American Institute of Physics. Physics Resources Center.
AIP Physics Resources Center records of James Stith, 1987-2009.
This collection documents the work of James Stith, during his tenure as Vice President of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Physics Resource Center (PRC). The records mostly document Stith's involvement with various committees, workshops and other groups, on topics such as physics education, minorities in the sciences, as well as his involvement with assorted AIP and PRC committees and groups. The collection also contains a small amount of correspondence and a small subject file kept by Stith.
The AIP Physics Resources Center (PRC) provides resources that advance physics as a discipline and a profession through: tracking federal science policy and funding; supporting science journalism; preserving and making known the history of modern physics; supporting science teachers and students, and providing leadership for support of physics undergraduate students; tracking education and employment trends in physics; and supporting the industrial physics community.
James Stith, American physicist (1941- ). Ph.D., physics (Pennsylvania State University). Vice President of AIP Physics Resources Center (1998-2008). Research in program evaluation and teacher preparation, and an advocate for programs that ensure ethnic and gender diversity in the sciences.
Stith, James H.
American Institute of Physics. Physics Resources Center.
African American physicists
Minorities in science.
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Stith, James H.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA