Anna Phillips
Associate Professor
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolAnna Phillips is an Associate Professor and Education Director in the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy with 11 years of experience bridging secondary and higher education. She researches how students learn physics at the intersections of laboratory practice, computational instruction, and the history and philosophy of science, shaping curricula that teach evidence-based reasoning alongside content. Her career spans classroom teaching, postdoctoral scholarship at Cornell, and pedagogy-focused roles at Tufts, reflecting a persistent emphasis on preparing students as informed, responsible citizens. Anna is particularly interested in using physics labs and computational projects to develop students’ observational and evidentiary skills—an approach informed by her background designing project-based courses from high school through university.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at The Athenian SchoolBA, Physics, Mathematics, Educational Studies, BA, Physics, Mathematics, Educational Studies at Swarthmore CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at Tufts University
English, French, SpanishGithub contributions (2)
AnnaPhillips/GradStudentsRock_TDSE
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:43 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
RaewynD/IsingModel
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:21 commits, 19 pushes in 19 days
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