ph.D., New Mexico State University 2006
     
Eleanor Close, M.S.
Assistant Professor, Physics and Science Ed
Email: closee@spu.edu
Office: OMH 107
Phone: 206-286-7347

B.S., Bryn Mawr College, 1996;
High School Science Teaching Certificate, 1999;
M.S., University of Washington, 2003;
Ed.D., Seattle Pacific University, 2007 (exp.)
     
Lezlie Salvatore DeWater, M.Ed.
Resident Master Teacher
Email: dewater@spu.edu
Office: OMH 108
Phone: 206-286-7256

B.A., Western Washington University;
M.Ed., Science C&I, University of Washington.
     
John Lindberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: lindberg@spu.edu
Office: OMH 133
Phone: 206-281-2866

B.S., B.A., North Park College, 1983;
M.S., University of Washington, 1986;
Ph.D., Heriot Watt University, 1999.
     
Lane Seeley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: seelel@spu.edu
Office: OMH 131
Phone: 206-281-2011

B.S., University of Puget Sound, 1994;
M.S., Montana State University, 1995;
M.S., University of Washington, 1997;
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2000.
     
Stamatis Vokos, Ph.D.
Professor
Email: vokos@spu.edu
Office: OMH 134
Phone: 206-281-2385

B.Sc. (Hon.), University of Kent, 1984;
M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1985;
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1990.
     
Michael R. Witiw, Ph.D.
Vis. Associate Professor
Email: witiwm@spu.edu
Office: OMH 110
Phone: 206-281-7257

B.S., St. Joseph's University, 1969;
M.S., St. Louis University, 1977;
Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology, 1996.
 
     









NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS  
 
10.10.08 - Northwest Regional PTEC Conference - will include plenary talks by local and national experts, panel discussions & workshops. We will also be hosting a partnership building dinner, immediately following the conference, at the Bambuza Vietnamese Restaurant in downtown Seattle.
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SPU Physics to Study Learning and Teaching of Energy - The Physics Department received a five-year $3.7 M National Science Foundation grant to investigate student thinking about energy from childhood through college and to study how teachers learn to assess student thinking while they teach.

 

 
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Seattle Pacific University Physics Department: 206-281-2000 Otto Miller Hall 3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119-1997