Invited Conference Talks

1. "Symmetry Experiments at Low Temperature," Workshop on Low-Temperature Nuclear Orientation, Bonn, June 1980.

2. "Experiments with Oriented Nuclei," Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Lexington, October 1982.

3. "Nuclear Spectroscopy from On-Line Nuclear Orientation," Eighth Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 1984.

4. "On-Line Nuclear Orientation," Eleventh International Conference on Electromagnetic Isotope Separators and Techniques Related to Their Applications, Los Alamos, August 1986.

5. "Nuclear Spectroscopy with Oriented Nuclei," Symposium on Nuclear Spectroscopic Quantities--Their Determination and Use, Annual Meeting of American Chemical Society, Anaheim, September 1986.

6. "Electromagnetic Moments of Odd-A Deformed Nuclei," International Conference on Nuclear Structure Through Static and Dynamic Moments, Melbourne, Australia, August 1987.

7. "Nuclear Orientation and Nuclear Structure," Workshop on On-Line Nuclear Orientation and Related Topics, Oxford, England, September 1988.

8. "Nuclear Physics at Ultralow Temperatures," Annual Fall Meeting of the Oregon Section of the AAPT, Corvallis, October 1988.

9. "Accommodating International Scholars," Conference of the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors, Portland, May 1989.

10. "Recruitment of Female Graduate Students in Physics," Conference on the Recruitment and Retention of Women in Physics, Washington DC, November 1990.

11. "On-Line Nuclear Orientation at UNISOR," Symposium on Recent Advances in Nuclear Structure Research, American Chemical Society, Atlanta, April 1991.

12. "Building a Gender-Neutral Physics Department," Annual Summer Meeting of the AAPT, Vancouver, June 1991.

13. "Recent Developments in On-Line Nuclear Orientation: Review and Summary," Second International Conference on On-Line Nuclear Orientation and Related Topics, Oak Ridge, October 1991.

14. "Studying Low-Level Nuclear Structure using the Nuclear Orientation Facility," Workshop on Experimental Apparatus for the Holifield RIB Facility, Oak Ridge, October 1992.

15. "Future of Text and Electronic Publishing," Conference on the Introductory Physics Course, Troy, NY, May 1993.

16. "Heavy-Ion Reactions, Nuclear Spectroscopy, and Nuclear Orientation," American Chemical Society, Chicago, August 1993.

17. "Materials Science Studies Using On-Line Nuclear Orientation," American Chemical Society, Chicago, August 1993.

18. "Experiments with Oriented Nuclei," Workshop on Using Radioactive Beams and ISAC-1, Vancouver, BC, September 1995.

19. "Nuclear Structure and Low-Temperature Nuclear Orientation," Workshop on Experiments and Equipment at Isotope Separators, Vancouver, BC, April 1997.

20. "New Faculty: Experiences and Concerns," Annual Summer Meeting of the AAPT, Denver, August 1997.

21. "The AAPT New Faculty Conference," Annual Joint Meeting of APS/AAPT, Columbus, OH, April 1998.

22. "The AAPT New Faculty Workshop," Annual Summer Meeting of the AAPT, Lincoln, August 1998.

23. "Good Teaching Makes Good Research," APS Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, March 1999; Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 44, 413 (1999).

24. "Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Sections of Long-Lived Nuclei Measured by Activation," 10^th International Symposium on Capture Gamma Rays and Related Topics, Sante Fe, NM, August 1999.

25. "The Oregon State University PhysTEC Project," Annual Winter Meeting of the AAPT, Philadelphia, January 2002.

26. “The SPIN-UP Survey of Undergraduate Physics Programs,” Annual Summer Meeting of the AAPT, Boise, August 2002.

27. “Workshop for New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy: An Overview,” Annual Meeting of the AAS, Nashville, TN, May 2003.

28. “The Characteristics of Thriving Undergraduate Physics Programs: What We Have Learned from Project SPIN-UP,” Annual Meeting of the APS Northwest Section, Portland, OR, May 2003.

29. “Review of Survey Data,” AIP Academic-Industrial Workshop, San Jose, CA, October 2003.

30. “The Need for Reform,” Introductory Calculus-Based Physics Conference, Arlington, VA, October-November, 2003.

31. “Preparing Physics and Astronomy Faculty to be Successful Teachers,” Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the APS, Pullman WA, May 2004.

32. “The Challenges of Teaching Modern Physics,” AAPT Millikan Award Lecture, Annual Meeting of the AAPT, Sacramento CA, August 2004.

33. “Preparing New Faculty to Teach Physics,” Annual Meeting of the AAAS, Washington DC, February 2005.

34. “Nuclear Physics in the 20^th Century,” Annual Meeting of the AAPT, Salt Lake City UT, August 2005.

35. “Maintaining the Story Line: How to Build a Coherent Physics Course,” Annual Meeting of the AAPT, Syracuse NY, July 2006.

36. “Linking Undergraduate STEM Education to the Workforce – What Physics Departments Have Done, Can Do, and Should Do,” First Symposium on Physics Education, Annual Meeting of the AAPT, Seattle WA, January 2007.

37. “Making a Modern Physics Textbook: The Collision of Full-Time Commitments,” Linus Pauling and his Era: The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen, Corvallis OR, October 2007.

38. “The Workshop for New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy,” National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Linking Evidence and Promising Practices in STEM Undergraduate Education, Washington DC, October 2008.

39. “A Dozen Years and a Thousand Participants: The Workshops for Preparing New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh PA, March 2009.

40. “A National Workshop in the United States to Prepare New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy,” International Conference on Physics Education, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2009.

41. “Halliday-Resnick Plus 50,” APS Northwest Section, Corvallis OR, October 2011.

42. “The Workshops for New Faculty in Physics and Astronomy,” Council of Scientific Society Presidents Meeting, Washington DC, May 2012.