Nancy L Beverly
Contact
- MH 117
- NBeverly@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7275
Nancy L Beverly
About
Nancy Beverly, Ph.D., has been the lead physics faculty at Թϱ University for over two decades, focusing on making physics relevant to health and life sciences students. Her interest in bridging the gap between physics and biological functioning started during her undergraduate studies in biochemistry. Realizing the untapped potential of early physics education to benefit life science students, she's dedicated her career to creating impactful physics courses. She has developed six physics courses at Թϱ, each tailored to the needs of students preparing for different health careers.
Dr. Beverly actively participates in national efforts to reform introductory physics education through her involvement with the Introductory Physics for Life Science (IPLS) community. She has served as the Principal Investigator for three National Science Foundation grants related to IPLS and has organized multiple national workshops. Her innovative lab equipment is commercially available through a collaboration with an educational equipment provider.
She is a founding editor of the Living Physics Portal, a dynamic online resource for educators. Additionally, Dr. Beverly frequently presents her work at international and national levels, with 15 invited talks in her field.
In the American Association of Physics Teachers, she has served twice as chair of the Committee on Laboratories. At Թϱ University, she has led various committees, including the Learning Environment Committee, the General Education Curriculum Committee, and the SHNS Curriculum and Assessment Committees.
Dr. Beverly has taught all the physics courses at Թϱ, but now focuses on those courses with a lab component:
- PHYS160 (primarily pre-PT)
- PHYS161 (primarily pre-PT)
- PHYS180 (primarily pre-med, pre-dent, pre-vet)
- PHYS181 (primarily pre-med, pre-dent, pre-vet)
Invited Plenaries
- N.Beverly (2015, Feb) Interdisciplinary Thinking as Second Nature – Going Beyond Relevant Content in the Introductory Physics for Life Science Course, UCLA Symposium on Teaching Physics to Life Scientists, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- N. Beverly (2014, March) Overview of IPLS Labs: Where are we? Where should we be going?, Conference on Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences, Arlington, VA, Mar.14-16 2014
Recent Invited talks
- Beverly, N. (January 2020) Student-driven Inquiry in Introductory Physics in Life Science, American Association of Physics Teachers 2020 Winter Meeting, Orlando, FL
- Beverly, N. (2019, July) Bodies–on Lab Activities, American Association of Physics Teachers 2019 Summer Meeting, Provo, Utah
- Beverly, N. (2018, July) Living Physics Portal Support of Educator Evolution American Association of Physics Teachers 2018 Summer Meeting, Washington, DC,
- Beverly, N. (2018, June) Energy transfer difficulties unveiled in student IPLS projects, Gordon Research Conference - Physics Research & Education, Smithfield, RI
- Beverly, N. (2017, July) Assessing Learning Outcomes in a Competency-based IPLS Course, presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers 2017 Summer Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Beverly, N. (2017, Feb.) Incorporating Project-based Learning in a Competency-based IPLS course. Presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers 2017 Winter Meeting, Atlanta, GA