Dr. James Dunne is a Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University.

• Curriculum Vitae

Graduate Students

• Hem Bhatt, 2019 MS, PhD TBD
• Luwani Ndukum, 2015 PhD
• Adesh Subedi, 2014 PhD
• Craig Carrigee, 2007 MS
• Parikshit Junnarkar, 2006 MS

Teaching Areas

• PH 2213 Physics I/Honors
• PH 2223 Physics II/Honors
• PH 3613 Modern Physics
• PH 4033/6033 Physics for Teachers
• PH 4213/6213 Intermediate Mechanics
• PH 4223/6223 Intermediate Mechanics
• PH 4323/6323 Electromagnetic Fields I
• PH 4333/6333 Electromagnetic Fields II
• PH 4613/6613 Nuclear and Particle Physics

Education

• Ph. D. in Physics The American University, 1995
• B.S. in Physics The American University, 1987

Experience

• 2018-present: Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, Mississippi State University
• 2009-present: Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University
• 2017-2018: Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Mississippi State University
• 2016-2017: Interim Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Mississippi State University
• 2006-2007: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Sabbatical Fellow
• 2003-2009: Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University
• 1998-2003: Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State University
• 1995-1998: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
• 1990-1992: Substitute Teacher, Montgomery County Public School System, MD
• 1988-1992: Varsity Wrestling Head Coach, Springbrook High School, MD
• 1986: Technician, Sachs Freeman, Naval Research Laboratory

Research Interests

• Precision measurements at medium energy

Publication Impact

Recent Publications

• Androic, D., et al., Precision Measurement of the Weak Charge of the Proton, Nature 557 no.7704, 207-211, 2018.
• Maxwell, J.D., et al., Design and performance of the spin asymmetries on the nucleon experiment, NIM A885, 145-159, 2018.
• Tvaskis, V, et al., Measurements of the Separated Longitudinal Structure Function F_L from Hydrogen and Deuterium Targets at Low Q^2, Phys. Rev. C97, no. 4, 045204, 2018.

Honors/Professional Activities

• Nominated to the Higher Education Appreciation Day Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE) Award, 2019.
• Certificate of Appreciation from The Mississippi State Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, 2016.
• Nominated to the U.S. Professors of the Year Awards Program, 2013.
• 2013 Recipient of the Higher Education Appreciation Day Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE) Award (Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities honor an outstanding faculty member from each associated institution).
• 2012 Recipient of the John Grisham Master Teacher Award (MSU’s top teaching award).
• 2010 Mississippi State University Alumni Association Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
• 2010 Recipient of MSU State Pride Award.
• 2008 awarded College of Arts & Science Researcher of the Month Award (first recipient).
• 2007 awarded College of Arts & Science Dean’s Eminent Scholar Award.
• 2006 elected to Phi Kappa Phi honor society.
• 2006 Blake Lilly Prize from National Society of Physics Students to Mississippi SPS.
• 2006 Marsh W. White Award from National Society of Physics Students to Mississippi SPS.
• 2002 elected to Sigma Xi research society.
• 2001 MSU/IMAGE (Increasing Minority Access to Graduate Education) Faculty Appreciation Award
• Member of the American Physical Society and American Association of Physics Teachers.