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Biography
Diploma in Engineering, St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia (1958)
B.Sc.(Honours) Physics and Mathematics, St. F.X.U. (1959)
B.Th. Theology, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas (1976)
M.S. Physics and Mathematics, University of Tennessee (Knoxville) (1965)
Ph.D. Physics and Space Science, York University and the Centre for Research in Experimental Space Science, Toronto, Ontario (1968)
Hewlett Fellow 1997-1999
Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Honors Baccalaureate and Celebration of Academic Excellence Award May 13, 2004
Member of the Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension April 21, 2004
2004 Alumni Outstanding Extension and Outreach Award
Secretary-Treasurer NCS-AAPT
President NCS-AAPT (2006)
Former President Texas Section AAPT
Former President AAPT
Former Representative to the AAPT Board
Former Member and Chairman Pre-High School Committee AAPT (6 years)
Former Member and Chairman Two-Year College Committee AAPT (6 years)
Former Member and Chairman History and Philosophy Committee (6 years)
Member Minorities Committee AAPT
Member Examinations Committee AAPT
Former Member and Chairman AIP Committee to Select Best Writing of a Physicist for the Public (6 years)
Former Member of the AIP Committee on Committees
Former Member and Chairman of the AIP Committee to Select a Congressional Science Fellow (6 years)
Professor Emeritus College of the Mainland, Texas City TX (1993-present)
Chairman of the AAPT Committee on the Interests of Senior Physicists
Member, AAPT Audit Committee
Areas of Interest
Particularly interested in ways of teaching physics to the general public and students in grades K-14 including but not
limited to examining claims of the unusual (ancient astronauts, crop circles, the Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot, UFOs, and
so on) in the light of the physics principles required for their occurence.
Also interested in Physics Education Research, Spectroscopy, and Aeronomy.
For a copy of my review of Middle School Physical Science Texts and and get an idea of what I am doing to assist Middle
School teachers and students, go to: http://www.science-house.org/middleschool/
See also "Physics Today" Letters column in September 2003 & January 2004 for responses to the "Physics Today" article.
See also, A Second Report on Physics First Textbooks
Recent Publications
"Quarter-sheet questions" The Physics Teacher 2. 48. John Hubisz. American Association of Physics Teachers,
edited by Karl Mamola. (2010). p. 138-139.
"A 'Mathematics Background Check’" The Physics Teacher 5. 47. John Hubisz. American Association of Physics Teachers,
edited by Karl Mamola. (2009). p. 282-283.
"Middle-School Texts Don't Make the Grade,"
Physics Today
56.
5.
John Hubisz.
American Institute of Physics, edited by Stephen G. Benka, Gloria B. Lubkin, Steven K. Blau.
(2003). p. 50-54.
"Report on a Study of Middle School Physical Science Texts,"
The Physics Teacher
5.
39.
John Hubisz.
American Association of Physics Teachers, edited by Karl Mamola.
(2001). p. 304-309.
"For Love of Teaching,"
The Physics Teacher
2.
39.
John Hubisz.
American Association of Physics Teachers, edited by Karl Mamola.
(2001). p. 73.
"Meet Your New President,"
The Physics Teacher
2.
39.
Karen L. Johnston.
American Association of Physics Teachers, edited by Karl Mamola.
(2001). p. 72.
"Choosing Middle School Science Textbooks: Is North Carolina Failing Its Students?,"
www.johnlocke.org/policy_reports.
John Hubisz.
John Locke Foundation, edited by Kory Swanson.
(2003).
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