Bonham Research Group Teaching and learning about scientific argument, nature and history  Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University

Research and Curriculum Development Interests

• Technical writing
• Scientific argumentation
• Socio-scientific issues and controversies
• History of science in the classroom
• Scientific understanding of general population

Recent Publications

• "Studying the Foundations of Optics with the Master," Scott W. Bonham, The Physics Teacher (under review).
• "An Integrated Model for Teaching Writing in the Introductory Laboratory," Scott. W. Bonham, Kolton Jones, Brian G. Luna, Journal of College Science Teaching, 48 (2018) pp.40-47.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/26616269.
• "Reading Maxwell in Conceptual Physics," Scott W. Bonham, The Physics Teacher 56 (2018) pp. 320-321.  (May, 2018) https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.5033881.
• "Order from Chaos," Scott W. Bonham, Perspectives on Science and Chrisitan Faith, 69 (2017) pp. 149-158 https://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2017/PSCF9-17Bonham.pdf.

Courses Taught

• Physics 103: Light, Color and Vision
• Physics 215: Seminar for Physics Learning Assistants
• Physics 231: Introduction to Physics and Biophysics I
• Physics 256: University Physics Laboratory I
• Physics 363: Scientific Controversies: Historical and Contemporary

Professional Preparation

• Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities, University of Louisville, December 2021
• NSF Post-doctoral fellowship in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education, North Carolina State University, 1997-2000
• Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
• Master of Science in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
• Bachelor of Science in Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1985