Charles Henderson, an associate professor of physics and science education, will be making editorial decisions for the Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research, according to the university.
The journal is part of a series of 11 physical review journals run by the American Physical Society, which comprises of physicists from around the globe. The journals are among the most prestigious international journals in physics research, according to WMU.
Henderson came to WMU in 2002 and is on the faculty of both the physics department and the Mallinson Institute for Science Education. He has been editor of the Physics Education Research Section of the American Journal of Physics since fall 2008.
Henderson’s researches teaching and learning methods in physics, and the development of theories and strategies for promoting change in the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects at WMU, according to the university.