The 2022 recipient of the Doc Brown Futures Award is Debbie Andres. The Doc Brown Futures Award recognizes early-career members who demonstrate excellence in their contributions to AAPT and physics education and exhibit the potential to serve in an AAPT leadership role. The award was presented during the 2022 Summer Meeting.

“I am incredibly grateful to be the recipient of this award. The members of AAPT have helped me grow as a physics educator and encouraged me to lead and share my voice. I hope to continue to help this organization grow by introducing more high school teachers to the many opportunities AAPT has given me,” said Andres.

A member of AAPT since 2015, she earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an EdM in Science Education K-12 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Andres was a Learning Assistant (LA) before she started a physics teacher preparation program and then...

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