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education

• Ph.D., Experimental Particle Physics, Yale University, 1985
• Masters, Physics, Yale University, 1983
• B.S., Mathematical Physics, SUNY at Binghamton, 1980

teaching interests

Cindy Schwarz teaches all levels of undergraduate physics.

research interests

Dr. Schwarz earned a B.S. in Mathematical Physics at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Five years later she was awarded her doctorate in experimental particle physics from Yale University for her research done on CP-Violation at Brookhaven National Laboratory. She came to Vassar in 1985. She is very active in the American Association of Physics Teachers and devotes much of her time to improving the quality of undergraduate education in physics. She has authored two books, one CD-ROM and is currently editor of a book series, Undergraduate text in Contemporary Physics, Her first book, A Tour of the Subatomic Zoo, won the American Library Association Award for Outstanding Academic Book and is now out in a second edition. Her second book, Interactive Physics Player Workbook, has been well received and is currently being revised to include video analysis.