August 5-9, 2024

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Connie Wells

Physics 1 and 2

Connie Wells is currently a physics adjunct professor at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri and has a Master of Science Degree in Physics from The University of Kansas, where she was appointed in May 2017 to the Physics and Astronomy Advisory Board. She has taught Physics, AP® Physics B, AP® Physics C and AP® Physics 2 at the high school level for over 25 years. She has been active in test scoring and development for The College Board®, serving on the AP® Physics B and C Test Development Committee from 1997-2001 and as co-chair of the AP® Physics 2 Development Committee from its inception to 2015. In November 2003, Connie was a Regional Winner of the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement Teaching sponsored by The College Board® and The Siemens Foundation and was awarded the Rockers Award for Greater Kansas City Area Outstanding Teacher in Science in 2008.

As a workshop leader and College Board institute consultant, she has presented teacher training institutes throughout the United States and abroad—including Edmonton (AB, Canada), Hawaii, Saipan (Northern Marianas Islands), Barranquilla (Colombia), Bangkok, Skopje (Macedonia), Shanghai, Tokyo, Harbin (China), Taipei (Taiwan), Hangzhou and Beijing (China). She is the author of several physics review guides produced by major publishers and documents and focus booklets for AP® Physics published by The College Board®, as well as a recently published review guide for the MCAT Exam from McGraw Hill. Connie has been Chair of the Committee on Teacher Preparation for the American Association of Physics Teachers. She served on the AP® Physics Redesign Commission, beginning in 2006, also serving as co-chair of the AP® Physics 1 and 2 Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee. In August, 2015, she was named Woman Physicist of the Month by the American Physical Society. She was appointed to the College Board Science Advisory Panel in 2016.

Contact: wellsphysics@gmail.com

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