Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Alice R Olmstead

  • Associate Professor at Physics, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Participant, Student Service Fee Committee. January 2024 - Present.
  • Officer, American Physical Society-Group on Physics Education Research Executive Committee (APS GPER-EC). January 2022 - Present.
  • Co-Director, Physics / STEM Communities Learning Assistant Activities. January 2020 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of STEM Education. March 2019 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Physics Teacher. October 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Physical Review Physics Education Research. September 2018 - Present.

2024

  • Organizer, 2024 STEM Communities Summer Institute. May 15, 2024 - May 21, 2024.

2023

  • Organizer, 2023 STEM Communities Summer Institute for Course Redesign Teams. May 18, 2023 - May 24, 2023.
  • Presenter, Society of Physics Students meeting. March 30, 2023.

2022

  • Organizer, (Re)visiting First-Generation Students' Experiences in STEM! November 10, 2022.
  • Poll worker, Hays County Elections Office. November 3, 2022.
  • Presenter, Astronomy Club meeting. September 21, 2022.
  • Organizer, 2022 STEM Communities Summer Institute for Course Redesign Teams. May 18, 2022 - May 27, 2022.
  • Organizer, Ouch, Words Do Hurt! Taking the Power from Stereotypes and Microaggressions. April 21, 2022.
  • Organizer, Identity and its Influence on Learning. March 24, 2022.
  • Panelist, IDEA Center Undergraduate Research Forum. March 23, 2022.
  • Organizer, Engaged Pedagogy for Culturally Responsive Practices. February 17, 2022.

2021

  • Attendee / Participant, Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) - Working Group 1 - Guiding Theories. February 2019 - 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings. September 2018 - 2021.
  • Organizer, Ouch, Words Can Really Hurt! Taking the Power from Stereotype and Microaggressions. November 18, 2021.
  • Organizer, Identity and Its Influence on Learning. October 21, 2021.
  • Organizer, Build Your Teaching Dream Team. September 23, 2021.
  • Organizer, Traditional, Progressive, and Culturally Responsive Teaching. September 16, 2021.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities Newcomers Welcome. September 9, 2021.
  • Attendee / Participant, NSF/ University of Arizona. January 1, 2021 - August 31, 2021.
  • Member, American Physical Society Inclusion Equity and Diversity Alliance (APS-IDEA) team. July 2020 - June 2021.
  • Organizer, 2021 Virtual Summer Institute for Course Redesign Teams. May 19, 2021 - May 28, 2021.
  • Organizer, Celebrating the End of Spring Semester and Planning What's Next. April 29, 2021.
  • Organizer, Using Case Studies in STEM Teaching. April 15, 2021.
  • Organizer, 4-Part Series on Peer Classroom Observations. March 4, 2021 - April 15, 2021.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities "Department Instructional Assessment" meeting: Math team (MATH 2472). December 4, 2020 - March 2021.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities "Department Instructional Assessment" meetings: Biology team (BIO 1330 & 1331). November 13, 2020 - March 2021.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities "Department Instructional Assessment" meetings: Biochemistry team (CHEM3375). November 13, 2020 - March 2021.
  • Organizer, Understanding First-Generation Latinx Student Experiences. March 11, 2021.
  • Member, American Physical Society 2021 National Mentoring Community Conference Programming Committee. July 2020 - February 2021.
  • Organizer, Confronting Racism in Our STEM Fields. February 11, 2021.
  • Organizer, How Do We Support Each Other This Spring Semester? January 28, 2021.
  • Organizer, Sharing Strategies for Engaging Students Online. January 13, 2021.

2020

  • Organizer, Improving Our Teaching and Normalizing Feedback. October 29, 2020 - November 23, 2020.
  • Poll worker, Hays County Elections Office. November 3, 2020.
  • Participant, Honors Academic Visit Day. October 30, 2020.
  • Organizer, Community Support Session. October 8, 2020.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities Project: Build Your Teaching Dream Team. September 24, 2020 - September 28, 2020.
  • Organizer, Leveraging Learners' Strengths in Our Instruction. September 14, 2020 - September 21, 2020.
  • Organizer, First Day Hacks: Strategies to Get to Know Our Students Better. August 11, 2020 - August 31, 2020.
  • Organizer, Community Support Session: Beating the Back to School Blues. August 18, 2020.
  • Organizer, Supporting Black Students in STEM During an Era of Police Violence and Social Uprising. June 10, 2020.
  • University Mentor, Introductory Biology Pilot Learning Assistant Implementation. January 2020 - May 2020.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Society for Women in Physics (SWiP). August 27, 2019 - May 2020.
  • Organizer, Summer 2020 STEM Teaching Workshop. May 18, 2020 - May 22, 2020.
  • Organizer, STEM Community Support Sessions. April 8, 2020 - April 16, 2020.
  • Participant, Astronomy Club. September 1, 2018 - March 2020.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities Journal Club: The Science Identity of College Students: Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity. March 5, 2020.
  • American Physical Society National Mentoring Community. 2019 - February 2020.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities Journal Club: Effective Use of Peer Instruction in Large Classes. February 28, 2020.
  • Mentor/Participant, Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. January 2020.

2019

  • Member, Faculty Hiring Committee. November 1, 2018 - March 2019.
  • Interim Director, Physics Learning Assistant Program. August 1, 2019 - December 15, 2019.
  • Organizer, STEM Communities Project: Community Input Sessions. October 30, 2019 - November 22, 2019.
  • Member, Committee for the Status of Women in Astronomy. July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019.
  • Informal mentor, Society for Women in Physics. September 1, 2018 - May 2019.
  • Participant, Learning Assistant preparation meetings. August 31, 2018 - May 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. March 2019.
  • Mentor/Participant, Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. January 2019.

2018

  • Speaker, Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop. October 26, 2018 - October 27, 2018.
  • Presenter, Society of Physics Students meeting. September 20, 2018.
  • Member, Astronomy Lecturer Hiring Committee. July 1, 2018 - July 15, 2018.