Professor
and Chair
Ruth
Howes has three areas of interest in physics: nuclear structure
physics, undergraduate physics education and the history of women
in physics. In nuclear physics, she is interested in the
structure of nuclei far from stability. With new techniques, it
has become possible to study nuclei lying far from stability.
The interactions among nucleons of one kind illuminate the details
of the nuclear force.
She serves as a member of the National
Task Force on Undergraduate Physics which recently completed a
study with funding from the ExxonMobil Foundation that examined
why some undergraduate physics departments are growing while others
are steadily loosing majors. She continues to work with the Task
Force and is currently interested in exactly what practical steps
a physics department can take to increase the diversity of its
undergraduate majors.
Finally, with colleague Caroline
Herzenberg she is the author of Their Day in the Sun: Women
of the Manhatten Project and continues to collect information
on women scientists, particularly women physicists who performed
technical work during World War II and the period immediately
following.
Publication List CV
Teaching Fields
- Nuclear Physics
- Introductory Physics
Office
Location & Contact
Office
Hours
Teaching
Schedule
- PHYS 003-1001 MTWThF 8:00 - 8:50 WW 216
