School:
School of Arts and Sciences
Department:
Mathematics, Physics, Computer and Earth Science
Office Location:
Jeffries Hall Room 142
Office Hours:
- Tuesdays & Thursdays (Rm 142 JH) 11am-12:30pm
- Monday & Wednesdays LIVE (Room 165 JH or Room 142) 6:30pm-7pm
- Other times by appointment LIVE or on Zoom (email me for appointment and/or Zoom link).
- See: https://georgian.as.me/tabor-morris
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Educational Background
- Ph.D. Physics, University of Notre Dame
- B.S. Engineering Physics, Lehigh University
- M.A.T. Education, Georgian Court University, enroll, graduation date 2026
Professional Experience
Tenure at Georgian Court University:
- Tenured Full Professor teaching astronomy and physics. Hired in Fall 1994
- Physics and Astronomy Education Research
- X-ray based physics
- X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Gender issues in science
- Solid State Physics (XAFS at Brookhaven National Lab) in the past
- Coordinator of Georgian Court University (GCU) NASA Science Outreach and NJ NASA Space Grant representative (2015-present)
- Girls Involved in Science and Technology (GIST) for middle/high school-instructor (2007-present)
- Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society – campus chapter faculty advisor (2004-present)
- Sigma Zeta Natural Sciences & Mathematics Honor Society- campus chapter faculty advisor (2013-present)
- Current committee work: General Education Committee, Diversity Committee
- American Astronomical Society (AAS) – Education Specialist
- American Physical Society (APS) of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) – Full member, member of Mid-Atlantic section (Secretary 2015-2018), and Physics Education Research division
- American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) – Full member, elected Member-at-large of regional executive committee (2014-2016, 2019-2021), and member of NJ, Southeast PA, and Central PA.
- American Meteorological Society (AMS) – Board-certified full member (since 1995) and elected to Education Outreach board for the American Meteorological Society and Louis J. Battan (K-12) children’s book awards judge (2013-2017, 2017-2019,2020-2024)
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) – Full member
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) – Full member
- Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF) (2017, 2020, 2021)
- Peer-reviewer for NSTA Science Scope Journal (nsta.org/science-scope-editorial-board), AAPT’s The Physics Teacher (TPT), Springer’s Journal of Science Education and Technology (JOST), European Journal of Physics (EJP)
- Contributor to Educational Testing Service (ETS) Middle School and Elementary School Science Praxis (2019-2020)
- Contributor to Paul Hewitt’s Conceptual Physics textbook (2019-2020)
- Alan Alda Center for Science Communication Flame Challenge participant
- Virtual science fair judge for:
- Army eCYBERMISSION [grades 6-9] – Spring 2016 – present
- NASA Conrad [middle/high school] – Fall 2013-Spring 2014
- Sigma Xi [college & graduate school] – Fall 2013
- Girls Scouts of America, leader (starting 2001) and lifetime member
- Boy Scouts of America, assistant leader (starting 2021)
- VIRTUS trained, background-checked, certified to work with children – since 2004
Research / Creativity Interest Area
CURRENT PROJECTS:
- Physics Education Research (PER) and Astronomy Education Research
- X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) in the study of crystallography and surfaces of coins
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) surface technique on coins
- Condensed Matter Physics (XAFS at Brookhaven National Lab) in the past
- Gender issues in science
- ALSO see:
- See my ORCID number (published work) at: orcid.org/0000-0002-1395-5717
- I am also on Researchgate at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anne_Tabor-Morris
- I am also on Web of Science at: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAA-5702-2021
Additional Information
Awards and Grants:
- Georgian Court University Teaching-Technology Award (2015)
- Georgian Court University Provost’s summer grant – for Physics Education Research (2014)
- Sisters of Mercy Grants : Earth – for Discovery Garden (2004 and 2005)
- Wachovia Bank’s Ann Talcott Grant – for Discovery Garden (2004)
- Ocean First Bank Grant – for Discovery Garden (2001)
- PT3 Education Grant from NJ State Department of Education (2001) w/Georgian Court University School of Education – meteorology teaching in local middle schools
- National Science Foundation Grant (2001) – for research/teaching instrumentation (Award #0116966)
- Cottrell College Science Scholar (1997) Research Corporation Award (Award #CC4373)
