PER Leadership and Organizing Council (PERLOC)

The Physics Education Research Leadership and Organizing Council, PERLOC, has general charge of the affairs of the Topical Group.

PERLOC consists of seven elected members (including one graduate student) and the Chair (or Vice Chair) of the RiPE Committee ex officio.  Unlike the Area Committees in AAPT, PERLOC is elected from within PERTG, rather than appointed by the AAPT Nominating Committee and President-Elect.

Current members, terms, and duties (if specified)

Andy Elby, University of Maryland; 2011-2014; Chair
MacKenzie Stetzer, University of Maine; 2012-2015; Vice Chair
Danielle Harlow, University of California, Santa Barbara; 2011-2014; Treasurer
Leslie Atkins, California State University, Chico; 2013-2016
Dewey Dykstra, Boise State University; 2012-2015
Stamatis Vokos, Seattle Pacific University; 2013-2016
Benjamin Van Dusen, University of Colorado; 2013-2015
Hunter Close, Texas State University, San Marcos; 2013-2015; ex officio, as Vice Chair/Chair of the AAPT Committee on Research in Physics Education

PERTG Bylaws

Bylaws for the Physics Education Research Topical Group have been accepted by the members of the topical group in an election that ended on Nov 3, 2009.

PERTG Strategic Plan

A strategic plan (Mission, Vision, Values, and Objectives) for the Physics Education Research Topical Group has been created.  PERLOC welcomes comments from the members of the topical group.

Former Members of PERLOC

A list of the former members of PERLOC can be found here.