Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Hunter Garth Close

  • Associate Professor at Physics, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Department Representative, General Education Council. November 6, 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Teacher Education Council. August 2023 - Present.
  • Member, College Board, Advanced Placement Physics 2 - Exam Development Committee. August 2021 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Physics. January 2020 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Computers & Education. July 2016 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Physics Teacher. June 2016 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Science Education. April 2016 - Present.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. August 2015 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Physics. January 1, 2010 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Physics Education Research Conference proceedings. January 1, 2010 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Physical Review: Physics Education Research. January 1, 2008 - Present.

2027

  • Chief Reader Associate, College Board, Advanced Placement Physics 2 - Exam Development Committee. December 2024 - December 2027.
  • Member, Performing Arts Committee. June 2024 - June 2027.

2024

  • Chair, College Board, Advanced Placement Physics 2 - Exam Development Committee. June 2023 - December 2024.

2023

  • Alternate, General Education Council. August 2021 - 2023.
  • Liaison, Faculty Senate. August 2022 - August 2023.
  • Member, College Board, Advanced Placement Physics 2 Reading. June 1, 2023 - June 8, 2023.

2022

  • Senior PhysTEC Advisor, Physics Teacher Education Coalition. September 2019 - December 2022.

2020

  • Other, Website editor. April 2016 - 2020.
  • Department Liaison, Faculty Senate. August 2015 - August 2020.

2019

  • Chair, Physics Undergraduate Major Programs Committee. September 2014 - December 2019.
  • Member, Registration and Academic Calendar Committee. August 2017 - May 2019.
  • Texas-area Computation Users Support Person, Partnership for Integration of Computation into Undergraduate Physics. March 2017 - May 2019.
  • Co-Chair, Learning Assistant Program. January 2012 - May 2019.

2018

  • Ambassador, Public relations re: Ingram Hall classrooms. October 2018 - November 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. September 24, 2018 - September 25, 2018.
  • Chair, Tenure-track faculty search committee. November 2017 - May 2018.
  • Chair, PhysTEC site visit. April 27, 2018.

2017

  • Member, Ingram Hall Classrooms Committee. January 2016 - December 2017.
  • Vice President, Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. October 2016 - October 2017.
  • Chair, Lecturer Search Committee. April 2017 - July 2017.
  • Member, Suspension Appeals Committee. January 2017 - May 2017.
  • External Review Committee, PhysTEC Program at West Virginia University. April 17, 2017 - April 19, 2017.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. February 24, 2016 - February 26, 2016.

2015

  • Chair, Research in Physics Education Committee, American Association of Physics Teachers. January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015.
  • Member, Physics Education Research Leadership Organizing Council. January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015.
  • Member, Research in Physics Education Committee, American Association of Physics Teachers. January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015.

2014

  • Official adopter and beta-tester of quantum mechanics materials, Paradigms in Physics program from Oregon State University. January 1, 2011 - May 15, 2014.
  • Vice chair, Research in Physics Education Committee, American Association of Physics Teachers. January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014.

2013

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of College Science Teaching. January 1, 2011 - August 1, 2013.
  • Chair, Building undergraduate community Committee. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013.
  • Member, Continuation of college-level committee for developing STEP proposal. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013.
  • Invited and hosted, Invited and hosted colloquium speaker Jesse Canterbury on April 10, 2013. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013.
  • Leader, Led expansion of Learning Assistant program into pilot section of PHYS 2425. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013.
  • Co-advisor, Society of Physics Students. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013.
  • Organizer, Led a session for elementary teachers at Science Saturday, hosted by Drs. Sharon ONeal and Catherine Davis at the Round Rock Higher Education Center. February 1, 2013.

2012

  • Chair, Building undergraduate community Committee. September 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012.
  • Member, College of Science and Engineering committee to explore possibility of developing a proposal for the NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) program. September 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012.
  • Co-advisor, Society of Physics Students. September 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012.
  • Led, with Eleanor Close, The expansion of the Learning Assistant program into all sections of PHYS 1430. September 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012.
  • Organizer, Led a session for teachers for the STELLAR project, cooperating with Jesse Gainer, faculty in the College of Education at Texas State: Explaining states of matter with a kinesthetic activity for atoms. September 1, 2012.
  • Organizer, Led a session at the STELLAR summer institute for teachers, cooperating with Jesse Gainer, faculty in the College of Education at Texas State: Making the abstract concrete with a kinesthetic activity for energy. July 1, 2012.
  • Member, STEM Education committee. January 1, 2012 - May 1, 2012.
  • Panel moderator, 2012 Physics Education Research Conference. January 1, 2012.

2011

  • Member, committee on STEM Education in the College of Science and Engineering. September 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Member, Team to design and implement Learning Assistant pilot program for one section of PHYS 1430. September 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Member, upper division instructional reform team with Prof. David Donnelly. September 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Honors contract with student for PHYS 3414. September 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Participant, Joined 5th grade team at Crockett elementary school in SMCISD for science assessment planning meeting. September 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Participant, after-school professional development workshop for K-5 teachers. November 1, 2011.
  • Participant, full-day professional development workshop for K-5 teachers in San Marcos CISD and Hays CISD, hosted by University of Texas College of Natural Sciences Regional Collaborative. September 1, 2011.
  • Speaker, Met with Sara Torres, Travis Elementary School, SMCISD, to meet teachers and discuss science education collaborations between Travis and the Texas State Department of Physics. September 1, 2011.
  • Director and Lead Designer, Physics Learning Assistant Program, Seattle Pacific University. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011.

2008

  • Member, Standard Setting Committee, Washington Educator Skills Test for Physics Endorsement. January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Member, Washington State Science Assessment Leadership Team. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2008.
  • Reviser, Washington State Science Curriculum Instructional Framework. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2008.

2007

  • Member, Committee to Revise the Washington State Physics Endorsement Competencies. January 1, 2007 - December 1, 2007.
  • Member, Content Advisory Committee, Washington Educator Skills Test for Physics Endorsement. January 1, 2007 - December 1, 2007.