Lynda Jeanne Williams
lwilliam@stars.sfsu.edu
http://www.scientainment.com
Employment Experience
Physics and Astronomy Instructor,
San Francisco State University, 1997- current. Prepare and teach Astronomy and Conceptual Physics courses and labs.Physics Instructor, San Francisco High School of the Arts, 1999- 2000. Prepare and teach high school physics course and lab.
Planetarium Producer, Charles Hagar Planetarium, SFSU. Produce and perform public planetarium shows. Develop and teach planetarium production courses at SFSU.
Science Media Content Producer, Science Entertainment, current. Produce and perform science multimedia content and performances for stage, the internet, planetaria, CDROMS and other media. Projects include The Physics Chanteuse and Cosmic Cabaret.
Manager and Visiting Faculty, New Genre Department, San Francisco Art Institute, 1992 -1997. Managed video and digital production facilities, staff, student workers, department operations, purchases and finances. Prepared and taught classes in all phases of media and video production.
Selected Works & Products
The Physics Chanteuse
Solo musical cabaret act on science themes for scientists and the general public featured in People Magazine, Good Morning America and the NY Times. Clients include the U.S. Particle Accelerator School, the American Physical Society, the American Astronomical Society and IEEE, 1997-current.Science Rave, Science Pep Rallies produced for high schools in the SF Bay Area.
Cosmic Cabaret Science musical shows for the general public featuring Lynda Williams and other science entertainers. Produced at the SFSU Planetarium and other venues, ongoing.
Cosmic Cabaret, the CD An enhanced CDROM featuring the greatest musical hits of The Physics Chanteuse and select media including quick time movies and real media, 2000.
Maxwell Equations A karaoke style sing-a-long CD on Maxwell's Equations. Intended for advanced undergraduate physics students, 2000.
Freaky Wave An educational song on waves commissioned by the Kentucky Educational Television Network for a PBS Series on the high school equivalency exam (GED), 1999.
Love Boson An educational song on the Standard Model commissioned by the APS Radio show "Science Report" for their Valentine Broadcast, 1998.
Education
Masters of Science in Physics
, SFSU, 1996. ARCS Fellowship 1995, Stollberg Academic Achievement Award 1996, president of the Physics Club 1993-94. Post graduate studies in advanced physics and science pedagogy at UNL and UCLA, 1996.Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, California State University, Sacramento, 1987.